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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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The flood revealed the evil in the world

Pickett talks about all the evil he sees in the world, before and after the hurricane, and describes how a woman who lost her home in the flood also lost her temporary trailer, with Christmas presents inside, to a fire. He is convinced that God did not cause the hurricane or the fire to happen, and he maintains that people are helping one another, but he adds that helping is difficult because everyone is so devastated.

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Interviewers	Charles Thompson
	Charles Thompson
Interviewees	Bert Pickett
Excerpt Length	0:04:24
Start Time	00:46:54
Stop Time	00:51:18
Subjects	Environmental Transformations > NATURAL ENVIRONMENT > Natural Disasters General > ASPECTS OF POPULAR CULTURE > Religion

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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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