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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…