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Collecting and Preserving the Stories of Katrina and Rita

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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.

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[In honor of the one-year anniversary of the tragedy.]\r\n\r\nTwo sisters stood upon the shore\r\nTheir lives still and carefree\r\nEach held sheer blessings to adore\r\nBeside the placid sea\r\n\r\nThey lived a normal…

Two Sisters

When a storm comes this way\r\nStruggle madly to get away\r\n\r\nCome back to nothing\r\nIt is all lost\r\nSo here I sit\r\n\r\nSitting mindless, it went free\r\nMy body is doomed to stay with me\r\n\r\nI cannot look…

When A Storm Comes…

Never getcha self inta pissin\'\r\nContest with stank hightailin\' skunk\r\n\r\nWhere sushi is called bait\r\nEarthworms danglin\' from rusty hooks\r\nWrigglin\' night crawlers glowworm possums\r\nActin\' crazier than…

Soul Feud

Once upon Old Orleans upbeat\r\nBeast of times underbelly exposed\r\nDispossessed kinfolk clinging driftwood shadows\r\nUnfathomable depths bewailing plaintive moans\r\n\r\nBelow see level vampire…

Turds In Hell

Eric published an article\r\na prophecy of sorts, with the vision of a fishbowl place\r\nIn peril and sinking. Thousands to be lost,\r\npumps to be overwhelmed and\r\nland to be quelched by overtopping…

Fishbowl

You love our blues, our souls hung\r\nour spirituals sung and carried on breezes\r\nyet deny the truths that bring us to our knees\r\nour sorrows burrowed in battered hearts\r\nwounds deep reopened and salted\r\n\r\nCry…

Crescent City Blues…

The day has come to cry we said the end has come a city dead. In\r\nthere homes and in the streets. People stealing food to eat. They pray\r\nwill they come please come and help us and our loved ones. The\r\ngovernment…

To The Victims Of…

Katrina we will never forget the day you came\r\nYou left behind so much pain\r\nOur life will never be the same\r\n\r\nWe heard your roar as you came ashore\r\nYou came out of the sea and onto the land like an angry…

Here To Stay

No culture, no sound, no one is around\r\nEverything is lost, pictures along with trash\r\nTrophies, Mardi Gras beads, sentimental valuables\r\nLost in a flash\r\nYesterday, not long ago\r\nOur lives were as yours\r\nWe…

Nine Months After

Katrina, Katrina,\r\nWhat have you done to me?\r\nI know I am not alone\r\nBut I\'m taking it personally\r\nYou tortured my animals\r\nAnd made them starve\r\nI couldn\'t get back fast enough\r\nNow they\'re lost\r\nMy…

Katrina, Katrina

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