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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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\"Hurricane Stories, From Within\"\r\nEssay originally appeared in Social Studies of Science, vol 37, no 1 (February 2007):97-102.

Hurricane Stories,…

Introduction to special discussion of Hurricane Katrina in Social Studies of Science, vol 37, no 1 (February 2007): 93-95

Things Fall Apart:…

it was t he worst day of my life i never imagen the hurracane wold acually hit new orleans. i i will never forget what that day did to me

itz hard itz no place like home,but we\'re getting better learning out here.I attend Paul Revere middle school in Houston Tx.

Evacuee testimonial from the Acadiana Outreach Center.

Evacuee testimonial from Acadiana Outreach Center.

Evacuee testimonial from Acadiana Outreach Center.

I started my journey with a 1 month stay at a hotel in Boonesville, MS as an evacuee. The people in this town took such good care of us and the New Orleans Residents by providing free food and gas for our cars during…

Its been a year and a half since Rita destroyed my childhood home and misplaced my parents. We are from Sulphur,LA. You moght call us some of the lucky ones. After the storm, my parents came to stay with me in Lake…

We live in Biloxi,Ms. and stayed at our home along with 17 other people thinking everyone could go home the next day...little did we realize that everyone staying with us would have no home to go to. We live about 5…