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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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The raindrops slowly ran off the windshield of the car as our small caravan attempted to flee the city only hours before Katrina carved its path of destruction across the Gulf Coast. At every stop (and there were…

My family is a large one. Dad, Mom, five kids, and Rambo, our yellow lab.\r\n\r\nAugust 27, 2005, was just another Saturday. My sister, mom, and I were at a ladies\' tea. My brothers and dad were probably chillin\' on…

I was a sophomore in high school when Hurricane Katrina hit. Although there are many stories about my time spent in Houston and the rebuilding process, the most memorable was the trip evacuating out of the city on August…

I was at a friend\'s house when I first heard the news of Hurricane Katrina heading for New Orleans; I was 14 at the time. My mom picked me up to head home and pack my things to evacuate. My dad, his brothers, and his…

I was a sophmore in high school when Hurricane Katrina hit. Although there are many stories about my time spent in Houston and the rebuilding process, the most memorable was the trip evacuating out of the city on August…

I was a sophmore in high school when Hurricane Katrina hit. Although there are many stories about my time spent in Houston and the rebuilding process, the most memorable was the trip evacuating out of the city on August…

On August 28, 2005, I was heading out of Metairie on my way to the North Shore. It was the day before the hurricane was suppose to hit and we waited last minutes to pack up and leave. On our way to Causeway it took us…

Once again I packed all my belongings and set out for the road. My family and I sat in hours of traffic with know destination accept to get away from our city in a soup bowl. Once we were able to come home our house…

My family evacuated to houston before katrina and it took us 24 hours to get there due to the traffic. I ended up going to two different schools after the storm and had many other new students join my school as well…

When i first heard that we would have to evacuate i thought cool another vacation. I thought i am going to take 2 days worth of clothes and that\'s about it. Like i said i just of evacuating as an extended summer…