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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.

DPS aftermath 6

Nighttime scene showing a dark pickup truck hitched to a trailer loaded with equipment, with a person standing near the truck bed on a paved surface; caption reads "Refueling trip preparation."

Citation

“DPS aftermath 6,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/36393.