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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.

A house next to Spring Lake has a message for FEMA.

Brick house with a garage door spray-painted "YO FEMA A LITTLE HELP please," debris scattered across the driveway and yard.

Collection

Ten Weeks after Katrina - 11.07.05

A house next to Spring Lake has a message for FEMA.

Original title

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Citation

“A house next to Spring Lake has a message for FEMA.,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/3655.