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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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Hurricane Katrina was very devastating to many people along the Southern Gulf Coast. The storm itself, however, was not as bad as the aftermath. Race, sex, income and age played a huge role in what would happen to you…

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On Saturday, August 27, 2005, I had no intentions on evacuating for Hurricane Katrina. I thought it would blow over just like all the other hurricanes that were suppose to directly hit New Orleans. When I turned on the…

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i evacuated the sunday before the hurricane. my family, one of my freinds, and myself all left at about 10 in the morning going to my aunts house in lafayette. traffic was so bad, we didnt arrive until 11 that night. …

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For me Katrina came out of nowhere. On August 26, the Friday before Katrina hit, I had plans to go to the Saints game. Little did I know that it was the last time I would go to a game in the dome for this season. …

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Hello I am originally from Metairie, Louisiana. My story begins on the Sunday that hurricane Katrina was rated a category 5. My father came into my room at around 5:oo a.m. and calmly told me get your things together…

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As with every other hurricane I decided to stay thinking it was a false alarm. I have evacuated before and the traffic and hassle didnt seem worth it. I thought the hurricane would never hit here it never had before in…

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This is my story of hurricane Katrina.

This is an essay I wrote for my History of NO class:\r\n \r\n As I sit tonight, in my parents’ home in Bourg, wondering how I am going to put into words what I am actually feeling about my personal evacuation process and…

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This assignment is rather difficult for me as I was not in New Orleans at the time that Katrina hit land. I didn’t feel the true devastation as most did that were in New Orleans. I was affected in some ways, although…

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Having grown up in New Orleans and lived here all of my life I have always heard about “The Big One”. Any New Orleanian can tell you that this is a household term. Sure it had been joked about and feared at the same time…

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