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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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My name is Stephen Long and my family is from Virginia, but we have a thing for New Orleans. My mom frequents there on business trips, my sister Amanda graduated from Tulane University and my brother Andrew graduated…

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We didn\'t know my brother, Jim Bosco, was alive until my sister saw him walk behind Jim Cantore on the Weather Channel. Jim had boarded up the Sands Apartments, where he was a live-in manager, and spent the storm at the…

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I have visited New Orleans several times over the last 30 years as I have family there. Because of its location and unique architecture it is one of the most exotic cities in the country. I have traveled extensively…

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I remember when I first heard about Hurricane Katrina. I remember thinking about how distant I felt from those affected. It sounds cold, but it seemed like \"just another tragedy brought to me by CNN.\" In the…

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I remember one afternon sitting in my living room wachting evening news with my two sister. I still remember in the back of my mind; things that went on that day. Many lives were perished as we all know.I have never…

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I remember years ago when the hurrican was on the news. I saw that water was flooding towns and people were moving to new places. After the disaster people lost their home and even family and friends. It was a sad moment…

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I have seen news in the media and newspaper about Katrina. It was just amazing but it\'s sad how people have lost their homes and love ones during Katrina. From where I came from, I haven\'t seen anything or hear…

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\r\n\r\nMy Son and my family\'s life has totally change he became a Quadraplegia level C-5 Paralism for lfe they say get us back to our praying grounds and he\'ll walk again I TRULLY BELIEVE,Please get us home, to…

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In the ten years I have lived in the Tidewater Area of Virginia I have seen four hurricanes make the Top 30 Costliest U.S. Hurricanes 1900-2004 list as prepared by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration…

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Thank God we didn\'t view any of the media coverage!\r\n\r\nMy wife & I our 2 kids and my mother & father in law rode out the storm in Metairie until september 5th we decided to evacuate to Florida in which we stayed at…

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