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Friends and coworkers Bridget Mulroy (38), Marty O'Malley (67), and Mike Fernandez (65) talk about their lives in Mobile, what brought them to working with people with disabilities, and what they have learned from their work.

Matt Commo (55) and Ann Commo (53) live in Waterbury, Vermont which on July 10th-11th experienced historic flooding. They share the flood’s impacts on them, their story of rebuilding, and their perspectives on the future living in a floodplain.

Patrick and Alison McHugh are a married couple, are both 43 years-old, and are both lifelong residents of Vermont. They discuss their experience surviving two historic floods - the first being hurricane Irene in 2011, and the second being the...

Kane Sweeney is a 30 year-old board member for the town of Waterbury, Vermont and is involved in the recovery efforts following the historic flooding that occurred in Vermont in July 2023. He speaks about his experiences during and after...

My mother speaking about how we went through Hurricane Sandy as a NYC resident.

For my APUSH Project I interviewed my ELA Teacher, Ms. Vassilakis on her and her family’s experience with Hurricane Sandy.

Kevin Witt (49) talks with his son, Nathan Witt about his experience of the flood of Clinton, Arkansas in 1982.

J D Hall was a 9-yr old boy in 1937 when flood waters rising from the Ohio River forced his family to leave their 14th Street home. He remembers being evacuated by boat from a second story window and his...

This is a story about Brooklyn Hadley’s life between the ages of 7 and 8.

the infamous hurricane story

Brenda Butt Davidson (69) interviewed friend Barbara Ann Sullivan Brooks (92) about childhood memories, her career, a trip to Europe in 1995, and the Fresh Air Fund.

James Bullock (89) and his daughter Alicia Bullock-Muth [no age given] talk about family history and their memories of growing up in and around Missoula, Montana.

LHP

Willie Landry (71) talks with his friend Mollie Ray (40) about growing up in Louisiana on a sugar plantation, his fishing and restaurant businesses, his wife and family, being a widower, surviving cancer, moving to Pensacola and becoming a primitive...

Clarke Weigle (63) shares a conversation with his mother, Joan Weigle (92), about Joan’s childhood, her mother and father, her husband, her children, and her career.

An interview with Tammy Hellman about hurricane Katrina.

Sisters Lynne Trotta (60) and Mary Ollila (56) share a conversation with their father, John LaFontaine (86), about John’s upbringing in Connecticut, their family, the different places they lived, and how John ended up moving to Wilmington, North Carolina.

Matilda Kreider (22) talks to her mom Patricia Kahlbaugh (58) about living in a house on the Long Island Sound that is frequently hit by hurricanes and will be made uninhabitable by sea level rise in the coming decades. Potential...

Sophia Starr, 17, and her 43-year-old mother, Tina recall days of missed school since 2014. Long before Covid-19, Sophia missed school for hurricanes and lava flows.

Hurricane Laura

We discussed Donsheri's journey in her life. From the early difficulties she faced with her biological family to the time she found her spiritual family, her real family. The time she lost her brother to the jail system and the...

This was my mom's story on how hurricane sandy affected out family

We dive deep into the thoughts and feelings of the people who were affected by Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico.

I interviewed my grandma about her experiences of the flood of Vanport. She told me about her life around that time.

I interviewed Tibi about his general life experiences.