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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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it seems like lifes getting back to the way it was and the damage was bad but now we are replacing everything and its turning out great

Subject: Im Ok. Still Travelling North After 18 Hrs. With Friends. Tell The Girls,Pls. Lv She\r\nDate: Fri Sep 23 03:17:02 CDT 2005\r\n\r\nThis was a text message I sent to a friend during my evacuation from Port Arthur,…

one year ago every thing in all our change lives we learn to repect, when they told us to leave some of us did and some of us stay back,but when we left we did not know where we was going we just left,with a lil money…

At the reopening of the Superdome last night, Sept. 25, 2006, many fans wore t-shirts featuring the following message: \r\n\r\nFinally. A Bush We Can All Agree On.\r\n\r\nThe city\'s rapid embrace of NO Saints running…

To the loving volunteers of the Ozark Chapter of the American Red Cross, the Springfield Lion\'s Club, Centerline, The Ozark Food Bank, The Salvation Army, numerous church organizations and faith-based community…

While I waited in line to walk into the Superdome for the first time to see the Saints game last night, I could not help but think of the people who waited in that space for seven, long, hot days to be rescued and…

Hurricanes are a disastrous thing as we all know. They come and go unexpectantly and cause a great deal of damage putting families and friends at risk. I was not affected from Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita,…

I would have to say that this year has been really hard trying to get back on our feet. I look back and feel so lucky compared to some people who went back to nothing we at least had a home to get back to we were away…

This photo was taken in January of 2006. Many animal rescue groups like the HSUS had left in October. There were still many cats and dogs on the streets, and they were not neutered. Thus there was a major puppy…

one year post-Katrina musings, new orleans resident