The Disaster In '93

Today I am going to tell you about the floods of 1993. The person I interviewed is my Mom and Step-Dad. I hope you enjoy my interview.


Here are 12 most important and curious questions I wanted to know about the floods of 1993:


Question 1

What was the weather like?

Answer: sunny and hot, temperatures reached up to 95-100 everyday.

Question 2

How were you affected by the flood?

Answer: there was no electricity or running water out daily household chores.

Question 3

Did you need a lot of water?

Answer: yes, the water was off in the entire city of Des Moines.

Question 4

Were you scared if so why?

Yes, at times due to crimes.

Question 5

Where were you at?

Answer: started out at home but had to relocate to a hotel and then a shelter.

Question 6

How did you react and the people around you?

Answer: I reacted in devastation and disbelief of what had taken place. Others around me were also in disbelief.

Question 7

Were there houses that were surrounded by water?

Answer: yes, many parts of the North and South of the Des Moines area.

Question 8

Did water go through the Mississippi River and to a bunch of other states also?

Answer: Yes, it did and was not just in Iowa, it went through at least 11 states.

Question 9

Did you have to wait in long lines to get water?

Answer: Yes, the average wait in a line for water 2 1/2 hours.

Question 10

Were you prepared?

Answer: yes and no because you never realized what you needed until the flood happened.

Question 11

Were ther a bunch of people in the shelter?

Answer: Yes because they were out of their homes due to no water supply or homes under water.

Question 12

How much water was there?

Answer: Over the limited in which the levees could no longer hold.


Thank you for listening to my interview and I hope you all enjoyed it. I also hope that you learned a little about the Floods of 1993.



By: Chelsei T

Practice Interview

Take a look at the practice interview to get an idea of what the pacing of your interview may be like.

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Interviewing Demos

Leave a comment on this post that talks about what you saw in these two interviews. Compare the first interview to the second interview.

What did you see that is different between the two?
What did you see that is the same?



Questions from the first interview:

1. So I hear you're a baseball fan?
2. Who's your favorite team?
3. Have you been to any Twins games?
4. Did they win?
5. You're also a teacher?
6. How long have you been teaching?

Questions from the second interview:

1. So I hear you're a baseball fan?
2. Ok, can we talk about it?
3. Who's your favorite team?
4. Why are they your favorite team?
5. So you've been up there before?
6. Tell me about one of your favorite games...
7. Who's your favorite player?
8. Can you tell me why he's your favorite?
9. Are there any stats that stand out for him?