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Interview no. | K-0614 |
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 | 18 June 2002 |
Interviewee | Hogan, William A. |
Interviewee occupation | Police |
Interviewee DOB | Unknown |
Interviewee ethnicity | Unidentified |
Interviewer | Barnes, Jay. |
Abstract | Recently hired as police chief in Rocky Mount, N.C.; During Hurricane Floyd, 20 percent of city underwater; low crime during flooding; water rises quickly; 3 deaths in Rocky Mount; rescue services; lessons learned from Hurricane Floyd; businesses that were destroyed; hurricane affected all social classes, city makes 'hero' t-shirts for volunteers; victims lying to Red Cross about damages. |
Subject Topical |
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. Police--North Carolina--Rocky Mount. |
Citation | Interview with William A. Hogan by Jay Barnes, 18 June 2002 K-0614, 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. | K0614_Audio_1 |