Flood Call 1590
Jerry asking for information on sandbagging and evacuations.
| Date | April 18th 1997, 5:11 am |
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| Duration | 97 seconds |
| Channel | 24 |
| Direction | incoming call |
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Transcript
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Right now we're trying to evacuate.
Oh, you're evacuating.
Link Park area.
Oh.
Where do you live in the city?
I live on 4th floor.
Okay.
Who is this?
Pat.
Jerry.
Ah, cute.
I'm trying to put a little sense of humor into it.
Come on.
Hey.
I'm over at UNDPD.
I've been off here since six and probably been sandbagging.
I don't think we're going to be sandbagging.
Why?
Well, we're looking at the bag to fill.
Oh, they are, huh?
Yeah.
We're trying to get everybody out of Lincoln right now and the nursing home down there
and then we're going to be signing the sirens for the rest of the parks and the low-lying
areas and want those people out and then the rest of the city telling them that they need
to get on to the first floor level.
Really?
Mm-hmm.
Holy shit.
Yep.
They think the water's going to inundate the streets.
How far?
The whole city?
Well, I don't know how far the water will go.
My God.
Yeah.
So we're trying to get people getting going.
Okay.
So don't go anyplace sandbagging.
No, I won't.
All right.
When are they going to do that?
Well, right now we're just trying to get Lincoln Park.
We've got that nursing home down there.
We're trying to get buses down there.
Mm-hmm.
And then they're eventually going to come out with the other parks.
Okay.
So the National Weather Service issued a statement at 4-15 saying that they feel that the dike
is in danger of failing.
Okay.
So it's going to affect the whole city?
Mm-hmm.
And when would this be?
When are they going to start doing the call?
As far as the rest of them, we're waiting for EOC to make that decision.
It'll be within an hour?
It'll be within an hour, I'm sure.
Okay.
All right.
Thanks.
Bye.