Flood Call 106

Man calls warning about a white Ford van that is obstructing his street which is filling with water. The operator says that they are dealing with emergencies only at that time and that she will try to notify someone about the van although it is not as pressing as other problems.

Date April 18th 1997, 5:41 pm
Duration 69 seconds
Channel 25
Direction incoming call
Abstract By Erin Lurie
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Transcript

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I live at 2605 Fifth Avenue North, and we've got a white van, North Dakota plate, DMZ,
as in Zebra 764, parked across the street from my, you know, on the street, but it's
parked across the street.
The back end's on the berm and the other part's sticking out on the street, and our street's
full of water down here.
I don't know what the deal is, if the car's...
Okay, at this point, we've got everybody doing emergency stuff.
They're not going to be checking on that.
Yeah, but wouldn't that be an emergency if someone hit that thing?
Well, right now, they're more concerned with the floods and the waters and evacuating people.
They're not worried about cars parked on the side, funny.
Well, he's not on the side, he's in the middle.
I'll see if I can get ahold of the owner.
He said David North, Zebra 764.
Yeah.
He said at the van?
Yeah, white Ford van.
Okay, let me check on it.