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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 moved to New Orleans rather recently, for college, but am original from St. Martinville, La, a small town outside of Lafayette. Katrina did\'t do much damage to the town; the power may have gone out for a few days,…

During the Katrina Memorial\'s I watched several documentaries and programs. I\'ve noticed each year rawer and heart wrenching footage is shown. I guess their reasons are that enough time has passed and people are now…

My Katrina in New York City\r\n\r\n When Hurricane Katrina hit, I was living in a loft in New York City with all of my friends from college. I wasn\'t from New York, none of us were. We were all from New Orleans (or the…

Hurricane Katrina as we know has been one of the worst natural disasters to hit the costal region of the United States, but the most devastating to hit New Orleans. \r\nI was born and raised in New Orleans,the city where…

Katrina is the only hurricane we\'ve ever evacuated for. My father abruptly woke me up on Saturday morning and hurriedly said \"The hurricane\'s just turned into a 5, we\'re leaving.\" My mind began to ramble with…

I was a freshman in high school when Katrina hit. I live in St. Charles Parish, and my house was hardly damaged at all by the storm. In fact, we came back home the night after it hit and simply had to live without…

In August of 2005 I was beginning my junior year at Brother Martin High School. Only A few weeks into the semester we were forced to evacuate to Baton Rouge due to the threat of Katrina. I evacuated with my mother,…

In regards to the media coverage that was and is still being given to New Orleans during and after Hurricane Katrina, I completely disagree with the depiction of the New Orleans area. The coverage shown to people not…

Hurricane Katrina hit when I was 16. I lived in an area with very little impact. Although I didn\'t lose my house or belongings Hurricane Katrina effected me in a different way. For me Katrina took away my childhood and…

Besides those who lost loved ones, Katrina can be taken as a push to something better. Yes, it was horrible to lose all our photos and records, but everything else was just material. A great many had the opportunity to…