Download or read book Faces from the Flood written by Richard Moore and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2015-12-01 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On September 16, 1999, rainfall from Hurricane Floyd swelled North Carolina's rivers, flooding tens of thousands of homes, businesses, and communities across the eastern third of the state; taking 52 lives; and causing an estimated $6 billion in damages. Faces from the Flood is a compelling look back at the state's most destructive natural disaster, conveyed through the words of those who endured it. Thirty-seven interviews with victims, heroes, volunteers, scientists, and government officials offer tales of dramatic rescues, sorrowful losses, and the quiet determination to survive and rebuild. The story of Floyd is far from over, and North Carolinians must be prepared to face similar storms in the future, warn Richard Moore and Jay Barnes. They conclude with an assessment of the state's response to Floyd and a discussion of what programs should be initiated, maintained, or strengthened to prepare for future storms. Through evocative personal stories, maps, tables, and dozens of striking photographs, Faces from the Flood highlights the dramatic impact of Hurricane Floyd. It will serve as a valuable reference for future explorations of North Carolina's greatest disaster.
Download or read book The North Carolina Flood written by and published by . This book was released on 1916* with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Floods in North Carolina Magnitude and Frequency written by Geological Survey (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The North Carolina Flood written by W. M. Bell and published by Left of Brain Onboarding Pty Limited. This book was released on 2021-11-30 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Picture this: It's 1916, you live in Western North Carolina, the 1st World War is still raging, and it's been raining heavily for ten days. You and your family have to leave your home to seek higher ground because the rain is not stopping. It keeps going higher and higher; the farther you walk, the higher the water gets, until it's up to your neck. And yet, this is not the worst. Even as you feel the water around your neck, and you struggle to move, you are unaware that the worst is yet to come. This is an inkling of what happened to the people of Western North Carolina in the flooding of 1916. What they experienced was a flood that redefined flooding as anyone had previously known it. A flooding that left destruction and death in its wake and an entire generation of survivors whose stories continue to live on. In this book, Bell gives a detailed narration of the flood, one that will leave you stunned and slightly doubting, if there wasn't sufficient evidence to back it up. This is the story of the 1916 North Carolina flood. Its beginning, its victims, its end, and its survivors.
Download or read book The Floods of July 1916 written by Matthew C Bumgarner and published by The Overmountain Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From July 15 to July 16, 1916, U.S. rainfall records were shattered as more than 22 inches of rain fell on the already saturated North Carolina mountains during a 24-hour period. An estimated 80–90 percent of this deluge rushed down the mountainsides into the region’s already swollen streams and rivers, which crested high above their normal flood stages. This volume details the awesome drama of this natural emergency.
Download or read book Two Months of Floodings in Eastern North Carolina September October 1999 written by Jerad Bales and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book So Great the Devastation written by Jessica A. Bandel and published by North Carolina Division of Archives & History. This book was released on 2015-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In mid-July 1916, the remnants of two hurricanes collided over western North Carolina, inundating the mountain region and the western Piedmont with historic rainfall. The result was catastrophic. Landslides wiped out whole families. Currents ripped babies from their parents' arms. Rivers washed away thousands of jobs. When the water finally receded, at least fifty lay dead, damages totaled in the millions of dollars, and a thick black sludge remained where crops once stood. One hundred years later, the storm remains one of the worst ever experienced in the Tar Heel State.
Download or read book Appalachian Eagle written by and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Floods on Small Streams in North Carolina written by Herbert G. Hinson and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The North Carolina Flood written by W. M. Bell and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-09-12 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The North Carolina Flood: July 14, 15, 16, 1916 Storms of this type usually form to the south and southwest of a sort or semi-permanent area of high pressure which occupies the middle Atlantic Ocean during the summer and early fall months. As the season advances. They develop farther and farther to the westward along the southern limit of the northeast trade winds, and us ually between 8 and 20 degrees north latitude. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Flood Inundation and Effects of Urbanization in Metropolitan Charlotte North Carolina written by Lawrence A. Martens and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book NORTH CAROLINA FLOOD written by W. M. BELL and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Floods on French Broad and Swannanoa Rivers in Vicinity of Asheville North Carolina written by Tennessee Valley Authority. Division of Water Control Planning and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Floods on French Broad River and Tributaries in Vicinity of Rosman North Carolina written by Tennessee Valley Authority. Division of Water Control Planning and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This interim report relates to the flood situation along French Broad River and its tributaries, East, Middle, North, and West Forks French Broad River in the vicinity Rosman, North Carolina.
Download or read book Flood Insurance Study written by United States. Federal Insurance Administration and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Flood Insurance Study written by United States. Federal Insurance Administration and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Flood Insurance Study written by United States. Federal Insurance Administration and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
