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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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Picture of the ceiling/roof in my parents home January 2010, four years of delay in the renovation has taken its toll on the badly damaged roof. It has begun collapsing into the home. Metairie, LA.

Directly opposite the laundry room is the kitchen area. Again the home provided running water and a stove so at least for the time they were there it could provide the bare necessities. Notice the exposed studs; walls…

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After hurricanes Katrina and Rita my sister Amanda\'s apartment on Annunciation was destroyed. Though it was on the second floor of their building and the exterior didn\'t flood. The roof had been damaged during Katrina…

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