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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.

Everything is in this mountain of debris.

A traffic signal and street signs reading "ONE WAY" and "BEGIN BIKE ROUTE" stand before a massive pile of hurricane debris, with orange safety fencing and damaged yard signs in the foreground.

Collection

Metairie and New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina - 10.23.05

Everything is in this mountain of debris.

Original title

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Citation

“Everything is in this mountain of debris.,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/3568.