Collecting and Preserving the Stories of Katrina and Rita

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.

Online Story Contribution, Hurricane Digital Memory Bank

When hurricane Rita was going to hit Vidor we evacuated to Arkansas where a some relatives of mine had a chicken farm. We stayed there for about 3 weeks and came back. When we got back to Vidor we saw trees and power lines everywhere and we had to live with no power for about a week and a half.

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“Online Story Contribution, Hurricane Digital Memory Bank,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 24, 2024, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/2242.

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Collecting and Preserving the Stories of Katrina and Rita

Online Story Contribution, Hurricane Digital Memory Bank

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