The Katrina Database
I Sourced and Digitally Archived 40,000+ Individual Resources About Hurricane Katrina
(“Rooftop in New Orleans, photographed by helicopter pilots from the 106th Rescue Wing, New York Air National Guard, in September 2005. This kind of scene typified the desperation of residents often forced to the highest points in their residences to escape floodwaters released by levee breaks in the New Orleans area, who sought to gain the attention of rescue helicopters flying in the area.” Photographer unknown; courtesy Maj. Emily J. Desrosier, New York Air National Guard 106th Rescue Wing Public Affairs Office.)
I’ve spent time collecting records from the National Archives online catalog, The National Weather Service, The American Weather Association, The US Census Bureau, The Louisiana Department of Health, The Human Trafficking Institute, The White House Archives, and more reliable sources.
In the database, there are over 40,000+ individual records that can be viewed, downloaded, and studied.
Within the database, resources are sorted by subject, source, title, abstract (if available), date, and format, with links included. Topics vary from environmental devastation and economic destruction to human tolls and psychological impacts.
Also linked are PBS Frontline documentaries free to watch online in full.
Some subjects listed in column “A” include: catalogs (repositories with multiple resources held within), reports (typically news coverage), statistics (from various educational institutions), and research (academic journals and scientific findings).
This project was created to aid others (particularly those with no connection to Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath) in understanding just how devastating Katrina and its sister-storm Hurricane Rita were to South Louisiana and the Gulf Coast as a whole.
For more information, my YouTube channel and TikTok account have hundreds of videos detailing my personal experience during Hurricane Katrina as a young child.
For more: https://linktr.ee/alexisamber