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Oral history interview with Earl Nelson
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- Creator
- interviewed by Tamara Dean
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- Language
- English
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- July 23, 2019
- [La Crosse, Wisconsin] : [University of Wisconsin--La Crosse, Oral History Program] [2019]
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- 1 DVD-R (sound ; 4 3/4 in.) + 1 transcript
- OCLC
- on1342803159
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- Interviewed July 23, 2019 by Tamara Dean
- Driftless Writing Center Stories From The Flood Oral History Collection.
- Forms part of: Driftless Writing Center Stories From The Flood Oral History Collection
- 00:00:17--Learned about 2018 flood from employee, describes actions taken in response to flooding at La Farge Truck Center (319 West Main Street, La Farge, Wisconsin) 00:01:20--Home not affected by flooding, alternate route taken to get back home after responding to flooding conditions at La Farge Truck Center (319 West Main Street, La Farge, Wisconsin) 00:02:03--Previous flooding in La Farge, Wisconsin, previous flood preparations and damage at La Farge Truck Center (319 West Main Street, La Farge, Wisconsin), 2018 flood damage to La Farge Truck Center [00:02:56-00:03:19: ringing phone, brief disruption] 00:03:20--Recovery efforts and inventory damages after 2018 flood at La Farge Truck Center (319 West Main Street, La Farge, Wisconsin), interviewee's familiarity with flooding due to childhood experiences with floods, frequency of flooding at La Farge Truck Center 00:05:45--Cost of flood insurance, cost of 2018 flood damage to La Farge Truck Center (319 West Main Street, La Farge, Wisconsin), sourcing furniture after 2018 flood 00:07:14--Community member relief efforts for La Farge Truck Center (319 West Main Street, La Farge, Wisconsin) in 2018, clean-up efforts after 2018 flood, opinions on community member relief efforts, length of clean-up process 00:09:24--Familiarity with flooding due to childhood experiences 00:09:51--Compares severity of 2018 flood to previous flooding, relief grants 00:10:44--Servicing trucks after 2018 flood, how to repair a car after a flood 00:13:39--Opinion on increased severity of floods and increased frequency of flooding, effect of flood control dams upriver from La Farge, Wisconsin 00:14:59--Preparations for future flooding at La Farge Truck Center (319 West Main Street, La Farge, Wisconsin), fire department relief efforts in 2018 00:17:04--Opinions on first responder relief efforts, [interviewee coughs at 00:17:45, phone rings at 00:18:30], rescue boats supplied by Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR, est. 1968), opinions on dangers of Kickapoo River, opinion on La Farge's flood preparations, [interviewee pounds on table at 00:19:12-00:19:16], how to spot a flood 00:19:59--Opinion on the La Farge Dam Project (1969-1975), buyout of father's business as part of La Farge Dam Project ca. 1971, opinion on buyout of father's business and childhood home 00:22:40--Reflection on preparing for floods as a child, story about local fire department helping interviewee's family after a flood during his childhood, family farm 00:25:30--July 2019 weather conditions impacted flooding in La Farge, Wisconsin, opinions on emotional impact of 2018 flooding, opinions on financial impact of flooding, 2018 community relief efforts 00:28:06--Involvement with La Farge Truck Center (319 West Main Street, La Farge, Wisconsin), wide geographic range of customers
Subjects
- Nelson, Earl -- Interviews.
- Watershed ecology -- Wisconsin -- Kickapoo River Watershed.
- Watershed ecology -- Wisconsin -- Coon Creek Watershed.
- Floods -- Wisconsin -- Kickapoo River Watershed.
- Floods -- Wisconsin -- Coon Creek Watershed.
- Kickapoo River Watershed (Wis.)
- Coon Creek Watershed (Wis.)
- Oral history.
- Oral history -- Wisconsin -- La Farge.
- Floods -- Wisconsin.