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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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well I think they have destroyed so many of our lives and I think there will be a solution to this in the future but for now we might just have to live with it until we find that sulution!

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Well, theve destroyed so much of our lives that we barely have anything left of them.And out of the stuff weve lost our lives have needed more like a home,food,clothing,and some of our friends that have that need to do…

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I think that the rebuilding of new orlearns has really come a long way and that it is great that they can restore these peoples homes.

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Numerous residents reported hearing explosions in the direction of the \"failed\" levies.\r\n\r\nAn Army Corp of Engineers diver was told by a FEMA overseer that he would not tell anyone about the evidence of demolition…

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My wife telephoned our friend, the architect Web Deadman (31 Maryland Dr.) the afternoon of Katrina. He was fine. \"The roof leaks,\" he said, \"but it always leaks.\" Then we heard about the flooding of the city, and…

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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…

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I\'ve lived in my house on Hudson Street in Kenner, LA my whole life. It is a beige stucco and brick house with a white picket fence surrounding the patio! An oak tree sits tall in the middle of the yard while a garden…

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Late August 2005 was to be a busy time in my life. I was standing in a wedding, taking classes, and working full time. Clouded by my hectic schedule, I neglected to follow the path of a developing storm that I was…

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August 29, 2005 Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans Louisiana and the surrounding areas. My home was destroyed that day. August 30, 2005 I began to call a new place home. I moved in with my girlfriend Amelia\'s family. The…

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Floating - 100 Miles Off the Shore\r\n\r\n Biloxi, Mississippi is my home town, but I was actually stationed in Norfolk, Virginia the day the storm came through. With my dad stationed in Italy and my brothers living in…

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