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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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We lost our home, everything in our home, my car, my cat...a part of my very soul. I am 23 years old. I was 8 months pregnant when Hurricane Katrina ripped out my heart. I have two beautiful kids now and a wonderful…

Life a year later....ha! I figured we would have a home by now, but we don\'t. We are still living with my mom. I don\'t know when things will get better...or if they ever will...The pain is still there - that, I know -…

Where do I begin? I haven\'t lived with my husband since he went back to work in October. My now 13 year old son lost everything he knew as his life and basically fell apart inside. Had counseling all summer to try to…

The following appeared in the Opinions section of the Gainesville Sun, Sunday,, August 27, 2006\r\n\r\nOne year after Katrina\r\nAugust 27. 2006 6:01AM\r\n\r\n\r\nIDA ALTMAN\r\n\r\nMonday evening (August 21st) my husband…

Lauren Morales \r\nNot Just Katrina but Rita\r\n\r\nI live in a little town about thirty minutes south of New Orleans called Lafitte. Like many others, my family evacuated Sunday morning August 28 around three am. We…

Douglas Toland\r\nAugust 24, 2006\r\n\r\n\r\n The devastation of the hurricane season of 2005 will be felt for years to come. During this series of traumatic events, I was living in Indiana. I was not directly affected…

The Miracle on the Bridge\r\n\r\nA true Hurricane Katrina story\r\n by Michaele Lux\r\n\r\n Most people cannot believe it when I tell them that my father, my cat, and I evacuated from my home on the actual day of…

Lannhi Tong\r\n\r\nLiving in New Orleans people prior to Hurricane Katrina stopped taking hurricanes seriously because many storms throughout the years that were predicted to hit New Orleans, never hit the city. So when…

When I first heard the news that Hurricane Katrina was heading our way, I was a bit nervous and excited at the same time. I was happy about the cancellation of school and I needed a little vacation. However, I was in…

I remember my grandma calling me on the Saturday before the storm and telling me, \"Marki, pack up some clothes....we are evacuating for the hurricane.\" I had no idea what she was talking about. I was oblivious to the…