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.
November 27, 2005 Home floated into the swamp by storm surge in the Esther/Big Woods area, Vermilion, Louisiana 2 months after Hurricane Rita