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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.

cd-50

Weathered white house with a rusted roof, boarded windows, and a chain-link fence overgrown with vegetation; spray-painted markings including "910," an X symbol, and "9-22" appear on the facade, likely a post-hurricane search/status marking.

But oh mama, ain't you gonna miss your best friend now ?

9th
Katrina
Louisiana
hurricane
lower
new
orleans
ward

Citation

“cd-50,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/35160.