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Interview no. | K-0622 |
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 | 12 August 2002 |
Interviewee | Maness, Ed. |
Interviewee occupation | Police |
Interviewee DOB | Unknown |
Interviewee ethnicity | Unidentified |
Interviewer | Barnes, Jay. |
Abstract | First sergeant with the Highway Patrol; received governor's award along with two other State Highway Patrolmen; involved in video unit for SHP; used video after Hurricane Fran to try to get people to keep from looting; aerial video shows people if homes are there, Department of Interior uses it to check changes in coastline. Used helicopter to film; ended up saving disabled vehicle; rescued people in van drifting off into embankment (12 feet of water); downer feeling after rescue; attempt to keep people from driving through danger areas; importance of Department of Transportation; people's unawareness of what water can do to cars, themselves; closure for him. |
Subject Topical |
Hurricane Floyd, 1999. Floods--North Carolina. Hurricanes--North Carolina. Disaster relief--North Carolina. Hurricane Fran, 1996. Disaster relief--North Carolina. Traffic police--North Carolina. |
Citation | Interview with Ed Maness by Jay Barnes, 12 August 2002 K-0622, 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. | K0622_Audio_1 |