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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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The hours before Hurricane Katrina, I was on my way to Alexandria, LA. When I saw the size of the storm, I made a last minute judgment to leave. A 4-5 hour trip took me 14 hours and when I arrived, there was no lodging…

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My parents and I, their dog and my cat, came back to New Orleans on September 22, 2005 (my birthday, incidentally). We had traveled from Alabama only to be met at every checkpoint by National Guards who told us they…

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The summer before Katrina I got a job with my long time friend at her dad\'s animal hospital. It is a 24 hour hospital with boarding as well as animal care. Well when Katrina was on its way, the place filled up. Not only…

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My partner and I lived in a house at 735 Dumaine at the corner of Durbon Street (next door to the Clover Grill, for y\'all that know that area). We were bi-city guys and also had a place in San Francisco. I had left late…

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