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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.

Two enormous trees fell between these two houses.

Two large storm-damaged trees with broken branches and dried leaves lean between a brick house and a pale yellow house, debris scattered across the yard below.

Collection

Metairie and New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina - 10.23.05

Two enormous trees fell between these two houses.

Original title

P1010056.JPG

Citation

“Two enormous trees fell between these two houses.,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/3482.