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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 remeber most was the hundreds of eldery people, to old and cripple to walk, sittin along side the roads, and the others would just walk by them like they were nothing. that was painful to see and i still wonder…

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i know many people that were effected by this hurricane. My friend\'s father is a fire fighter in Richfield MN and he wanted to help so he went down to New Orleans to help the people out. I know that me and al my friends…

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One of my best friend\'s brother went to New Orleans to help with the clean up of Hurrican Katrina and Rita. He left his wife and two year old son for three months to help. When Florida was hit with a bunch of hurricans…

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My husband and i took a driving trip to Texas this past spring and decided to drive through new orleans bacause we always wanted to visit the beautiful old city\r\nAs we passed thru Hattiesburg Mississippi, we saw a…

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I think that life has changed dramatically, even if you wouldn\'t know if by walking down St. Charles. For me, it meant being jobless for three months, constantly moving around, not knowing if our house was there or…

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I am a Floridian and am very lucky this hurricane didn\'t hit Florida. Florida has has its fair share of hurrricane disasters, but nothing close to the effects of Katrina. Florida has been pretty lucky not to have a…

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My school ran a donation program for the victims and made a video to send to a school destroyed by hurricane Katrina. I can\'t remember the exact amount that we raised, but it was a substantial amount. We got a video a…

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This paper is titled, \"Remembering Sabine Pass,\" Hurricane Rita\'s ground zero. Ninety percent of the historic town\'s dwellings were damaged by Rita. It is based on my field trip to the town in June, 2006.

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Recently (July 2006) I had the opportunity to travel to New Orleans, where my hosts were gracious enough to take me on a tour of the city. My overwhelming impression is that if you haven\\\\\\\'t seen it for yourself,…

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I wish to say that the media coverage did not affect me or that I did not see it. But how can anybody say that. It was heartbroken to see all the animals dying and then to see them dead. To see how people had to abandon…

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