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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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On that dreadful day august 24,2005 i couldn\'t believe this was happening to us. my name is nicole and im from buna,tx and on that day i remeber i worked that day i was so scared i did not not what to do. my life before…

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Life is very different before the hurricane who knew everything would be ripped apart. my house and my job. i had to start all over it was very hard and frustrating. but after the hurricane i met someone who really cares…

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Time has passed by, it is already one year ago when Hurricane Katrina destroyed the cities and took away thousands of lives. It was another big tragedy for US after 911. I did not look at the news on TV usually. I only…

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During the hit of Hurricane Katrina, I was shocked. From what little I saw when I would come back home from school at around eleven o’clock at night I was hooked on the television. I found myself, every night…

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Recently I caught the middle of an NPR news segment regarding bodies found, and I had to wait for some clues in order to know whether the topic was Iraq or New Orleans. When the professional radio voice ended a lengthy…

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One year ago, one could not ride a Chicago Airport bus or a Houston city bus beyond the metropolitan limits of those two cities. Since the return of public transit to New Orleans last fall, New Orleanians can ride these…

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when the news broadcasted the city of new orleans after katrina hit i was in tears. katrina literally gutted new orleans and i blame the entire government system for it. There were remains of bodys left there from when i…

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