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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.

Katrina at Brushfire and Charles CT

Flooded residential street with houses partially submerged in brown floodwater, a blue trampoline floating in a yard, and heavy rain streaking a window in the foreground.

Looking along Charles Court in Eden Isles, Slidell LA as the water began to recede. Picture by my neighbor, Charlie Freidman.

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“Katrina at Brushfire and Charles CT,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/43319.

Katrina at Brushfire and Charles CT

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