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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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When HURRICANE KATRINA was 36 hrs. away,my friends and i chose to leave and we have not gone back to ST.BERNARD PARISH,to live. We are still where we went when we came back to LA.after 3 weeks with my daughter and her…

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It\'s possible to build a new city for them

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Our family life is different because we lost our home and have lived with my mother for almost a year now. My family is still going through Hurricane Rita and the after effects will carry on for ever for us. We just…

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About a month after 9/11, I remember hearing statements from individuals in places out west, like California, that truly shocked me because of what seemed like tasteless insensitivity. Many people had proclaimed that…

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What I remember most about Hurricane Katrina is the thousands of stories of the terrible disaster on the news. I didn’t realize how bad it was until maybe a week after the hurricane happened. I never watch the news and…

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I did not hear about Katrina until the Friday before, when I was in Chalmette visiting my grandma. My dad, who is usually against the whole evacuating thing, decided the next morning that we would drive to Natchez,…

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Since leaving New Orleans, Life, ofcourse hasn\'t been the same. I\'ve basically bounced fromplace to place. It hurts me to see how many of my friends have suffered from this disaster. I\'ve lost a few friends along the…

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I did not hear about Katrina until the Friday before, when I was in Chalmette visiting my grandma. My dad, who is usually against the whole evacuating thing, decided the next morning that we would drive to Natchez,…

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i felt deeply that we should get our adult children and young grandchildren together and leave. My husband was working nights when I called him and said I really want you to come home this looks serious and I have…

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