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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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Just a few weeks before Rita hit, I had been donating clothing, toys, and other things to victims of Katrina that passed through the small city of Vidor, Tx where we lived. I talked and cried along with some families…

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I left with my 16 month old son and my 9 year old daughter and we headed for a family member\'s camp near Brookland right outside of Jasper. This is normally an hour and a half trip that turned into 3 hours. (I\'m not…

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\"Helping Hands\"\r\nOn Sunday, 18 September 2005, the United States Air Force celebrated its 58th birthday of being the world’s greatest air power and at that same time a group of students from the University of Texas…

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Saturday, August 27, 2006 was supposed to have been a day of fun and celebration with my friends. However, it ended up being a day of rushing, packing and being stuck in traffic. My friends and I planned a suprise…

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I woke up on August 27, 2005 at about 10:00 a.m. I was really excited because it was my 21st birthday. I woke my roommate up and asked if she wanted to go get breakfast, so we began to get dressed. Then we went…

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I WOULD LOVE FOR SOMEONE TO CONTACT ME I WAS A DRIVER THAT MOVED PEOPLE FROM THE SUPER DOME WHEN THE GOVERNOR ORDERED THE BUSSES FROM RAPIDES PARISH

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Author: Stan C. Weeber\r\n Assistant Professor, Sociology\r\n McNeese State University\r\n Lake Charles, LA\r\n\r\nTitle: After Katrina, The Tears of Diaspora\r\n\r\nDescription:…

Author: Stan C. Weeber\r\n Assistant Professor, Sociology\r\n McNeese State University\r\n Lake Charles, LA\r\n\r\nTitle: Storytelling, Survival and Healing: A Sociological…

This is a transcribed version of a handwritten journal kept by Carmella Lovett who rode out the storm with her husband in Lacombe, La. It details the damage they encurred and how they dealt with lack of electricity,…

My family and I evacuated to the Baton Rouge area. We have family there and decided best for us to go east. It took us 11 hrs to make the normal 3 hour drive. Cars on interstate 10 east bound were being pulled by…

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