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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 fence, like a comb, snagged debris floating in the flood waters.

A wrought-iron fence snagged with mattresses, fabric, and debris stands in front of a damaged brick building with its roof partially torn open, surrounded by scattered rubble and litter.

Collection

Ten Weeks after Katrina - 11.07.05

This fence, like a comb, snagged debris floating in the flood waters.

Original title

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Citation

“This fence, like a comb, snagged debris floating in the flood waters.,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/3683.