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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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My family and I were displaced in Baton Rouge for 3 and a half weeks. Driving back and forth from Baton Rouge to New Orleans, we experienced and witnessed many hardships along the way. People throughout the city were…

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When Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast I had to\r\nevacuate somewhere else from the storm.When I had \r\nto evacuate,I took some books,my psp,computer, and some toys.I lived in Tanglewood apartments.

My family stayed for the Hurricane. We lived on the Northshore at the time, so evacuation was not mandatory. Watching and waiting became the two things that I had to do. My family and I were not harmed, although we had…

Like many others my family and I decided to evacuate the Sunday before Katrina hit my home parish of St. Bernard. Watching from the news, everything seemed so surreal to me. I didn\'t believe it when everyone said…

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Katrina at Brushfire…

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Katrina at Brushfire…

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Katrina at 101…