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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.

Many trees withstood Katrina's winds while others were blown down.

A large tree has fallen across a chain-link fence, crushing part of it, while a damaged metal pole with wires leans nearby amid scattered dead branches and debris.

Collection

Ten Weeks after Katrina - 11.07.05

Many trees withstood Katrina's winds while others were blown down.

Original title

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Citation

“Many trees withstood Katrina's winds while others were blown down.,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/3584.