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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.

Where Traffic Lights Once Stood

Bent traffic signal poles stand empty of lights above a sandy lot, with scattered streetlights and a tree line under a partly cloudy sky.

Katrina damage two years later: The storm managed to rip down the traffic lights, but two years later the poles still remain.

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Citation

“Where Traffic Lights Once Stood,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/33196.