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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...

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.

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.

Andrew Burdick and Dave West in their seventh StoryCorps Connect interview where Dave recounts experiences he got while working in forestry efforts in Oregon during the 1970s

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...

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

''The winds were so strong, my parents had to hold onto something or else they would be blown away.'' Shelbi describes the events and her experience with hurricane Katrina from when she was at 12 years old, from preparation to...

Dolores Nevitt (86) talks to her granddaughter, Victoria Golden (26) about growing up in Louisville. She describes traveling around the country as a promotional stunt for Phillip Morris.

Fran Gusoff (57) talks with Martha DiVittorio (47) about her experience during Superstorm Sandy in October 2012.

Karen De Shazer (53) interviews Don Laughlin (79) about his career in the resort and gambling business, his resort “Riverside” and the history of Laughlin, NV and Bullhead City, AZ.

Mary “Marchie” Ethel Luther (87) talks with her great nieces Deanna Fletcher (24) and Andrea Fletcher (22) about her Prussian heritage and work as a cytotechnologist.

Sue tells her daughter all about her life, from early childhood through school, career, marriage, family, and aging.