Flood Call 1712

Chris at the Grand Forks post office asking Law Enforcement Center for information on I-29 North and travel. Inquires about conditions in the rest of the city.

Date April 18th 1997, 4:55 am
Duration 87 seconds
Channel 24
Direction incoming call
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Is I-29 open again, or is Phillip D. going through there?
Uh, okay, you're calling from the Grand Forks post office right now?
Yeah, Grand Forks post office.
Um, I-29 going north, I believe, is open.
It's open.
There's still a lot.
Yeah.
Right now, they'll be aware that, um, we're evacuating at Lincoln Park, and, um, we're
going north.
I-29, I-29, I-29, I-29, I-29, I-29, I-29, I-29, I-29, I-29, I-29, I-29, I-29, I-29, I-29,
I-29, I-29, I-29, I-29, I-29, I-29, I-29, I-29, I-29, I-29, I-29, I-29, I-29, I-29, I-29,
I-29, I-29, I-29, I-29, I-29, I-29, I-29, I-29, I-29, I-29, I-29, I-29, I-29, I-29,
I-29, I-29, I-29, I-29, I-29, I-29, I-29, I-29, I-29 United States, are yourocal?
Yes.
The dike is imminent to fail.
The dike is imminent?
The Lincoln Park dike is imminent to fail?
Is it dangerous?
Is it dangerous failing?
We're getting these people out of Lincoln Park now and then we're going to start with
Riverside, Central, all of the other parks and we're telling the rest of the city that
if you're on basement, get to first floor.
So you've got Lincoln, Riverside?
Central, we're starting with Lincoln.
Uh huh.
And then we're going to start with the other parks.
Oh then other parks.
And then we're going to sound the sirens for the whole city.
Okay.
Because they think that this water will inundate all of the streets.
So be aware of that if you've got trucks going out.
And then you're going to sound the alarm.
When are you going to sound the alarm?
As soon as the EOC notifies us.
Right now we've got everybody trying to get the people out of Lincoln Park first because
that's where the dike is going to fail.
Okay.
And then we'll go from there.
Okay.
Alright.
Thank you.

Okay.