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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.

Katrina left her permanent signature with the flood water line above the outlet.

Damaged interior wall with white subway tile baseboard giving way above to exposed brick and patched tile, an electrical outlet box visible, and a terrazzo floor leading through an open doorway.

Collection

Ten Weeks after Katrina - 11.07.05

Katrina left her permanent signature with the flood water line above the outlet.

Original title

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Citation

“Katrina left her permanent signature with the flood water line above the outlet.,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/3622.