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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.

Pine trees weren't much match for Katrina.

A large pine tree lies diagonally across the roof of a single-story brick house, with its trunk severed nearby and debris scattered amid the surrounding shrubs.

Collection

Metairie and New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina - 10.23.05

Pine trees weren't much match for Katrina.

Original title

P1010018.JPG

Citation

“Pine trees weren't much match for Katrina.,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/3450.