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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 attached song is titled \"Sittin\' Pretty in the City\".\r\n\r\nPhilip Melancon remained in New Orleans when Hurricane Katrina pummeled the Gulf Coast. A prominent New Orleans musician, Melancon wrote numerous songs…

\"Sittin\' Pretty in…

It was a sticky October day just two months after Hurricane Katrina and I was shaky all over from the many cups of coffee I drank earlier that morning. Perhaps my nerves were bad from the stories I had been hearing…

\r\n As I reflect back on Hurricane Katrina, I can remember feelings of intense uncertainty. Upon reaching my first destination which was Monroeville Alabama, I had an unending urge to fix myself in front of any…

Even though I was not directly affected by hurricane Katrina, I still had to evacuate the city. I relocated to my hometown of New Iberia, La.I lived there all my life up until age 16. A few days after the storm passed, I…

Before Katrina, I don\'t even know if I would have considered Louisiana a place to make a home. When I first moved out of my childhood home, I moved into my Father\'s house (he passed away a few months before) which was…

Even though I was not directly affected by hurricane Katrina, I still had to evacuate the city. I relocated to my hometown of New Iberia, La.I lived there all my life up until age 16. A few days after the storm passed, I…

The entire family was in South Carolina at Fort Jackson watching one of my brothers graduate from basic training when Hurricane Katrina decided to leave a trail of carnage across the Gulf Coast. For a moment, a moment…

My Pre- and Post-Katrina\r\n\r\n I lived in a small house in Kenner, Louisiana for twenty-five years with my family. To better express how small the house was, it had one half and one full bathroom. The kitchen…

I tried to look. Still not ready.

Sometime, I\'m not sure when, our house became a home. For a while after Katrina there were no walls, no roof, no smooth wood floor to call ours, just other people\'s couches, beds, school room carpeting, hotels,…