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Interview no. | K-0637 |
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 | 1 July 2002 |
Interviewee | Webb, Charlotte. |
Interviewee occupation |
Accountants Directors, NGOs and institutes |
Interviewee DOB | Unknown |
Interviewee ethnicity | Unidentified |
Interviewer | Barnes, Jay. |
Abstract | Habitat for Humanity director; became Project Manager for Habitat's Floyd Rebuilding project; personal experience during and after the flood; dealing with and arranging volunteers; tensions between Tarboro and Princeville; difficulties of working with Home Depot and Lowe's at the same time; race relations. |
Subject Topical |
Hurricane Floyd, 1999. Floods--North Carolina. Hurricanes--North Carolina. Disaster relief--North Carolina. |
Subject Name | Habitat for Humanity International, Inc. |
Citation | Interview with Charlotte Webb by Jay Barnes, 1 July 2002 K-0637, 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. | K0637_Audio_1 |