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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 was our house the first time we were able to see it after the hurricane

Interior of a hurricane-damaged home with two ceiling fans, grimy walls, and furniture overturned and coated in mud and debris throughout the room.

This was our house the first time we were able to see it after the hurricane

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“This was our house the first time we were able to see it after the hurricane,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/42696.

This was our house the first time we were able to see it after the hurricane

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