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Interview no. | K-0604 |
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 June 2002 |
Interviewee | Barnes, Kurt. |
Interviewee occupation | Unknown |
Interviewee DOB | Unknown |
Interviewee ethnicity | Unidentified |
Interviewer | Barnes, Jay. |
Abstract | Rocky Mount (N.C.) resident and city worker; lived in flood zone, sent family out but stayed himself; at about 3 a.m. realized the storm was worse, could literally see water rising in yard; swam from house to Jeep several blocks away, got his boat; went back and rescued 17 people from various houses in the area; pride of being part of unique, close neighborhood where everyone helps each other; thankful neighbors worked to get him governor's award for heroism for saving their families. Critical of government's original handling of local dam, but feels dam is now set up so area could handle another flood of that magnitude. |
Subject Topical |
Volunteers--North Carolina. Hurricane Floyd, 1999. Floods--North Carolina. Hurricanes--North Carolina. Disaster relief--North Carolina. Rocky Mount (N.C.)--Social life and customs. Disaster relief--North Carolina. |
Citation | Interview with Kurt Barnes by Jay Barnes, 1 June 2002 K-0604, 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. | K0604_Audio_3 |