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Interview no. | K-0623 |
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 | September 8, 2002 |
Interviewee | McLawhorn, Marian. |
Interviewee occupation |
Public officers Politicians |
Interviewee DOB | 1943 |
Interviewee ethnicity | Whites |
Interviewer | Barnes, Jay. |
Abstract | Representative in North Carolina House, in politics since 1991, originally from Grifton in Pitt County (N.C.), in legislature since 1998. Was home, thought hurricane would be bad but not horrific; toured flooded area next day; Grifton originally in isolation; set up distribution center; stories heard from rescuers; value of FEMA workers and National Guard; loss of population in Grifton; church volunteers and importance of religion; wishes she had done sales tax. |
Subject Topical |
Women politicians--North Carolina. Hurricane Floyd, 1999. Floods--North Carolina. Hurricanes--North Carolina. Disaster relief--North Carolina. Disaster relief--North Carolina. |
Subject Name |
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency. McLawhorn, Marian. |
Citation | Interview with [interviewee name] by [interviewer name], [interview date] [interview number], 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. | K0623_Audio_2 |