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A roadway appears to be completely washed out in an aerial view of a flat land mass.
"When the levees breached we had 100% loss on all crops that were planted. "
Lawrence County Floods, Illinois: An Interview with Nicholaus Benson, Part 1
A young woman interviews a man with a black ball cap in a library setting.
"They had never seen the water rise like it did in 2008."
Lawrence County Floods, Illinois: An Interview with Nicholaus Benson, Part 2
Flooding Lawrence County
"They only had 40 minutes or an hour to get out."
Lawrence County Floods, Illinois: An Interview with Charles Primus and Norman Kocher
An older man with gray hair, glasses, and a plaid shirt sits in a library and talks to an interviewer.
"A flood is a whole lot of water where it’s not supposed to be."
Lawrence County Floods, Illinois: An Interview with Carold Legg, Illinois
A vintage photo of a house with gingerbread detail work and a massive flood that threatens the building, right up to the front porch.
"About 2 o’clock in the morning, mother and daddy came in and woke me up and said we’re leaving."
Lawrence County Floods, Illinois: An Interview with the Gerhart Sisters
In a vintage photo, a farmer wearing overalls holds up a dead snake that drowned in a flood.
"The farmers would contact each other and they all knew that they better be watching that levee."
Lawrence County Floods, Illinois: An Interview with Janet Faro
Flooding in Lawrence County as shown in a vintage black-and-white photo.
"My guess would be that a very small percentage of people bought flood insurance. They didn’t think they would ever need it."
Lawrence County Floods, Illinois: An Interview with Benny Cochran
Peggy Baxter wears a bright green t-shirt and sits in a library setting.
"You could only take one change of clothes so my mother found this baggy outfit to put on me and stuffed me full of underwear for the other kids."
Knox County Floods, Indiana: An Interview with Peggy Baxter
An older man sits in front of a cinderblock wall and chats with an interviewer.
"We had to notify the other cities because Bridgeport and Sumner also relied on the water coming from out there."
Lawrence County Floods, Illinois: An Interview with Fire Chief Mike Mefford
A vintage photo of a gas station that is flooded up to the tops of the windows.
"The Coast Guard came because the prairie was flooded and they brought families into town."
Lawrence County Floods, Illinois: An Interview with Dorothy Hennessy
A woman with curly gray hair and an embroidered blouse sits in a room with a fireplace.
"The racism down there was so bad."
Dorothy Stover Interview Trailer, Michigan
Roger Outlaw wears a blue ball cap and a gray t-shirt as he stands in a corn field.
"At the age of 21, he was drafted into the Vietnam War."
Roger Outlaw Interview Trailer, Michigan

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