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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.

Things were still damp in here.

Interior of a storm-damaged structure filled with debris, including torn insulation, mildewed couch cushions, wooden cable spools, a laundry basket, pet carrier, and scattered household items coated in grime.

Collection

Metairie and New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina - 10.23.05

Things were still damp in here.

Original title

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Citation

“Things were still damp in here.,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/3492.