Interview with Mary Crook, September 3, 2013
Project: Staring Out To Sea: Hurricane Sandy Oral History Project
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Mary Crook is an eighty-four-year-old woman who was affected by Hurricane Sandy. She had lived in the area for about eight years before the storm hit and in New Jersey her entire life. She lives in an apartment with her daughter and her two grandchildren.Crook speaks a lot about preparedness and disaster. She says that she and her community weren't optimally prepared and the consequences of the storm were much more difficult to deal with because of that. Crook also speaks about how her Catholic church and other religious communities assisted after the storm.
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Crook, Mary Interview by Trudi-Ann Lawrence. 03 Sep. 2013. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Crook, M. (2013, September 03). Interview by T. Lawrence. Staring Out To Sea: Hurricane Sandy Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Crook, Mary, interview by Trudi-Ann Lawrence. September 03, 2013, Staring Out To Sea: Hurricane Sandy Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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