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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.

More Katrina Aftermath

A storm-damaged, roofless building with rusted metal sheeting sits overgrown with vegetation beside a highway, debris scattered around it under a clear sky.

Katrina damage two years later: Just another storm damaged building on the side of the road. With no people making any claims on it, the foliage is starting to keep this one for themselves.

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Citation

“More Katrina Aftermath,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/33192.