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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.

Water lines tell an ugly story. Will this house have to be bulldozed?

Stucco two-story house with visible horizontal water stain lines across its exterior, broken windows, spray-painted "SR" marking, and debris including furniture and lumber piled in the yard.

Collection

Metairie and New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina - 10.23.05

Water lines tell an ugly story. Will this house have to be bulldozed?

Original title

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Citation

“Water lines tell an ugly story. Will this house have to be bulldozed?,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/3474.