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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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Locking the door to my house in Meatirie on August 27th 2005, I didn\'t know the horrific journey my dad, grandma, boyfriend, and three dogs were about to endure. I had picked up my ill grandma from the home that she…

I remember when I was leaving new orleans, friday after the storm it was. we we\'re walking across the crescent city connection. (come to find out a few friends tried not long after us and they were shot at). I…

The formation of Hurricane Katrina in 2005 was inevitable. After all only nature can produce just the right conditions for the storm to brew, or did some external factor play a role in its sudden strengthening to a…

Almost two years after Katrina, I have a place to call home now. After evacuating from New Orleans East, we stayed in Houston. Later, we went to Shreveport, then to Bossier City, and finally here in Metairie. We\'re…

received a phone call that Saturday morning from my mom. She was frantic explaining for me to leave town. A few friends and I decided to make our way to Baton Rouge to stay with a few friends. Not really knowing or…

A Place To Call My Own\r\nFinally, there is no one nagging me about cleaning the dishes, picking up my things, or yelling because I\'m home too late. I am finally free to do what I want when I want. I am able to decorate…

Every year we prepared ourselves for the big hurricane, hoping that the hurricane will turn and go some where else. In Aug. of 2005 we as a family decided to pack our things and head for Houston before the big one would…

It\'s coming up on the two year mark of hurricane Katrina and I am still wondering if I\'ve made the right choice in staying here. The week before the Katrina was a busy week for me. I was starting the new fall semester…

It\'s coming up on the two year mark of hurricane Katrina and I am still wondering if I\'ve made the right choice in staying here. The week before the Katrina was a busy week for me. I was starting the new fall semester…

My father, brother, his girlfriend at the time, and I left our home the morning the hurricane hit. We drove to Amite, Louisiana to stay in a house my uncle owned. A house I once thought was spacious and comfortable…