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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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We left New Orleans the day before Hurricane Katrina and headed to Houston, Texas. There were no hotels available so we drove further out to Rosenberg, TX. Our only option was to stay at a small motel that could…

When I think of Katrina and her aftermath there is one image I will never forget. It wasn\'t seeing the destruction of my home or that of my friends and family. It wasn\'t finding all your pictures and memories…

My family was extremely lucky after Katrina. None of our houses flooded, but my brother decided to move away. We were lucky enough to have a relative allow us to stay in their fishing camp in Pierre Part, LA. We had…

My dad was apart of katrina. He was living here during the storm and after the storm he lost everything. He lost his house and all of his possesions. He had to row a boat down the streets to find a place to sleep.…

Your senior year of high school is supposed to be one to remember for the rest of your life. As a senior of Cabrini High School class of 2006, it was a year I will never forget. We were approximately two weeks into the…

My family and I lived in St. Bernard Parish before Hurrican Katrina. I was two weeks into my freshmen year at Hannan High School when we heard of the hurricane. We were going to stay and ride it out at first but at the…

I was a sophomore in high school when Katrina hit. I remember the day before I was driving home from New Orleans School of the Creative Arts with no idea what was in store for me. My family lived in Mandeville…

When Katrina hit New Orleans I was a sophomore at Immaculata High School on the Westbank. When my family had heard a strong storm was coming we decided to pack and leave. It took us more than 12 hours to get to Houston…

I can remember exactly how my fourteenth birthday played out on August 25, 2005. I remember celebrating it with the person I call my bestfriend, who is more like a sister since I am a only child. As Katrina grew closeer…

My hurricane Katrina story isn\'t one to go down in the history books, but I still feel like it should be shared with others. My family and I evacuated to Brookhaven, Mississippi. We went to Brookhaven because both of my…