Flood Call 1259

Her husband called to ask if she will be able to get home, the crest has been raised to 55ft. and possibly as high as 60ft. They discuss the Kennedy Bridge and access to East Grand Forks, where the dispatcher apparently lives.

Date	April 18th 1997, 9:06 pm
Duration	67 seconds
Channel	23
Direction	incoming call
Abstract By
Tagged As	personal call Kennedy Bridge East Grand Forks, Minnesota river crest forecast dike failure bridge closure

Transcript

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Hello? Is it blowing? Oh, God, no.
Huh? No. No, I mean, is it blowing?
Did your dike blow? Not yet. Oh, okay. Well, we've got water
all over the place, so. Are you going to be able to get over? I don't know.
Kennedy's still open, but. Yeah, we just got new crests. 55. Yep.
And somebody here heard National Weather Service
say there's actually six people. Really?
Maybe I should just stay here tonight. No.
No, get on this side. Why? They need me, Dave. It's really
busy. Well, I know that, but there's going to be shuttle boats and everything set up
for emergency personnel. Am I considered that? Oh, yeah.
You're essential. I wouldn't worry about that. Okay.
Right now we've got like eight boats in town plus two of those
Florida swamp boats. Okay. How are you guys doing?
I just got to sit down for the first time. I've been directing traffic, so. Okay.
All right. They're still letting us across the Kennedy Earth. Yep. All right. All right.