Flood Call 1686
A resident of 2nd Ave. South asking for information on the evacuations.
| Date | April 18th 1997, 6:52 am |
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| Duration | 75 seconds |
| Channel | 24 |
| Direction | incoming call |
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Transcript
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are we supposed to evacuate?
No.
All we're telling you is if you live in a basement or a ground level apartment, then
maybe you might run a move to a first floor.
But right now...
All the evacuation right now is just in the Central Park areas, south and east of Minnesota
Avenue.
Yeah, it's like Lincoln Drive.
Lincoln Drive, Riverside Park, and Central Park.
Those are the three worst.
Those are the three that are mandatory immediate evacuations.
Okay, well, is the dike broken downtown at all?
It has not broken.
They are in danger.
Leaks, though.
They're in danger, right.
So right now, would they let you know, though, by sirens and so forth, if you have to evacuate,
right?
Alright, well, at this point, these are the low-lying areas, so anybody else were saying,
you know, if you're in a basement or a ground level, that you need to get to a first floor.
How long is the...?
I have no idea.
I mean, is it the crest?
I have...
It's low yet, huh?
No.
No, it hasn't crested yet, so that could be...
I have no idea.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Okay, then thanks.
Alright.