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Interview no. | K-0620 |
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 | 17 June 2002 |
Interviewee | LeFiles, Diane C. |
Interviewee occupation | School administrators |
Interviewee DOB | Unknown |
Interviewee ethnicity | Unidentified |
Interviewer | Barnes, Jay. |
Abstract | Director of Community Schools and Public Information, Edgecombe County Schools; own house was okay, got involved in emergency relief, put in charge of public relations; set up headquarters in the jail, dealing with various "alphabet soup" federal agencies; sent out information to various news organizations so relatives could find out situation; school issues; migrant workers scared of rescuers; ways people lived in shelters; actions of local churches; local heroes; volunteer offers from outside the area; community strength. |
Subject Topical |
Hurricane Floyd, 1999. Floods--North Carolina. Hurricanes--North Carolina. Disaster relief--North Carolina. Disaster relief--North Carolina. Schools--North Carolina--Edgecombe County. |
Citation | Interview with Diane C. LeFiles by Jay Barnes, 17 June 2002 K-0620, 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. | K0620_Audio_1 |