Stacy Dykema and Liz Ford interview about the Midwest floods of June 2008, Iowa City, Iowa, September 30, 2008

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Title	Stacy Dykema and Liz Ford interview about the Midwest floods of June 2008, Iowa City, Iowa, September 30, 2008
Creator	Dykema, Stacy Ford, Liz
Date Original	2008-09-30
Summary	Liz (age 41) and Stacy (age 37) discuss how the Iowa flood affected their animal shelter. They talk about taking in rescued animals, relocating to a fairground barn, and the future of their non-profit.
Contents	First week of preparations, relocating to fairgrounds. Could only have it five weeks (00:01:00) -- Stacy - an animal care technician for ten years (00:02:50) -- Using preparations from the 1993 flood. June 7, first day of sandbagging (00:03:39) -- Moved adoptable cat room first - least stressed out to move, friendliest. Great volunteers. The "core group" on call 24/7 (00:05:22) -- Moving dogs in Animal Control trucks. Animals handled it well, even without air conditioning (00:07:40) -- Volunteers started a drive for more funding. Donations from all over the country. Emergency grants. American Kennel Club, Purina (00:11:06) -- Evacuees - bringing animals to them. Animals had to be rescued from flooded homes (00:14:16) -- Missouri National Guard - taken into the shelter by boat. Ruined vaccines and medicine (00:16:59) -- Specific animal stories - one cat who tried to run away (00:20:45) -- Animals sensing stress from humans (00:27:15) -- Red Cross building on the fairground too - being able to see their animals. How many people needed their help, from all walks of life (00:28:30) -- New location - five miles south, not ideal. Not as clean, bad air flow (00:32:30) -- Want to build a new shelter - don't know if they can go back to the old space (00:35:40) -- Question of money, planning. People can't just "stop by" UI students without cars can't get there (00:36:43) -- One animal that couldn't go back to her own home after the flood. Decision not to euthanize any animals, working 16-hour days (00:39:00)
Topical Subject (LCTGM)	Floods Evacuations Disaster relief
Personal Name Subject	Dykema, Stacy Ford, Liz
Geographic Subject	United States -- Iowa -- Iowa City United States -- Iowa -- Iowa River
Chronological Subject	2000-2010
Type (DCMIType)	Sound
Type (AAT)	Oral histories (Document genres)
Type (IMT)	mpeg
Language	English
Digital Collection	Iowa City Flood
Contributing Institution	StoryCorps (Project) University of Iowa. Libraries. Digital Research & Publishing
Subcollection	Flood Oral Histories
Rights Management	Educational use only, no other permissions given. U.S. and international copyright laws may protect this item. Commercial use or distribution of this digital object is not permitted without written permission of the copyright holder.
Duration	00:42:07
Contact Information	Contact Digital Research & Publishing at the University of Iowa Libraries: http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/drp/contact.html
Digitization Specifications	MP3 mpeg layer 2 audio @ 64kbps derived from archival WAVE files
Date Digital	2008-09-30
File Name	DDA000499.mp3

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