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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's winds ripped up New Orleans East.

Storm-damaged two-story building with a torn blue tarp on the roof, boarded windows, and "9-12" spray-painted on the wall, framed by a large oak tree in the foreground.

Collection

Ten Weeks after Katrina - 11.07.05

Katrina's winds ripped up New Orleans East.

Original title

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Citation

“Katrina's winds ripped up New Orleans East.,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/3651.