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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 am sixty-three years old, and never before Katrina, have I evacutated for a hurrican. I live in the New Orleans metropolitan area (Metairie, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana). When I realized how large and dangerous this…

My story is not one in which I was directly effected by the hurricane, but more of an emotional involvement. When the whole thing began with Katrina, I understood that this was going to be a big deal but at the same…

Hurricane Katrina was one of the worst disasters known to mankind. It was a disaster that could have been controlled if responded to correctly. The local and state government had a responsibility to evacuate everybody as…

At the time of hurricane Katrina I was working at a grocery store by me. I had been there for a couple of years, and had seen many people come and go working there. A few weeks after Katrina a new guy started working…

My story is similar to those of hundreds of thousands of victims who suffered from the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. I had an aunt who lived in New Orleans with her three kids, Two sons and a daughter. She owned a…

A brief remembrance of Holly Beach, Louisiana, which was totally destroyed by Hurricane Rita.

It was a very important memory when i was at mardi gras now all that stuff there is a mess i dont even wanna talk about it.

Brad Ott interviewed Mary Gehman in December 2005 regarding her experiences in the aftermath of the flooding that followed Hurricane Katrina. The full transcription of the interview is available via the accompanying…

I am not from the gulf coast region and I did not lose my home and everything that I had. I live in Pennsylvania and was far away from all the destruction that happened. You are probably wondering how my life was…

Hurricane Katrina a Year Later: An Epilogue\r\n\r\nThe first couple of paragraphs are included below. The full essay is available in the accompanying file.\r\n\r\nOn August 29, the first year anniversary of Katrina, I…

Hurricane Katrina a…