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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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During hurricane Katrina, many victims were displaced and anxious as to \"What to do next?\" My family and I had evacuated three days prior to landfall of Katrina, and we had planned to spend a week\'s time in Toledo,…

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\"Where were you during Katrina\"\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n When I remember Katrina pain, panic, desperation, powerless, and agony comes to my memories. It all started on a Wednesday August 24, 2005. When the news…

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Post Katrina I am doing ok at best. I lived in a hotel for two months right after Katrina hit. Then I moved to a trailer park set up by my dad\'s work, Chevron Chemicals in Belle Chasse. My family and I lived…

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Katrina\r\nAlthough thousands and thousands of people were affected by this Katrina devastation fortunately I was one of the lucky ones. My house was not affected by the storm other than a few shingles missing which…

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\r\nAs I walk and drive around the city of New Orleans, I notice a lot of things that I can tell changed due to Hurricane Katrina. Since I didn\'t experience it first hand then im not absolutely positive of how things…

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From August 29th to November 2nd, during the time of Katrina, if I remember correctly, my whole family was in Texas, including one of my sisters who is rarely home. Our house, which is in New Orleans, was flooded. That…

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I am living in the same house. Fortunately, my house did not take much damage. I live in Metairie. There was debris everywhere from the large oak tree in front of my house that i had to clean up when i got back. There…

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What I was doing During Hurricane Katrina\r\n\r\nHurricane Katrina was the most horrible event that has happened to me. During the hurricane I had time to think about my life, and where I was going with it. My brother,…

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During Katrina, I was at my parent\'s house with my family. My family and I chose not \r\nto evcuate. The day Katrina hit we were looking out the window wacthing as debris\r\nflew past our home.We chose not to evcuate…

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Where are you now? -physically, emotionally, financially\r\n\r\nI have lived in New Orleans East for over 10 years. After the hurricane Katrina incident, my parents and I moved back to our old house despite the fact that…

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