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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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01 01 2006 A14.pdf

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01 01 2006 A13.pdf

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01 01 2006 A12.pdf

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01 01 2006 A1.pdf

01 01 2006 A1.pdf

August 28, 2006\r\n\r\nSubject: Our Hurricane Katrina Story\r\n\r\nA year ago today we evacuated from our house in Covington, Louisiana, because of Hurricane Katrina.\r\n\r\nMy wife Elizabeth and I had been on a short…

I had just got out of the hospital a few days before from having a hysterectomy and a c-section.\r\n I had a very bad infection so I was in the hospital longer then we had planed. I seen over the tv that we had to…

August 28, 2005 \r\n\r\nI just lost it!\r\n\r\nMax Mayfield top dog at the National Hurricane Center, storm expert & wise sage just said in 33 years he has never faced a worst-case scenario as the one we are now facing…

August 28, 2006\r\n9:35 PM CDT - Baton Rouge, La. \r\n\r\nIt is with a Heavy Heart...\r\n\r\nThe weather is so quiet in Baton Rouge you wouldn\'t even know there is a catastrophic Hurricane about to slam into our coast.…

8:22 PM CDT\r\nAugust 28, 2005\r\nBaton Rouge, La. \r\n\r\nNightfall has descended on Baton Rouge. Not much happening but an occasional gust of wind. My husband Tommy has an inkling Katrina may turn eastward a bit and…

6:42 PM CDT, August 28, 2005 \r\nBaton Rouge, Louisiana \r\n\r\nThe Bottom Drops Out\r\n\r\nI walked out a minute ago to get something out of the yard. As I was walking in Kaboom! A Heavy sheet of intense rain came up…