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Interview no. | K-0626 |
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 | 18 June 2002 |
Interviewee | Mullen, Ken. |
Interviewee occupation | Fire fighters |
Interviewee DOB | Unknown |
Interviewee ethnicity | Unidentified |
Interviewer | Barnes, Jay. |
Abstract | Fire Chief, Rocky Mount; people of area not used to flooding, unprepared to deal with rising waters; difficulties with power outages in organizing rescues; question of heroes; three area fatalities; rescue stories; changes to future rescue procedures. |
Subject Topical |
Fire departments--North Carolina. Fire fighters--North Carolina. Hurricane Floyd, 1999. Floods--North Carolina. Hurricanes--North Carolina. Disaster relief--North Carolina. Disaster relief--North Carolina. |
Citation | Interview with Ken Mullen by Jay Barnes, 18 June 2002 K-0626, in the Southern Oral History Program Collection #4007, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
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