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Online Image Contribution, Hurricane Digital Memory Bank

A Holiday Inn sign stands above a marquee reading "WE ARE ONE DAY CLOSER TO BEING NORMAL," with a timestamp of 12:24 PM on the 16th visible in the corner.

I took this picture outside a damaged Holiday Inn in Port Arthur, Texas on October 16th, 2005, over 3 weeks after Hurricane Rita hit here. Dealing with the aftermath on a daily basis, this sign actually brought a little hope. Every day you saw it, it was still true.

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“Online Image Contribution, Hurricane Digital Memory Bank,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/608.

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