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CoSA Emergency Preparedness Initiative


Photos of Damage to Government Records
from Earlier Disasters

These photos were submitted by state archives in anticipation of the CoSA Hurricane Conference, April 18-20, 2006.

North Carolina -- Hurricane Fran (1996)

Photo 1
Courtesy of the North Carolina State Archives

Photo 2
Courtesy of the North Carolina State Archives

Photo 3
Courtesy of the North Carolina State Archives

North Carolina -- Hurricane Floyd 1999)

Photo 4
Courtesy of the North Carolina State Archives

Photo 5
Courtesy of the North Carolina State Archives

Photo 6
Courtesy of the North Carolina State Archives

Photo 7
Courtesy of the North Carolina State Archives

North Carolina -- Hurricane Isabel (2003)

Photo 8
Courtesy of the North Carolina State Archives

Photo 9
Courtesy of the North Carolina State Archives

Virginia -- Grundy Town Flood (1977)

Mucking out the basement.
Courtesy of the Library of Virginia

Saving what we can.
Courtesy of the Library of Virginia

Chucking what we can't . . . with proper disposal forms, of course.
Courtesy of the Library of Virginia

Missouri -- Termite Damage

Photo 13
Courtesy of the Missouri State Archives

Photo 14
Courtesy of the Missouri State Archives

Photo 15
Courtesy of the Missouri State Archives

Missouri -- Mississippi County Courthouse Fire

Charred records following the fire
Courtesy of the Missouri State Archives