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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 “Clouds” (2 total)

Aerial view of Hurricane Katrina's eyewall, showing a vast expanse of white storm clouds layered beneath a deep blue sky, photographed from a NOAA hurricane hunter aircraft.

Katrina Eyewall View (8-28-05): NOAA P-3 hurricane hunter civilian flight engineer Dewie…

A damaged McDonald's sign with torn plastic beneath its yellow arches stands above a "DRIVE-THRU" sign, set against a partly cloudy sky with power lines and trees below.

New Orleans, LA