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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.

The neutral grounds (medians) are being used to store destroyed vehicles, boats and…

A wrecked Ford pickup truck with its roof and windshield torn off sits abandoned on a debris-strewn lot, with damaged brick houses visible in the background.

Collection

Ten Weeks after Katrina - 11.07.05

The neutral grounds (medians) are being used to store destroyed vehicles, boats and debris.

Original title

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Citation

“The neutral grounds (medians) are being used to store destroyed vehicles, boats and…,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/3591.