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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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I remember years ago when the hurrican was on the news. I saw that water was flooding towns and people were moving to new places. After the disaster people lost their home and even family and friends. It was a sad moment…

I have seen news in the media and newspaper about Katrina. It was just amazing but it\'s sad how people have lost their homes and love ones during Katrina. From where I came from, I haven\'t seen anything or hear…

\r\n\r\nMy Son and my family\'s life has totally change he became a Quadraplegia level C-5 Paralism for lfe they say get us back to our praying grounds and he\'ll walk again I TRULLY BELIEVE,Please get us home, to…

In the ten years I have lived in the Tidewater Area of Virginia I have seen four hurricanes make the Top 30 Costliest U.S. Hurricanes 1900-2004 list as prepared by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration…

Thank God we didn\'t view any of the media coverage!\r\n\r\nMy wife & I our 2 kids and my mother & father in law rode out the storm in Metairie until september 5th we decided to evacuate to Florida in which we stayed at…

The evacuation ahead of Hurricane Rita was the most awful thing I\'ve experienced in my entire life. We had little water, food, and gasoline. It was 98 degrees and the car was breaking down. We felt so helpless just…

It was August 28th and I\'ll never forget my brother waking me up at 4am to tell me my grandfather had just passed away at Baptist Hospital. While wrought with grief, I had no idea what a blessing his passing was, nor…

Hurricane Katrina did not have a direct affect on my life but it did have an indirect affect. I have seen many hurricanes throughout my life and did not actually think one could do so much damage and have a big enough…

i believe the media coverage n hurricane katrina was well covered although they some how left the president out. the government i believe did a horrible job of helping the people of louisiana. the people were not given a…

i believe the media coverage n hurricane katrina was well covered although they some how left the president out. the government i believe did a horrible job of helping the people of louisiana. the people were not given a…