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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.

Online Image Contribution, Hurricane Digital Memory Bank

Flood-damaged house with boarded-up windows, American flags, and piles of debris on its porch, reflected in standing floodwater; a mailbox reading "GOD BLESS U.S." stands in the water.

A house surrounded by flood waters after a levee was breached during Hurricane Rita. This house was located on Hwy. 56, in Chauvin, Louisiana, a small shrimping community near the coast of Louisiana.

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“Online Image Contribution, Hurricane Digital Memory Bank,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/486.

Online Image Contribution, Hurricane Digital Memory Bank

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