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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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I\'m back in NOLA since march of 2006. in my mind it\'s not different at all - im stuck in the moment of (oct.2005) kicking my door in and seeing all of my things gone.....\r\nthe flower off my brother\'s coffin is all…

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I came back to my house which was relatively untouched. I am now doing almost all the same things I did before, volunteering, gardening, working, riding my bike... but it\'s not the same at all.\r\n\r\nMany people have…

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\"Throws\" from the Krewe du Vieux parade, February 2006.

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Gutting out debris, Canal St., October 2005.

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LA National Guard, Bourbon St., Oct 2005

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I put my experiences down just after the storm and still have them. I could email them to you. I stayed because #1 I didnt think it would be that bad - as Carla, Audrey were not and I stayed in Houston during Hurricane…

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We have had many hurricane threats before Rita. It was the Wednesday before Rita hit that I was running around my house taking pictures off the walls and packing everything into rubber maid containers. I talked with my…

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it is different a lot of ways like i miss everything there especially mardigras. I even miss my house it was so beautiful and i loved it so much. I wish we could move back and it would be the same ,but I know it won\'t…

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Katrina.\r\n\r\nebb and flow, crash and blow \r\nwater rushes to and fro \r\ngive and take, provide, forsake \r\ncenturies toil laid to waste \r\n\r\nbubble and boil, rocks to soil \r\nthe timeless power waits... \r\nfor…

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I remember the day when I woke up and heard the news about it. I was stunned with what had ahppened and didn\'t understand why. My parents had been discussing politics when this occured and I couldn\'t make the…

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