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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.

This roof was no match for the tree that fell on it.

Large fallen tree limbs crush the roof of a weathered wood-sided house, with a Carrier window air conditioning unit and broken windows visible on the damaged exterior wall.

Collection

Ten Weeks after Katrina - 11.07.05

This roof was no match for the tree that fell on it.

Original title

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Citation

“This roof was no match for the tree that fell on it.,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/3585.