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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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What I remember most about Hurricane Katrina is the thousands of stories of the terrible disaster on the news. I didnâ€™t realize how bad it was until maybe a week after the hurricane happened. I never watch the news and…

I did not hear about Katrina until the Friday before, when I was in Chalmette visiting my grandma. My dad, who is usually against the whole evacuating thing, decided the next morning that we would drive to Natchez,…

Since leaving New Orleans, Life, ofcourse hasn\'t been the same. I\'ve basically bounced fromplace to place. It hurts me to see how many of my friends have suffered from this disaster. I\'ve lost a few friends along the…

I did not hear about Katrina until the Friday before, when I was in Chalmette visiting my grandma. My dad, who is usually against the whole evacuating thing, decided the next morning that we would drive to Natchez,…

i felt deeply that we should get our adult children and young grandchildren together and leave. My husband was working nights when I called him and said I really want you to come home this looks serious and I have…

I will never forget the \"Trail of Tears\" that was the evacuation route out of Beaumont, Texas. Taking my ten cats and four dogs in a pickup truck on a journey which unbeknownst to me would last almost 32 hours before I…

Last year at this time New Orleans streets were filled with potholes, but there were few roofing tacks or nails. We just had two more nails taken out of our car the other day and either the patch is not holding or we…

The major thing that I remember of Hurricane Katrina and Rita was how the media coverage almost always put a negative spin on it. You heard more of how the federal government wasn\'t getting help to Louisiana quick…

I am an insurance adjuster who worked in the Slidell area of Louisiana. One factor in working claims in the area was the lack of telephone service which made it difficult to contact the insureds. A second factor was due…

Well at first I didnt realize the seriousness of Hurricane Katrina. After a couple days it was all over the news. The media coverage was really freaking me out. I felt really bad for everyone that was affected by the…