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Collecting and Preserving the Stories of Katrina and Rita

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.

I put my experiences down just after the storm and still have them. I could email them to you. I stayed because #1 I didnt think it would be that bad - as Carla, Audrey were not and I stayed in Houston during Hurricane Alicia. #2 I have pets and didnt want to leave them. I also wanted to be there to protect my property.

Citation

“[Untitled],” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 23, 2024, https://hurricanearchive.org./items/show/11572.

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