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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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1719 N. Claiborne…

The evacuation ahead of Hurricane Rita was the most awful thing I\'ve experienced in my entire life. We had little water, food, and gasoline. It was 98 degrees and the car was breaking down. We felt so helpless just…

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It was August 28th and I\'ll never forget my brother waking me up at 4am to tell me my grandfather had just passed away at Baptist Hospital. While wrought with grief, I had no idea what a blessing his passing was, nor…

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Hurricane Katrina did not have a direct affect on my life but it did have an indirect affect. I have seen many hurricanes throughout my life and did not actually think one could do so much damage and have a big enough…

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i believe the media coverage n hurricane katrina was well covered although they some how left the president out. the government i believe did a horrible job of helping the people of louisiana. the people were not given a…

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i believe the media coverage n hurricane katrina was well covered although they some how left the president out. the government i believe did a horrible job of helping the people of louisiana. the people were not given a…

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The hurricane affected everyone in America, not only in the south. I think it made people relize how life is so unexpecting and showed the world how the Us could come together and help the victims. America needs to stand…

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What do I remember? Well I remember it was on the news. People were driving away from home so that they won\'t get hurt from the hurrican. Some of the people don\'t want to leave. It was sad for those people down there.…

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House in Swamp

Sitting in the dark, watching a tiny hand held TV..seeing all the people in N.O - crying, dying..screaming for aid. Almost 2 weeks our family went without power or water....but the memories of what I saw in that hand…

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