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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.

Items tagged “Flooding” (6 total)

Floodwaters submerge an airport runway, with a red approach light structure standing partially underwater in the foreground and a tree line visible in the distance under an overcast sky.

Not even airplanes can land or take off due to flooding of New Orleans' major airport

A baptist church after Katrina. The entire rear side of the building is washed away. This…

Weathered wooden window boarded over with planks, set in a green-painted wall with peeling paint; a torn strip of yellow material hangs above the frame.

Loading Dock Window

Weathered wooden siding with a rusted metal patch and shuttered window, showing a faded horizontal flood line; torn cardboard and yellow insulation wrapping litter the ground below.

Heavy Abstract Flood Line

Weathered double wooden doors with peeling paint set into a green wood-sided building, standing on a cracked concrete step with weeds growing along the base.

Dixie Double Doors

Weathered green wooden door set in a matching frame, with a tarnished metal sign reading "Positively No Admittance to Working Department" and visible cracked, peeling paint.

Door to Dixie\'s Loading Dock