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Interview no. | K-0836 |
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 June 2001 |
Interviewee | Williams, Nina C. |
Interviewee occupation | Teachers |
Interviewee DOB | 1950 |
Interviewee ethnicity | Whites |
Interviewer | Otis, Katie. |
Abstract | Hurricane Floyd; flooding of eastern NC in 1999; Duplin County, NC; Rose Hill, NC; Golden Care Rest Home in Rose Hill, NC; impact of the 1999 flooding on NC’s elderly population; nursing homes; moving residents out of the rest home during the flooding; impact of the flood and flood recovery efforts on Golden Care’s residents. |
Subject Topical |
Duplin County (N.C.) Hurricane Floyd, 1999. Floods--North Carolina. Hurricanes--North Carolina. Nursing homes--North Carolina. Older people--North Carolina. |
Citation | Interview with Nina C. Williams by Katie Otis, 11 June 2001 K-0836, 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. | K0836_Audio_1 |