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Object Description
Interview no. | K-0603 |
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 | August 14, 2002 |
Interviewee | Ayscue, Derek. |
Interviewee occupation | Social workers |
Interviewee DOB | Unknown |
Interviewee ethnicity | Unidentified |
Interviewer | Barnes, Jay. |
Abstract | Hope After Floyd case worker in Pitt County (N.C.); hard of hearing; worked during Hurricane Floyd with various pet rescue missions; main work with Hard of Hearing/Deaf families, including poverty-stricken family and young girl traumatized by flood; demonstrates the way Deaf community comes together to support each other in times of trouble. |
Subject Topical |
Hurricane Floyd, 1999. Floods--North Carolina. Hurricanes--North Carolina. Social work with the deaf--North Carolina. Hearing impaired--North Carolina. |
Citation | Interview with [interviewee name] by [interviewer name], [interview date] [interview number], in the Southern Oral History Program Collection #4007, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Description
Interview no. | K-0603 |