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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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Who: John Lancaster\r\nWhat: Hurricane Rita\r\nWhen: Sept. 28, 2005\r\nWhere: Orange, Texas\r\n\r\n\r\nMy name is John Lancaster and I am an evacuee from Orange, Texas. For those of ya\'ll who don\'t know where that is,…

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\r\nWhat: Hurricane Katrina\r\nWhere: New Orleans, LA\r\nWhen: August 29, 2005\r\n\r\nFor anyone who has ever experienced New Orleans first hand and been able to become a part of the city, even if only for a short time,…

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Who: Michael Homan\r\nWhat: Hurricane Katrina\r\nWhen: Aug. 2005\r\nWhere: New Orleans\r\n\r\nI survived Hurricane Katrina, but it transformed me. I am a different person. I feel more loved than I did a week ago, and I…

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Who: Denise\r\nWhat: Hurricane Katrina Relief\r\nWhen: October 2005\r\nWhere: Waveland, Miss.\r\n\r\nOn Oct. 18, 2005 my husband and I joined a group of volunteers who left the Chicago area by bus on a five day round…

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Who: Robert R. Milner III\r\nWhat: Hurricane Katrina\r\nWhen: August 2005\r\nWhere: New Orleans,LA \r\n\r\nWords can\'t describe what I experienced in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. Words can\'t describe the look…

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Who: Jennifer Sardam\r\nWhat: Hurricane Katrina\r\nWhen: October 2005\r\nWhere: New Orleans\r\n\r\nCasper resident, Army journalist covers post-Katrina operations in La.\r\n\r\nBy Jennifer Sardam\r\n\r\nI stood in…

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Who: Harter March\r\nWhat: Hurricane Katrina\r\nWhen: August 27 - 31 2005\r\nWhere: New Orleans \r\n\r\nSaturday, August 27th was a fairly calm day for me honestly. A hurricane was coming but thats nothing new, and it…

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Who: Trish Hagood\r\nWhat: Hurricane Katrina\r\nWhen: Nov. 2005\r\nWhere: New Orleans\r\n\r\n\r\nFrom the plane as we landed the sea of blue looked like swimming pools, but, no, they were the infamous grue-bleen roofs of…

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