Flood Call 1565
A caller trying to reach EOC, he was informed of the voluntary evacuation.
| Date | April 18th 1997, 11:49 pm |
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| Duration | 109 seconds |
| Channel | 24 |
| Direction | incoming call |
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Transcript
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Yeah, is the EOC open yet?
No, it is not.
How long will it be?
I have no idea, sir.
Okay, with this voluntary evacuation, is that true?
Yes, it is. We're recommending a voluntary evacuation of the entire city of Grand Forks.
Okay, and how serious is that going to be?
It's very serious.
Where is this water coming from?
The Red River.
Okay, if a person was to go out of town to go to Fargo, how would they get there?
You can still go down I-29, but there is a bypass around Fargo.
Around north of Fargo there?
Yeah.
There is a bypass there.
Well, can you get through Hillsboro and all that direction?
Hillsboro is where it starts at.
Oh, and then it will go over to 18, is it?
I don't know exactly what it is.
All I know is you turn into Hillsboro, go west for a little while, then head south, and then you get on I-94 and come back east.
Yeah, I heard that there isn't any water out in that direction, though, is there?
I don't know.
The last I heard, and it was a couple of days ago, is that I-94 had some water going across it,
and that was east of where the detour was at, but I don't know what they've done since then.
Okay.
Yeah, is this a real emergency right away?
Yes, sir, it is.
Somebody said something about 12 hours.
I wouldn't count on it.
Not until daylight, even?
I would be prepared to leave at any moment's notice.
Is that right?
Yep.
Those areas that are in immediate danger have already been evacuated,
and the rest of the city has a very good chance of getting a lot of water real quick.
Is that right?
Yep.
Okay, thank you very much.
Okay?
Yep.