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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 lived at 5855 Catina St., right next to the Polk/Veterans Blvd. interchange. I evacuated to Memphis (my brother lived there and I went to rendezvous with my girlfriend - now fiancee), only taking an acoustic guitar…

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Red Crossed! \r\n\r\nThe following message was conveyed to and ignored by the administrative head of the Red Cross in Massachusetts in late December 2005. With all of the FEMA and government bashing, I had thought it…

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We left for Texas when we heard that Hurricane Katrina was headed this way. I have a sister that lives in Texas and she graciously extended us a place to ride out the storm. We watched the progress of the storm on my…

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Originally, I planned to evacuate my condo in Old Metairie(less than 3 miles from New Orleans). I packed my suitcase and I was going to follow my parents to my sister’s house in Florida. I had major difficulties trying…

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My name is April Martin and by the summer of 2005, New Orleans had been my home for nine years and some months. Before the storm, my partner, Jeremy Justice and I lived at 5535 South Tonti Street in Broadmoor. Of…

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While Katrina proved to be devastating for many families and individuals, it proved to have a rather large silver lining for my family. Although we were evacuated for a month, first in Conroe,Tx at an aunt\'s house,…

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My Katrina Story Part II\r\n\r\n The first part of my Katrina story, including my exodus from New Orleans and the days immediately following the storm, can already be found posted in the archive. This is the second part…

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While hurricane Katrina was a horrible ordeal, there were a number of good outcomes for my family. First of all we evacuated on the saturday before the hurricane hit to my aun\'ts house in Conroe,Tx. When I say we I…

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Friday, November 04, 2005\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\nHurricane story \r\n\r\nThe song playing is “When the Levee Breaks” by A Perfect Circle. The song was made Pre-Katrina, so no, it was not made because of New…

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I am from baton rouge but i moved to new orleans about 5 years ago to go to uno. After 2 years here i moved off campus a few blocks away from my aunts house ( she lives on bullard). Me and my aunt never leave for…

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