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Oral history interview with Search and Rescue Teams, 2013

Call Number

OH1911

Date

2013

Description

This recording contains interviews with Jennifer Bevan and Robert Conrad from Utah Task Force 1 search and rescue team and Niko King, who works with an Incident Support Team. Rescue Squad Officer Jen Bevan talks about what they are trained to do, what comprises a team, and their search and rescue experience during and after the Boulder Flood of 2013. Structural Specialist Robert Conrad describes

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Oral history interview with Farrell D. Lowe, 2013

Call Number

OH1928

Date

2013

Description

Farrell Lowe, who was living in Pinebrook Hills at the time of the 2013 flood in Boulder County, was instrumental in helping with the rescue of Dan Frisby who was trapped after his house was collapsed by a mud-and-rockslide. In this interview, Farrell, who is a musician, first discusses his background of growing up on a farm in southern Indiana, including rural life, the roots of his interest

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Oral history interview with Joe Pelle, 2013

Call Number

OH1910

Date

2013

Description

Boulder County Sheriff Joe Pelle talks about some of the events and issues that present challenges for the sheriff's office, including the Flood of 2013 and its aftermath, gun control laws, the use of drones for search and rescue operations, the legalization of marijuana, and the use of alternative sentencing for managing the county jail population.

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Oral History with Harold Dominguez, OH1925

Call Number

OH1925

Date

2013

Description

Longmont's city manager. He describes his family and their mutual support for each other; his greatest challenge so far as city manager, which was the major flood in September, 2013; and his philosophy of public administration, which involves being in responsive partnership with the citizens of Longmont.

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Oral history interview with Kay K. Cook and Douglas A. Burger, 2013

Call Number

OH1906-V

Date

2013

Description

Kay Cook and Doug Burger relate their experiences during the 2013 Boulder flood. Kay and Doug were living in the small mountain community of Salina, Colorado, at the time. They describe the way their experience of the flood unfolded as cars, houses and all their possessions washed away. They describe the way they had to evacuate multiple times to move to safer ground, including a challenging

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Oral history interview with Katie Hanczaryk and Travis Weed, 2013

Call Number

OH1907-V

Date

2013

Description

Katie Hanczaryk and Travis Weed talk about the flooding during the September 2013 floods at the Frasier Meadows retirement community, where they are staff members. They describe the flooding and evacuation of residents from the assisted living wing, where the roof caved in due to flooding, and the health care center. They talk about the way residents, staff, management, and volunteers all worked

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Oral history interview with Tara Schoedinger, 2013

Call Number

OH1944-V

Date

2013

Description

Tara Schoedinger, mayor of Jamestown, describes the flooding of the town during the September 2013 floods and the community's efforts at recovery. This interview was recorded less than a month after the catastrophic flooding, which destroyed many houses and roads and took the life of one of the town's residents, Joseph Howlett, when his house collapsed due to a mudslide. Mayor Schoedinger details

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Oral history interview with George Gerstle, 2013

Call Number

OH1909

Date

2013

Description

George Gerstle, the director of the Boulder County Transportation Department, discusses the condition of county roads as a result of the September 2013 floods. He identifies county roads and bridges that experienced significant damage and discusses the immediate and long-term response to reconstruct and reroute them. He also discusses bicycle traffic, emergency response, utilities repairs

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Oral history interview with Mark Wischmeyer, 2013

Call Number

OH1946-V

Date

2013

Description

Mark Wischmeyer recalls Wednesday night, September 11, 2013, as a volunteer firefighter in EMS. The river was so deep, Jamestown was cut in half - both bridges were washed out, and all they had were fire radios to communicate. They were trapped for three days, and they kept thinking that the rain was going to stop, but it didn't. He talks about the evacuation, the help coming from all over the country, and how the flood brought neighbors together. He also talks about mold and flood insurance.

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Oral history interview with Dave Zader, 2014

Call Number

OH1971

Date

2014

Description

Richard Kiefer interviews Dave Zader for KGNU's program "A Public Affair". Dave Zader is the Wildland Fire Administrator for Boulder County, and was the air operations branch director for the Type 3 incident management team that was activated during the September 2013 floods. He discusses his role during the floods in reconnaissance and coordination of food and water drop-offs, as well as rescue

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Oral History with Martine Amadé, OH1947

Call Number

OH1947

Date

2014

Contents

single recording; 40 minutes, 18 seconds

Description

Jamestown, Colorado, resident Martine Amadé speaks about her experience during the September 2013 flood. She talks about her family’s evacuation to the Jamestown School, being airlifted out by helicopter, and her stay in Boulder while her husband repaired their house. She describes the damage to Jamestown, reconstruction of houses and the town, and the many ways townspeople helped each other

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Oral history interview with Joel Haertling, 2014

Call Number

OH1924-V

Date

2014

Description

Joel Haertling, the director of the Cinema Program at the Boulder Public LIbrary, discusses his experiences during, and perceptions of, the September 2013 flood. He also discusses previous floods; the need for flood mitigation; his career; his parents, Boulder architect Charles Haertling and piano teacher Viola Brase Haertling; growing up in Boulder; and the contrasts of life in Boulder during

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Oral history interview with Crif Crawford and Pete Palmer, 2014

Call Number

OH1915-V

Date

2014

Description

Crif Crawford and Pete Palmer, residents of the Frasier Meadows retirement community in Boulder, Colorado, present their findings of how and why the flood of September 2013 impacted the retirement community. Their unofficial investigation uncovers some unexpected information about the source of the flooding of Frasier Meadows and other areas that may impact future mitigation efforts. Crawford

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Oral history interview with Howard and Shannon Chinatti, 2014

Call Number

OH2006-V

Date

2014

Description

When the South Boulder Creek drainage flooded during the Boulder County Flood of 2013, flowing water broke through Shannon and Howard Chinatti's basement window and filled that level of their house with seven feet of water. Shannon was alone at the time of the flood - Howard works in disaster recovery and was on his way to Montana to work on another flood recovery project. They tell of Shannon

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Oral history interview with David Sutherland, 2014

Call Number

OH1938-V

Date

2014

Description

Dave Sutherland, interpretive naturalist with Boulder's Open Space and Mountain Parks, shares his experience of, and insights into, the September 2013 flood. He describes how the flood affected him and his home, and how various parts of the city and community were impacted, in both physical and personal ways. He describes the process of assessing trail damage, the closure and subsequent repair

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Oral history interview with Peg Brown, 2014

Call Number

OH1986-V

Date

2014

Description

Peg Brown relates her experience of having her and her partner's house flood during the Boulder County Flood of 2013. She describes the flood itself, evacuation from her neighborhood, returning to survey the damage, how she and her family members and friends reclaimed many items and lost many more, her painstaking recovery of photographs and papers damaged in the flood, and the role of FEMA

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Oral history interview with Matt Sebastian, 2014

Call Number

OH1981-V

Date

2014

Description

Matt Sebastian, city editor of the Boulder Daily Camera, recounts his experience during the September 2013 flood. In this interview he talks about: the importance of social media; the decisions that an editor has to make in weighing the safety of the reporter while chasing breaking news; lessons learned; and the making of the photobook, "A Thousand Year Rain: The Historic Flood of 2013 in Boulder

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Oral history interview with Charlie Brennan, 2014

Call Number

OH1984-V

Date

2014

Description

Charlie Brennan, the science and environmental reporter for the Daily Camera newspapaer, describes covering the Boulder County Flood of 2013. He talks about his approach to reporting about the flood, contacts he used to obtain informatiion that would help readers understand what was happening, and the efforts that he and other reporters made in extraordinary circumstances to put together news

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Oral History with Kit Hollingshead, OH2001

Call Number

OH2001

Date

2014

Description

Kit Hollingshead talks about the Boulder County Flood of 2013 and the flooding that occurred when Two Mile Creek overflowed its banks on Spring Valley Road, causing water to come up from drains and fixtures in his house. He vividly describes the sound of huge rocks grinding down the creek bed, an accident that involved rescue of a neighbor after her car was washed into the creek, the efficient

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Oral history interview with Kieth Bart, Eric Carlson, Tyler Smith and Staff Sgt. Schmidt, 2014

Call Number

OH1975

Date

2014

Description

Army helicopter pilots and crew members from Fort Carson who took part in the evacuation mission during the Boulder flood in 2013 speak with KGNU's Richard Kiefer. They describe the equipment used, the conditions under which the evacuations took place, the large number of people and pets that they air-lifted, and coordination with local personnel. They compare the Boulder flood operations

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Oral history interview with Larry Sturgeon, 2014

Call Number

OH1952-V

Date

2014

Description

Larry Sturgeon discusses his work in conducting housing inspections after the Boulder flood of September 2013. He discusses a range of subjects including the declaration of a federal disaster, the role of FEMA in nationally declared disasters, and the elements of an inspection. He details the complete inspection process from efforts to contact those who've applied for assistance to giving

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Oral History with Renée Williams, OH1992

Call Number

OH1992

Date

2014

Description

Renée Williams' house was unscathed by the flooding of Bear Creek during the Boulder County Flood of 2013 - or so she thought until a day later, after rocks washed down by the flood unseated a manhole cover and blocked the sewage system. For five days her house and some of her neighbors' houses filled with raw sewage. She tells about this experience, how her family and her neighborhood coped

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Oral history interview with Cindy Domenico, 2014

Call Number

OH1954

Date

2014

Description

Cindy Domenico, Chair of the Boulder County Commissioners, talks about both the Flood of 2013 and flood recovery efforts six months after the flood. She discusses the extent of the damage caused by the flood, details the recovery work that has been done and that still needs to be done, talks about the economics of flood recovery, and gives contacts for resources available to those who need

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Oral history interview with Paul Aiken, 2014

Call Number

OH1982-V

Date

2014

Description

Paul Aiken, photo editor at the Daily Camera, shares his experiences and observations of the September 2013 flood in Boulder County. He describes the challenges related to traveling in dangerous flood conditions in order to capture photos to publish in the Daily Camera. He discusses some experiences that varioius team members had, especially in trying to reach some of the mountain towns. He

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Oral history interview with Bret Gibson, 2014

Call Number

OH1918-V

Date

2014

Description

Bret Gibson, resident and business owner in Fourmile Canyon, was serving as fire chief of the Fourmile Fire Department during the devastating flood in September 2013. Bret describes the unfolding of the event, beginning with the first night of heavy rain. He discusses the role of the fire department, how various organizations in the city and county worked together to respond to the disaster

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