During Hurricane Floyd, Richard Moore earned the nickname "the flood stud."
Then the secretary of crime control and public safety, Moore was frequently on television as the public face of the state's response to the devastating floods following the 1999 hurricane.
Dome first heard the nickname from a female source who immediately begged not to be named. The only print reference we could find to the nickname was in an Oct. 21, 2003, article in the Asheville Citizen-Times by Kerra Bolton, now an employee of the state Democratic Party.
Moore soaked up the media spotlight like biscuits on gravy when he served as secretary of the state's public safety department in 1999 during Hurricane Floyd. Reporters began calling him the "flood stud."
It's not a new nickname. Des Moines water manager L.D. McMullen, Chicago construction manager John Kenny and a fictional TV anchor in a Christopher S. Wren novel have all shared the moniker.
Dome asked Moore about the nickname a while back. In particular, we wanted to know what his wife thought about it.
"You'll have to ask her about that," he said.
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Re: Moore: 'The flood stud'
Ryan, glad to see you focusing on the issues that matter. Now that I know some of the nicknames of elected officials, I'll be better equiped to make informed choices as a citizen. Keep up the good work.
What's the deal with the personification of "Dome?" Are you refering to yourself in the third person? If not, I'd like to observe this talking dome you speak of.