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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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By Christina Cooper, Education and Development Director Global Wildilfe Center\r\n\r\nGlobal Wildlife Center is a 900 acre non-profit wildlife preserve located in Folsom, Louisiana, on the Northshore of Lake…

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I posted the following in my blog on Aug. 28, 2005, the day Katrina bore down on the Gulf Coast:\r\n\r\nPlease pray for the people of Louisiana and Mississippi. Say a prayer for the elderly, poor and plain old crazies…

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Walter Inglis Anderson (1903-1965) was an artist from Ocean Springs, Mississippi. If the name doesn\'t ring a bell chances are his style will. He inspired many artists who wound up more famous than he ever wanted to be.…

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Saturday, December 03, 2005\r\n\r\n MyKatrina \r\nCurrent mood: grateful \r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n \r\n\r\n I was living with my son in the French Quarter in New Orleans. I loved…

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My story is pretty much documented at my weblog, and all of the posts related to Katrina are grouped by this URL:\r\nhttp://www.ernietheattorney.net/ernie_the_attorney/katrina/index.html\r\n\r\nI stayed in the city for…

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The following are blog entries from “Between the 5 & the 6” which is a personal blog from Ryan Burchett. During hurricanes Katrina and Rita, Ryan was the Chief Meteorologist at KLFY-TV Channel 10, the CBS affiliate in…

I wasn’t even going to leave Metairie until early Sunday morning. My boyfriend woke me up at 5am with a demand, not a request, that I evacuate with him. We packed our cars (clothes for about two days each…) and he went…

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Like most New Orleanians, we\'ve evacuated so many times that we almost didn\'t evacuate for Katrina. However, my neice was 4 months old at the time, so we decided to just be safe. Our destination was McComb, MS. …

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My New Orleans reminisces (related indirectly to the losses of Katrina), are posted here:\r\n\r\n http://floodstreet.blogspot.com.

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Email from Nov 13, 2005\r\nHello Boys & Girls,\r\n\r\nI have indeed been remiss with my communications. I generally compose long emails of great pith and moment as I drive up and down (back and\r\nforth?) Interstate 10,…

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