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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.

My grandmother's house in Metairie only had two feet of water, but it was still enough to…

Pile of flood-damaged furniture and belongings on a lawn in front of a brick house, including a "State Farm" sign and wooden crates spray-painted "Katrina Was Here."

My grandmother's house in Metairie only had two feet of water, but it was still enough to destroy everything.

Original title

Item 44066

Citation

“My grandmother's house in Metairie only had two feet of water, but it was still enough to…,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/44066.