Interview with Diana Watts

Dublin Core

Title

Interview with Diana Watts

Subject

Disaster relief
Emergency management
Mudslides
Natural disasters
Watts, Diana -- Interviews

Description

Diana Watts grew up in Macon County and has lived there for most of her life. She recounts her experience during and after the 2004 Peeks Creek mudslide. The disaster claimed the life of her aunt and uncle. She was working as a nurse at the time, and became a state certified firefighter and EMT. Watts explains how the mudslide affected her family and the whole Peeks Creek community.

Creator

Rogers, Kellie
Watts, Diana

Source

WCU Oral History Collection - Introduction to Oral History

Date

2022-03-21

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/

Format

sound recordings
transcripts
interviews

Language

eng

Type

Sound
Text

Identifier

64170
https://southernappalachiandigitalcollections.org/object/64170

Spatial Coverage

Macon County (N.C.)

Extent

0:21:04(duration)
10(pages)

Is Part Of

Oral Histories of Western North Carolina

Citation

Rogers, Kellie and Watts, Diana, “Interview with Diana Watts,” OAI, accessed May 1, 2025, https://sadc.qi-cms.com/omeka/items/show/64170.