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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 and my husband were both born and raised in New Orleans. After high school we both joined the military and left because we felt that there were no opportunities available for us. We were both fairly educated enough…

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My sister/best friend/confidant/Godmother of my two kids lives in Biloxi, MS. As of Sunday, her only concern was moving into a new apartment, and getting everything unpacked and clothes washed. I pleaded with her to…

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US Coast Guard magazine, \"Katrina, the Gulf Response,\" special edition 2005. It focuses on the Coast Guard responses to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

Hello I am 15 years old and my name is Nikole Coulombe at the moment I live in Bunkie, Louisiana. I am a freshmen at Bunkie High School. If you would like to get a hold of me my email address is nikki70631@yahoo.com. I…

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Below is a link to a story about my family that ran in the Washington Post a few weeks after we evacuated from our home in Chalmette, LA the morning before Katrina. \r\n\r\nIt\'s been over six months since that awful…

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I live on a boat on Clear Lake, near Clear Lake Shores. I am a 66 year old lady with heart failure and spinal arthritis. As we watched the news of the approaching hurricane, we became apprehensive, as it appeard to be…

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I\'m an older man,and live alone, save for my chihuahua, Vida. I left on the Sunday before Katrina. I took my car and loaded it with necessary items and left Kenner. I was lucky to be able to fill up the car and…

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On the 28th of August, 2005, I was sitting at home in New York. Like most folks, I was watching the news reports about Hurricane Katrina, intrigued by the increasing size and power of this storm. The National Weather…

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I went down south with 20 other wonderful people. Two people were from Florida, one person from South Dakot, one person from the U of M Twin Cities, and the other 16 of us are from the U of M Morris. I, being the only…

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Under the Eye of Katrina \r\nAugust 28, 2005 in Slidell, Louisiana\r\nby Lucy Wells Tierney\r\n\r\nI feel as if I have been initiated into the State of Louisiana, an awful ritual.\r\nYesterday a father cardinal fed his…

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