Oral history interview with Bernice Cavenaugh and Betsy Easter, December 8, 1999 [electronic resource] : Interview K-0279. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007).
In this interview, Bernice Cavenaugh and her daughter, Betsy Easter, describe enduring Hurricane Floyd's flooding and its aftermath. They tell a story of fear, confusion, and frustration that reveals a lack of preparation, disorganized and inequitable government compensation, and significant challenges to community bonds. Cavenaugh and Easter evacuated late, having heard nothing about the flooding until it was at their doorsteps, and their efforts at relief proceeded with little help from equally overwhelmed neighbors, who, according to Easter, are generally unhelpful anyway. Government help arrived in the form of inadequate and limiting loans from government agencies and Marines who completely cleared out Cavenaugh's house, despite her desire to salvage some property. The two plan to be better prepared next time and to clean up without help. This interview offers useful insight into community dynamics and flood preparation and paints a vivid picture of the bureaucratic confusion that followed the confusion of the flooding itself.
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Record details
- Physical Description: 1 online resource
- Edition: Electronic edition
- Publisher: [Chapel Hill, N.C.] : University Library, UNC-Chapel Hill, 2005.
Content descriptions
- General Note:
- Duration: 01:34:03.Interview participants: Bernice Cavenaugh, interviewee; Betsy Easter, interviewee; Charles Thompson, interviewer; Rob Amberg; Chris, Betsy's client.Text encoded by Natalia Smith and Mike Millner. Sound recordings digitized by Steve Weiss and Seth M. Kotch.This electronic edition is part of the UNC-CH digital library, Documenting the American South. It is a part of the collection Oral histories of the American South.Title from menu page (viewed on Oct. 8, 2007).
- Type of Computer File or Data Note:
- Text (HTML and XML/TEI source file) and audio (MP3); 2 files : 125.1 kilobytes, 172.2 megabytes.
- Original Version Note:
- Original version: Southern Oral History Program Collection, (#4007), Series K. Southern Communities, Interview K-0279, Manuscripts Department, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Original transcript: 56 p.
- Funding Information Note:
- Funding from the University of North Carolina Library supported the electronic publication of this interview.
- System Details Note:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.System requirements: Web browser with Javascript enabled and multimedia player.
Search for related items by subject
- Subject:
- Cavenaugh, Bernice, 1927- > Interviews.
Easter, Betsy > Interviews.
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Community life > North Carolina > Duplin County.
Disaster relief > North Carolina > Duplin County.
Flood damage > North Carolina > Duplin County.
Floods > North Carolina > Duplin County.
Hurricane Floyd, 1999. - Genre:
- Oral histories.
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