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Interview no. | K-0636 |
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 | July 15, 2002 |
Interviewee | Tyler, Carolyn. |
Interviewee occupation | Executives |
Interviewee DOB | Unknown |
Interviewee ethnicity | Unidentified |
Interviewer | Barnes, Jay. |
Abstract | Executive Director, North Carolina Interfaith Disaster Response; hired after Hurricane Floyd to help organization; aided in connecting faith leaders in community; types of volunteers; value of service. |
Subject Topical |
Volunteers--North Carolina. Hurricane Floyd, 1999. Floods--North Carolina. Hurricanes--North Carolina. Disaster relief--North Carolina. Disaster relief--North Carolina. Church work--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 |
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Interview no. | K-0636 |