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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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When Katrina made landfall I was living in Pensacola, Fl. We were especially frantic because hurricane Ivan had just hit Pensacola and most of the city had not rebuilt or even stabilized their homes. My mother\'s house…

The men and women of the United States Coast Guard were the true heroes during the months following Hurricane Katrina. In preparation for the Hurricane\'s landfall, their families were sent deep in to the heart of…

Before hurricane Katrina, I was living on the Westbank. My family and I evacuated to Houston, Texas several days before Katrina hit land. Like many others who evacuated, I expected to be in Houston for a short amount of…

August 28, 2005 I left my house thinking I\'d see my father the following day. I thought I\'d continue highschool at Mount Carmel on Monday. I thought it would be a routine evacuation that would end up being a \"mini-…

When people look back on Katrina, they always look at the effects it had on the people of New Orleans, but what about how it affected the animals throughout our city? My two dogs were greatly distressed after my…

In August of 2005, when hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, I was on active duty status with the US Coast Guard. I was, however, not stationed here but was in Seattle, Washington. As you can imagine, the Coast Guard…

ONE that would give you info about whats going one. While watching the show we see hurricane katrina was in fl and how it had made a turn towards us. this was two days before it hit. it was my moms birthday so we…

I am from New Orleans, Louisiana and this is my evacuation story. For Katrina, i evacuated with my dad, grandapa, my dad\'s girlfriend, and some other people to Beaumont, Texas. We stayed in a Red Roof Inn for about a…

I remember hearing about Hurricane Katrina two days before it actually hit. I had no idea there was even a Hurricane out there. It all happened so fast. The day we evacuated to Memphis my mom told my step dad, brother,…

When hurricane Katrina gets brought up, I think about my experience evacuating. A week prior to the storm my dad underwent quadruple bypass surgery and was still supposed to be recovering when the storm hit, but was…