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Interview no. | K-0591 |
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 | 11 November 1957 |
Interviewee | Cary, Steve M. |
Interviewee occupation | Fire fighters |
Interviewee DOB | 1957 |
Interviewee ethnicity | Whites |
Interviewer | Hartman, Leda. |
Abstract | Steve Cary; Hurricane Floyd; Eastern NC flooding of 1999; Greenville, SC; work as a fire fighter; Rocky Mount, NC; Hurricane Fran; Edgecombe County, NC; Nash County, NC; rescuing flood victims; Rocky Mount's Riverside Apartments; impact of the flood on elderly individuals; FEMA [Federal Emergency Management Agency]. |
Subject Topical |
Fire fighters--North Carolina. Hurricane Floyd, 1999. Hurricanes--North Carolina. Disaster relief--North Carolina. Older people--North Carolina. Nash County (N.C.) Disaster relief--North Carolina. |
Subject Name | United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency. |
Citation | Interview with Steve M. Cary by Leda Hartman, 11 November 1957 K-0591, 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. | K0591_Audio_1 |