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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.

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Samantha Lanza\r\n9/12/06\r\n\r\n Katrina, Katrina, Katrina, what a tough situation. I barely watched the news, so I had no idea of Katrina until a couple days before she hit. I knew it was serious when my mom was…

\"Where were you during Katrina\"\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n When I remember Katrina pain, panic, desperation, powerless, and agony comes to my memories. It all started on a Wednesday August 24, 2005. When the news…

Ashley Segrave August 22, 2006 My husband, David, two year old son Noah, and I found out about the storm the day before it hit. We were not prepared. We left Sunday about 2 p.m., followed by some friends. We arrived in…

Hurricane Katrina\r\n\r\n\r\nHurricanes have always been particularly scary to me because I am so unfamiliar with them. I grew up in California and never had to deal with a hurricane my entire life. However, since I…

Hurricane Katrina\r\n\r\n\r\nHurricanes have always been particularly scary to me because I am so unfamiliar with them. I grew up in California and never had to deal with a hurricane my entire life. However, since I…

During hurricane Katrina, many victims were displaced and anxious as to \"What to do next?\" My family and I had evacuated three days prior to landfall of Katrina, and we had planned to spend a week\'s time in Toledo,…

\"Where were you during Katrina\"\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n When I remember Katrina pain, panic, desperation, powerless, and agony comes to my memories. It all started on a Wednesday August 24, 2005. When the news…

Post Katrina I am doing ok at best. I lived in a hotel for two months right after Katrina hit. Then I moved to a trailer park set up by my dad\'s work, Chevron Chemicals in Belle Chasse. My family and I lived…

Katrina\r\nAlthough thousands and thousands of people were affected by this Katrina devastation fortunately I was one of the lucky ones. My house was not affected by the storm other than a few shingles missing which…

\r\nAs I walk and drive around the city of New Orleans, I notice a lot of things that I can tell changed due to Hurricane Katrina. Since I didn\'t experience it first hand then im not absolutely positive of how things…