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Interview no. | K-0835 |
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 | 11 September 2002 |
Interviewee | Mercer, James A. |
Interviewee occupation | Public officers |
Interviewee DOB | 1956 |
Interviewee ethnicity | African Americans |
Interviewer | Hartman, Leda. |
Abstract | Battleboro, NC; Rocky Mount, NC; Tarboro, NC; Princeville, NC; Leggett, NC; Edgecombe County, NC; emergency management; emergency response to Hurricane Floyd; aftermath of Hurricane Floyd – displacement, shelter, aid from organizations; local flood relief efforts; long-term strategies for housing displaced victims; Hazard Mitigation Buyout Program; improvements in natural disaster forecasting, Army Corps of Engineers. |
Subject Topical |
Hurricane Floyd, 1999. Floods--North Carolina. Hurricanes--North Carolina. Disaster relief--North Carolina. |
Citation | Interview with James A. Mercer by Leda Hartman, 11 September 2002 K-0835, 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. | K0835_Audio_1 |