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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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The weekend of 8/27/2005 my boyfriend and I planned to paint our den. We were making the first improvements to our home that we purchased in September 2004. Friday evening I stayed up until the early morning hours…

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My Katrina Experience\r\n\r\nAs we look back at the events leading up to hurricane Katrina’s impact on the Gulf Coast and southeast Louisiana and also the aftermath of this natural disaster, each one of us affected by…

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All thoughout the week there were frequent announcements in the local and international news about a hurricane named Katrina coming toward New Orleans. My family from England and elsewhere abroad had seen it in the…

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I am seventy six years old and I stayed back in New Orleans during the hurricane, because my mother who was ninrty seven was there. She was blind and infirmed.The hurricane came on Monday, August twenty ninth as…

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My name is Lisa Marie Brown. I am 39 years old and a native of New\r\n> > Orleans. I have lived in Algiers, on the west bank of Orleans parish,\r\n>for\r\n> > twenty-six years. I have gone through many hurricanes, but…

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I would like to use this space to thank the people of San Antonio for their kindness and generosity. Before the storm hit, my boyfriend, my dog and one of my tenants evacuated to Houston. My tenant, (who is also now a…

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During the hurricane, my people starved. During the hurricane, my people drowned. During the hurricane, my people were subjected to inhumane conditions at the hand of the American government. During the hurricane, my…

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…Nothing about that latest name down the alphabet—Katrina—seemed initially outstanding (relative to what had gone before it that season); that is, until we found out at mass Sunday morning, August 28, that she had bulked…

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My name is Courtney Giarrusso and I am a 25 year old senior at the University of New Orleans. I lost my home to Katrina. I lived four houses from the 17 Street Canal. The flooding destroyed the first story of my home…

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I am a district court judge in New Orleans. I thought it would be important to document how Katrina touched our court system. In doing so, it is important to remember that in New Orleans, unlike any other parich, the…

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