Author ORCID Identifier
https://orcid.org/0009-0001-9247-3053
Date Available
8-20-2027
Year of Publication
2025
Document Type
Master's Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Historic Preservation (MHP)
College
Design
Department/School/Program
Historic Preservation
Faculty
Dr. Emily Bergeron
Faculty
Dr. Douglas Appler
Abstract
On Friday, March 2, 2012, an EF-3 tornado cut an 86-mile path through the mountains of Eastern Kentucky. The storm killed six people in Morgan County and leveled its county seat, West Liberty. An hour later, another EF-3 tornado touched down in neighboring Magoffin County and was on the ground for 49 miles. High-wind events in Appalachia are rare. The region’s population, unaccustomed to such storms, was vulnerable to their effects. Extreme weather, such as this, in the Appalachian Mountains is becoming more frequent. The built environment that fortifies many Appalachians’ senses of Place and their loss, the intangible markers of a community identity that may only be recognized after the storm(s) are over, and preparing for future extreme weather events are explored in this project.
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.13023/etd.2025.411
Funding Information
2023 - James S. Brown Graduate Student Award for Research on Appalachia, Appalachian Center, University of Kentucky
2023 - Celebrating University Research Across the Enterprise (CURATE), University of Kentucky Office of the Vice President for Research
2023 - Edith S. Bingham Education Grant, Preservation Kentucky
Recommended Citation
Terry, Kopana, "Place, Identity, and Natural Disasters" (2025). Theses and Dissertations--Architecture. 1.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/architect_etds/1
Included in
Appalachian Studies Commons, Historic Preservation and Conservation Commons, Nature and Society Relations Commons, Social and Cultural Anthropology Commons
