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Hurricane Archive

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.

Items (23066 total)

November 17, 2005 \r\nI\'m a St. Bernard Parish evacuee. I never imagined I would be referring to myself and my family as evacuees for this length of time - it\'s been 11 weeks. The TV channel is set to the news,…

My name is Kristina and I am a student at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. I did not experience the hurricane first hand, but I did watch the news and interviews that were on the television. On the news, I…

Hurricane Katrina did not directly affect me, but I have three family members who were directly affected by the Hurricane which caused my family to go into worrisome frenzy while my loved ones were missing for months. …

Hurricane Katrina was a horrible devastation, while it could not be stopped, better action could have been taken both by the government and the citizens of New Orleans. Having lived in Florida for nine years, I…