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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.

Impaled cars, Meraux/Louisiana, November 2005

A black sedan lies impaled and tilted atop a bent iron fence, with another car lodged vertically behind it, set against a brick apartment building and bare trees.

Collection

Katrina

Impaled cars, Meraux/Louisiana, November 2005

Original title

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Citation

“Impaled cars, Meraux/Louisiana, November 2005,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/2520.