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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 destroyed apartment complex reflects in the swimming pool filled with smelly flood…

Reflection of a multi-story apartment building in rain-speckled, debris-filled pool water, with railings and windows visible upside down on the rippling surface.

Collection

Ten Weeks after Katrina - 11.07.05

The destroyed apartment complex reflects in the swimming pool filled with smelly flood water.

Original title

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Citation

“The destroyed apartment complex reflects in the swimming pool filled with smelly flood…,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/3668.