Flood Call 1298

Bill from NBC News calling for a comment, he was redirected to EOC.

Date April 18th 1997, 11:41 pm
Duration 65 seconds
Channel 23
Direction incoming call
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Yeah, hi, this is Phil Crowley at NBC News in New York calling.
Yeah.
Somebody, is Byron Cliver there?
We evacuated the EOC so their telephone lines have not been set up again.
We're hoping they're going to be set up in the next 10 to 15 minutes.
You'll have to call this number back.
Okay.
What about the 7808213 number?
I have no idea if that's available or not.
We had to evacuate them out because we're getting water at the police department.
So, we've moved them out to the University of North Dakota
and nothing's gotten set up yet and we're getting all their calls.
All I can tell you is keep trying that number.
Okay?
Okay.
Can I ask you one question?
Sure.
Yeah, how large an evacuation do you figure this is going to be?
It's voluntary.
Voluntary throughout the city.
So, do you have any idea?
I have no idea how many people are going to come.
Voluntary, it's up to them.
And how bad is the situation at this point?
A lot worse or only a little bit worse?
I haven't been out there.
I'm assuming it's probably gotten worse.
Yeah.
Okay.
All right.
Thank you.