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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 “Pine Tree Through House” (1 total)

A large fallen pine tree pierces the upper floor of a two-story house, with its trunk angled down through broken roofing and siding, surrounded by storm debris and other downed trees in the yard.

Photo taken on 9/13/05. This is the 125+ foot Virginia Pine tree that fell through my…