Flood Call 105

Caller wishes to know the travel conditions from Thief River Falls, Minnesota, to Hatton, North Dakota. She needs to get to Hatton for a funeral. The operator lets her know of detours in the Grand Forks area.

Date April 18th 1997, 7:32 am
Duration 76 seconds
Channel 25
Direction incoming call
Abstract By Christina Phipps
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Transcript

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Yes, this is Gwen Anderson, I'm from Beaver Falls, Minnesota and I have to attend a funeral
today in Manhattan, North Dakota.
What are my chances?
Right now the Canadian Bridge is open, there's a detour on Gateway Drive.
There's a detour on Gateway Drive?
Right, it's from Columbia Road to North 42nd Street, so you have to go down Columbia Road.
Is there a sign?
Yep, it's everything signed.
Okay, what about my chances of getting back?
That I can't guarantee.
Right now we're evacuating low-lying areas around the dikes, so we're expecting a major
failure of the dikes at this time.
What about 2 to Amaretto?
That's open as far as I know.
2 to Amaretto is open?
Yep, the only thing is you have the detour on Grand Forks.
What's that?
You have a detour on Grand Forks on it.
You have a detour on Grand Forks on that one?
Yep.
Okay, well, that's what we need to know.
I wish I knew what to do, but I just thought I'd call and see, but thank you for your time.
Okay.