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Interview no. | K-0830 |
Restrictions | No restrictions. Open to research. |
Project | K.2.13. Southern Communities: Listening for a Change: Voices after the Deluge, the Great North Carolina Flood |
Project description | Interviews, 1999-2003, with flood victims, rescue workers, relief workers, ministers, farmers, farm workers, small-business owners, environmental monitors, and political leaders in eastern North Carolina about the devastating flooding in the aftermath of Hurricane Floyd in 1999. Topics include the toll of the flood on human lives; disruptions to community and sense of place; political response to the disaster at local, state, and national levels; public health and environmental issues; the effect of the disaster on the region's most vulnerable residents; and the experiences of relief workers. Some interviewees offer parallels between the hurricane and other tragedies, particularly 9/11. |
Date | 3 December 2002 |
Interviewee |
Albertson, Arliss Milton. Tyndall, Randall Gene. Wolstenholme, Paul P. |
Interviewee occupation |
Farmers Military personnel City planners Business owners Civil servants Consultants |
Interviewee DOB | 1926; 1953; 1944 |
Interviewee ethnicity | Whites |
Interviewer | Otis, Katie. |
Abstract | Hurricane Floyd; 1999 flooding of Eastern North Carolina; local emergency response; local, state, and federal coordination of emergency response; Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); providing trailers to flood victims; flood cleanup and rebuilding; reasons for the flooding; environmental impact of the flooding; Duplin County, North Carolina |
Subject Topical |
Duplin County (N.C.) Hurricane Floyd, 1999. Floods--North Carolina. Disaster relief--North Carolina. |
Subject Name | United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency. |
Citation | Interview with Arliss Milton Albertson, Randall Gene Tyndall, and Paul P. Wolstenholme by Katie Otis, 3 December 2002 K-0830, in the Southern Oral History Program Collection #4007, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
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Interview no. | K0830_Audio_1 |