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Interview no. | K-0627 |
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 | 21 August 2002 |
Interviewee | Nimmo, Bobby. |
Interviewee occupation |
Farmers Fire fighters |
Interviewee DOB | Unknown |
Interviewee ethnicity | Unidentified |
Interviewer | Barnes, Jay. |
Abstract | Farmer; Snow Hill Volunteer Fire Department; attempting to finish harvesting tobacco after Hurricane Floyd when floods came in; flooding started several days after hurricane; evacuated people from creek flooding area in middle of night; Hispanic and migrant labor reaction; effect on local farmers; rescue plans in place, changes to them; local versus outside help interactions; personal lessons learned. |
Subject Topical |
Migrant agricultural laborers--North Carolina. Hurricane Floyd, 1999. Floods--North Carolina. Hurricanes--North Carolina. Disaster relief--North Carolina. Disaster relief--North Carolina. Volunteer fire fighters--North Carolina--Snow Hill. |
Citation | Interview with Bobby Nimmo by Jay Barnes, 21 August 2002 K-0627, 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. | K0627_Audio_2 |