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.

Online Story Contribution, Hurricane Digital Memory Bank

Me and My parents evacuated to my grandparents in Bon wier. It wasn\'t far enough end though. It was kinda cool though because the wind sounded like a freight train. We were lucky though we had no damage to our house. We lived off a generator for 12 days Because we came home the next day.

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“Online Story Contribution, Hurricane Digital Memory Bank,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed October 19, 2024, https://hurricanearchive.org./items/show/2098.

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Collecting and Preserving the Stories of Katrina and Rita

Online Story Contribution, Hurricane Digital Memory Bank

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