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Collecting and Preserving the Stories of Katrina and Rita

The Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media (CHNM) at George Mason University and the University of New Orleans organized the Hurricane Digital Memory Bank (HDMB) in 2005 in partnership with many national and Gulf Coast area organizations and individuals. HDMB was awarded the Award of Merit for Leadership in History, and is the largest free public archive of Katrina and Rita with over 25,000 items in the collection. Read More.

Right on the edge of the 9th ward. November 2, 2005

A damaged two-story building and a weathered car and truck spray-painted with rescue messages like "FOOD DOGS WATER ICE," "NOT LEAVING," and tallies of dead animals, from post-Katrina New Orleans.

Right on the edge of the 9th ward. November 2, 2005

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“Right on the edge of the 9th ward. November 2, 2005,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/32372.

Right on the edge of the 9th ward. November 2, 2005

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