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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 “Traffic” (5 total)

My family is a large one. Dad, Mom, five kids, and Rambo, our yellow lab. August 27, 2005,…

Side mirror view of a car reflecting a congested highway packed with vehicles at a standstill, with traffic lights, power lines, and a billboard reading "World's deadliest office" visible overhead.

hurricane rita traffic

Heavy, congested traffic fills multiple lanes of a highway at dusk, with a "CFI" tractor-trailer and numerous cars backed up in both directions under a pastel sky.

hrita I45 going north

Heavy multi-lane highway traffic jam with headlights on, flanked by billboards for Chevron, Denny's, Office Depot, and Home Depot, under a hazy gray sky with a tall radio tower nearby.

hrita I45 looking south