Flood Call 1382

John Hanson from the Red Cross called to ask for information on the evacuation routes.

Date April 19th 1997, 12:34 am
Duration 74 seconds
Channel 24
Direction incoming call
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Yes, hi, John Hanson here at the Red Cross shelter.
We were asked to make the announcement I did about the people going to the air base voluntarily.
This may sound strange, which way do we send them?
Nobody told us which is either.
I have no idea, sir. You've got the 9-1-1 center and the only thing I can tell you is to use Highway 2.
How did they get to Highway 2?
I couldn't tell you. The streets are changing minute by minute.
The only thing I can tell you is that they should not go across any moving water or any water at all.
So I don't have an answer for 40 people standing here ready to jump in my...
I'm afraid so, sir. We're downtown and we have no contact with anyone out there except for the officers
and we cannot handle what we've got going now.
Do you have a number to EOC?
We don't have any other numbers. We have no numbers, period, to anybody in EOC.
There's the one from Public Health. He has a portable radio icon.
I have no phone numbers for anyone.