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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.

Sitting in the dark, watching a tiny hand held TV..seeing all the people in N.O - crying, dying..screaming for aid. Almost 2 weeks our family went without power or water....but the memories of what I saw in that hand held TV DURING the storm, is what I will always recall.

Citation

“[Untitled],” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed October 17, 2024, https://hurricanearchive.org./items/show/4391.

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