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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.

This gives you a good idea of what the powerful winds did to roofs.

A brick house with a severely damaged roof, shingles torn away in large patches exposing the underlayment, two chimney vents, and spray-painted search-and-rescue markings on the garage door.

Collection

Ten Weeks after Katrina - 11.07.05

This gives you a good idea of what the powerful winds did to roofs.

Original title

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Citation

“This gives you a good idea of what the powerful winds did to roofs.,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/3672.