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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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Cup Of Water\r\n\r\n I just moved to a tiny one bedroom apt. in a lovely tiny town in Louisiana with my two kittens . I did not have my cable T.V. hooked up.. I did not know how severe the hurricane was until it was…

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Sept. 1\r\n\r\n(This was written down by hand, by candelight, and later transcribed into an e-mail by Mary Beth Applin\'s mother.)\r\n\r\nI was lying in bed trying in my head to describe what our situation was like here…

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My family and I live in Franklinton, La. At the time of the storm my wife was 6 months pregnant and we had a 2 yr old daughter. Even as far north as we were there was still major damage. In our yard we had 7 trees…

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I am a small animal Veterinarian in Bogalusa, La and live next door to my clinic. During the height of the storm, the roof of my boarding facility was ripped off. We were boarding about 20 dogs and several cats whose…

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Here is an article I wrote for a Canadian magazine. It was published in Canada

Sept. 18, 2005, Updated Mar. 5, 2006\r\n\r\nThank goodness for being scientists, for the HCA corporation’s rented helicopters, and for the Jewish congregation (Chevei Tzedek) that welcomed us during our exile in…

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Since the first time I heard Louie Armstrong sing “Do you know what it means to miss New Orleans,” the appeal of jazz, great food, historic Catholic churches and streetcars named Desire have called to me. For a single…

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In this file our colleges from Westwego La gathered pictures.

We just moved into our new house, built strong from the ground up to be hurricane proof (including hurricane glass). We weren\'t quite ready to stay through its ultimate test and started to pack. However when we could…

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2005 jan4th our home burned down, mom and dad and me. dad bedridden from a stroke. no inc. then hurricane rita came in i sent my daughter and grandkids out on the busses day befor mom and dad did not want to leave but…

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