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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.

katrina slidell (8)

Floating debris from destroyed homes, including wood planks and scattered household items, covers a body of water with damaged houses and trees along the shoreline under a clear sky.

Debris from homes that were totally destroyed

Slidell
carr
drive
eden isles
lakeview dr
lizashehavrilla
north shore beach
oak harbor
rats nest road
waterfront

Citation

“katrina slidell (8),” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/34458.