Podcast
Flood Zone
Hosted by Shoresides · EN
Flood Zone is a special investigation reporting on flooding in Coastal Carolina communities. The podcast is a project of Shoresides and Working Narratives.
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Building Resilience: How Community and Connection Aid Coastal Carolina During Hurricanes
Jun 28, 202400:08:48Tap to summarizeConnection is our primary survival response, especially during threats like hurricanes. The podcast "Flood Zone," produced and hosted by Akshay Gokul, explores the role of community in building resilience in coastal Carolina communities. The episode features insights from J'vanete Skiba, director of the New Hanover County Resiliency Task Force, and Mebane Boyd, Resilient Communities Officer at the North Carolina Partnership for Children. They discuss how communities and individual caregivers, such as librarians and parents, step up during hurricanes to support one another despite their own trauma. The episode emphasizes the importance of viewing ourselves as providers and the role of community in post-traumatic growth and healing. The podcast encourages focusing on moments of safety rather than retelling traumatic stories to aid recovery.Find useful resources from the New Hanover County Resiliency Task Force which can help you and your community prevent and respond to trauma. A recent article on the North Carolina Partnership for Children's website Preparing North Carolina's Children and Community for Adverse Climate Experiences provides useful tips. Hosted & Produced by Akshay Gokul Help keep community stories alive at the coast. Give today: https://givebutter.com/to7as6Support the show
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PSA: Early Voting Information For Coastal North Carolina
Oct 26, 202000:02:52Tap to summarizeWant to vote early in coastal North Carolina? Here's how.¿Quieres votar temprano en la costa de Carolina del Norte? Escucha este anuncio. Support the show
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Raleigh to Morehead in 1974
May 18, 202000:08:31Tap to summarizeEllis Jones had a good job and good life in Raleigh in 1974. He didn’t want to move to the coast. Reluctantly, he drove into Morehead City on a highway 70 shadowed by trees “shaped by nature, and the hurricanes, and the salt… and the fellowship that people have here? It’s incredible.” Jones speaks to what he’s learned from locals as he’s spent 40 years in Morehead City.Flood Zone is a special investigation reporting on flooding in Coastal Carolina communities. The podcast is a project of Shoresides and Working Narratives.Help keep community stories alive at the coast. Give today: https://givebutter.com/to7as6Support the show
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A Church Torn Down with People Inside
May 18, 202000:03:22Tap to summarizeEthel Hill is a lifetime member of St. Stephen’s AME Zion Church in Morehead City. "I grew up in Morehead City, went away, came back, and I'm still here. So, I love my church.” When Hurricane Florence approached the coast in 2018, Ethel and seven family members decided to ride out the storm in their family’s church – rather than in homes much closer to the water. They couldn’t predict the story that would unfold. During the height of the storm, the church began to break down around them.Flood Zone is a special investigation reporting on flooding in Coastal Carolina communities. The podcast is a project of Shoresides and Working Narratives.Help keep community stories alive at the coast. Give today: https://givebutter.com/to7as6Support the show
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Rural Areas: The Kindergarten to High School Factor
May 15, 202000:06:50Tap to summarizeAngela Lewis is the first lady to Spring Garden Missionary Baptist Church in Washington, NC. She speaks to how people would be surprised to know that locals in Washington are not just still recovering from Hurricane Florence in 2018 – many are still recovering from Hurricane Matthew in 2016. And some families will never financially recover. She notices that her church’s predominantly African American section of town is hit especially hard by the storms. For Lewis, she just tries to help families get to their next step.Flood Zone is a special investigation reporting on flooding in Coastal Carolina communities. The podcast is a project of Shoresides and Working Narratives.Help keep community stories alive at the coast. Give today: https://givebutter.com/to7as6Support the show
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North River is Low, North River is Home
May 15, 202000:05:14Tap to summarizeIt’s been nearly two years since Hurricane Florence’s winds devastated homes in North River, a small coastal community in Carteret County, NC. But Yvonne Pittaway still isn’t home. “Two rooms – if I can get two rooms repaired, I’m going back home.” Pittaway has been staying with her sister in Morehead City. There, as Pittaway sees federal hurricane relief dollars being put to beach renourishment and commercial building repair – she wonders, where is the help for herself and North River?Flood Zone is a special investigation reporting on flooding in Coastal Carolina communities. The podcast is a project of Shoresides and Working Narratives.Help keep community stories alive at the coast. Give today: https://givebutter.com/to7as6Support the show
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Harmful Slowness
May 15, 202000:05:49Tap to summarizeThe speed of hurricane recovery efforts is pernicious, says Matthew Reddick of Washington, NC. If he had one word to describe how hurricane recovery functioned in his hometown – he would choose ‘slow.’ “Slow to react, slow to get something done.” In a context when folks are out of their homes, and Reddick sees the need is there, he begs the question – why is slow acceptable?Flood Zone is a special investigation reporting on flooding in Coastal Carolina communities. The podcast is a project of Shoresides and Working Narratives.Help keep community stories alive at the coast. Give today: https://givebutter.com/to7as6Support the show
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Hearing Stories Versus Knowing Stories
May 15, 202000:15:36Tap to summarizeBeverly Johnson's family bought land by the river in Trenton, NC early in the 20th century. Land ownership options then were limited for African Americans families. Inheriting land in a flood zone was not Johnson's choice, but she does see many white families in Trenton these days choosing to buy waterfront property. Flood Zone is a special investigation reporting on flooding in Coastal Carolina communities. The podcast is a project of Shoresides and Working Narratives.Help keep community stories alive at the coast. Give today: https://givebutter.com/to7as6Support the show
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Back Street: A Neighborhood in a Bowl
May 15, 202000:15:35Tap to summarize“I can only imagine what my parents had to go through for that land.” Gwendolyn Brown grew up in Back Street, a long-time African American community in Trenton, NC. When you enter the neighborhood, you pull off of ‘Backstreet Road’, go down a gravel hill, and enter what Brown calls ‘a bowl.’ She is familiar with the topography, because with every storm, her neighborhood floods. Due to flooding, Brown is one of only two families left in what was once a vibrant, historical neighborhood.Flood Zone is a special investigation reporting on flooding in Coastal Carolina communities. The podcast is a project of Shoresides and Working Narratives.Help keep community stories alive at the coast. Give today: https://givebutter.com/to7as6Support the show
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Cheated Out of Their Homes
May 15, 202000:07:43Tap to summarize“I’m not against integration, but I think people are being cheated out of their homes.” Her mother’s home was condemned. Then her uncle’s. Ophelia Chambers’ family homestead has been in the same location off of Bridges Street for three generations. In the wake of Hurricane Florence, her traditionally African American neighborhood has seen an influx of white residents. And Chambers is noticing a pattern.Flood Zone is a special investigation reporting on flooding in Coastal Carolina communities. The podcast is a project of Shoresides and Working Narratives.Help keep community stories alive at the coast. Give today: https://givebutter.com/to7as6Support the show
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