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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 is a sobering reminder of the day my life and the lives of all of my neighbors stood…

A damaged maroon minivan sits amid storm debris in front of a partially collapsed house with boarded windows and a broken roofline, under a clear blue sky.

This is a sobering reminder of the day my life and the lives of all of my neighbors stood still.

Original title

Item 45965

Citation

“This is a sobering reminder of the day my life and the lives of all of my neighbors stood…,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/45965.