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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

Severely damaged apartment building with its roof stripped down to exposed wooden trusses and rafters, walls partially torn away revealing interior debris, against a clear blue sky.

I took this close-up of the Shire Apts. in northern Port Arthur, Texas. The whole complex was damaged badly. I don't know if it was repairable. This was taken on October 16, 2005, over 3 weeks after Hurricane Rita hit here.

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“Online Image Contribution, Hurricane Digital Memory Bank,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/611.

Online Image Contribution, Hurricane Digital Memory Bank

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