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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 was living in White Stone, Virginia during the passing of hurricanes Katrina and Rita. I was born and raised in Lafayette, La where my family has always resided. I did not own a television at the time and, though I…

When Katrina hit my whole family had already evacuated. We were in a town named Tallulah and we slept 2 or three people in these small one bed motel rooms.When we got to return home the house was gross and smelly. There…

I started college at the University of New Orleans a week before Hurricane Katrina hit. All I can remember from that week is talking to my grandmother about how horrible my classes were. I told her I wished I could…

There is so much to take into account with what happened in 2005. I was living in St. Bernard parish and attending Archbishop Hannan for a most anticipated senior year. When I found that there was a hurricane…

EXCERPTS FROM MY ONLINE JOURNAL DURING AND POST-KATRINA\r\n\r\nAUG 29th, 2005\r\nSubject: alive and well.\r\nTime: 01:47 am\r\n\r\n...and staying in Houston at my mom\'s house. The boyfriend\'s with me too.\r\n\r\nI\'m…

It was my Senior year of high school. Naturally I was excited and greatly looked forward to graduation the following year. Then Katrina hit....\r\n\r\nFor the first time in my life, I was uprooted from\r\nthe only place…

My worst memory of Katrina occured in Laural, MS. I was with my family inlcuding my two very young nieces. I stood in line with my sister at a Walgreens for 8 hours to get diapers. I saw humanity falling apart when…

My Sisters Cry\r\n\r\n Before evacuating, most of my family meet at my dads house. We watched the news one last time before we hit the road. They were explaining how high the water serge would be, and how no one should…

A week before Hurricane Gustav, my grandpa was checked into a hospital due to congestive heart failure. East Jefferson released him once they got notice that Gustav was heading to New Orleans. The next day we traveled…

A week before Hurricane Gustav, my grandpa was checked into a hospital due to congestive heart failure. East Jefferson released him once they got notice that Gustav was heading to New Orleans. The next day we traveled…