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Interview no. | K-0596 |
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 | 31 May 2001 |
Interviewee | Howes, Betty B., 1933- |
Interviewee occupation | Teachers |
Interviewee DOB | 1933 |
Interviewee ethnicity | Whites |
Interviewer | Hartman, Leda. |
Abstract | Betty Howes; Johnston County, NC; Great Depression; tenant farming; East Carolina University; working as a teacher; Grifton, NC; integration of the school system in Grifton, NC; Hurricane Floyd; East Carolina flood of 1999; Grifton community support system for flood victims; the formation of Flood Talk" for flood survivors; FEMA [Federal Emergency Management Agency]; Bruce Alan; Dr. Winthrow; FEMA trailers; Christian responsibility to help those in need; impact of media interest in Eastern NC after the flooding; impact of the flooding on the elderly." |
Subject Topical |
Hurricane Floyd, 1999. Floods--North Carolina. Hurricanes--North Carolina. Disaster relief--North Carolina. Grifton (N.C.) Older people--North Carolina. Disaster relief--North Carolina. |
Subject Name | United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency. |
Citation | Interview with Betty B. Howes by Leda Hartman, 31 May 2001 K-0596, 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. | K0596_Audio_1 |