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Interview no. | K-0630 |
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 | 21 August 2002 |
Interviewee | Rich, Ronnie. |
Interviewee occupation | Fire fighters |
Interviewee DOB | Unknown |
Interviewee ethnicity | Unidentified |
Interviewer | Barnes, Jay. |
Abstract | Wallace (N.C.) Volunteer Fire Department Lieutenant; owns Heat and Air supply; couldn't get to their trucks to use for evacuations because of flooding; rescue of stranded boy at Rockfish Country Club (boy saved, stepfather drowned); Hispanic person who helped save a child; repair efforts afterwards; effect on business. |
Subject Topical |
Hurricane Floyd, 1999. Floods--North Carolina. Hurricanes--North Carolina. Disaster relief--North Carolina. Disaster relief--North Carolina. Volunteer fire fighters--North Carolina. |
Citation | Interview with Ronnie Rich by Jay Barnes, 21 August 2002 K-0630, 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. | K-0630 |