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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.

I would imagine that debris will be collected for six months or longer.

A yellow Kobelco excavator with a grapple claw works beside a massive pile of storm debris—branches, logs, and uprooted trees—stacked high against the sky.

Collection

Metairie and New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina - 10.23.05

I would imagine that debris will be collected for six months or longer.

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Citation

“I would imagine that debris will be collected for six months or longer.,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/3465.