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Oral History Interview with Bert Pickett, December 18, 1999. Interview K-0285. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)

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Resenting the flood's invasion of his bedroom

Pickett anthropomorphizes the "angry" floodwaters—he resents not only that the water ruined his possessions, but also that it invaded the privacy of his bedroom.

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Interviewers	Charles Thompson
	Charles Thompson
Interviewees	Bert Pickett
Excerpt Length	0:01:56
Start Time	00:24:34
Stop Time	00:26:30
Subjects	Environmental Transformations > NATURAL ENVIRONMENT > Natural Disasters

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Oral History Interview with Bert Pickett, December 18, 1999. Interview K-0285. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007) in the Southern Oral History Program Collection, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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