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Interview no. | K-0594 |
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 | 9 August 2001 |
Interviewee | Harrison, Teisha. |
Interviewee occupation | Counselors |
Interviewee DOB | 1966 |
Interviewee ethnicity | African Americans |
Interviewer | Hartman, Leda. |
Abstract | Hurricane Floyd; Eastern NC; Edgecombe County, NC; Nash County, NC; Rocky Mount, NC; elderly flood survivors; Princeville, NC; importance of home and community to older flood survivors; impact of the flood on older survivor's physical and mental health; Tarboro, NC; generational differences in flood recovery; Federal Emergency Management Agency [FEMA]; Small Business Association [SBA] loans; housing counseling for flood survivors; importance of religious faith to many older flood survivors; Riverside Apartments in Rocky Mount, NC; FEMA trailer parks. |
Subject Topical |
Hurricane Floyd, 1999. Floods--North Carolina. Hurricanes--North Carolina. Disaster relief--North Carolina. Rocky Mount (N.C.)--Social life and customs. Older people--North Carolina. Disaster relief--North Carolina. |
Subject Name | United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency. |
Citation | Interview with Teisha Harrison by Leda Hartman, 9 August 2001 K-0594, 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. | K0594_Audio |