Living in the Flood Zone  

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Plaud, Joseph J.

Jenis: Article from Journal - e-Journal
Dalam koleksi: Traumatology vol. 3 no. 1 (Apr. 1997), page 4-6.
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As a clinical psychologist in North Dakota it was and continues to be difficult to analyze and comprehend the suffering of so many of the people in Grand Forks, East Grand Forks, and the Red River Valley, for I myself suffered the destruction of part of my home and the displacement of my family away from Grand Forks. Even though I am an expert in human behavior and provide clinical mental health services in many areas of human suffering, for a time it was difficult to look past my own loss to see that tens of thousands of our neighbors, our relatives, our friends were going through the same thing: the loss of our homes, our routines, our jobs, and our interactions with others. For some, as the recent discussions in our cities over planning preventive strategies to deal with future floods are now demonstrating, the changes may be permanent, because too many of our fellow citizens will not be returning to their homes or businesses, at least not in the places they used to call home or work. As I returned home and began the process of reclaiming my property, I began to look beyond my own problems to the issues facing all of us: reclaiming our cities. I began this process while being a refugee in Fargo, my second stop before inching my way north slowly but surely and receiving the hospitality of the good folks of Mayville, North Dakota.

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