Flood Call 1741
The operators friend called back to ask what is going on, the operator informed her of the failing dikes in East Grand Forks.
| Date | April 18th 1997, 4:25 pm |
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| Duration | 161 seconds |
| Channel | 24 |
| Direction | incoming call |
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Transcript
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dyke for it. Where? Sherlock Park. No. Yeah. No. Yeah. They lost the dyke and they lost
the one on James Avenue. They're sending the Coast Guard to get the people off the point.
They're all stuck there. Where? Sorry. They lost our dyke.
Sherlock Park. Oh, no. Diane. I don't know how bad. I don't know. I heard about James
Avenue. Terry, what's Sherlock Park and James Avenue, right? Today? Um, this is the we're
abandoning. Okay. We're working on the second floor. Second floor. Second floor. Okay.
Okay. So the dyke for Sherlock has not broke yet, right? No, but they are abandoning the
area. Okay. Yet they're abandoning the dyke. Yours has not broke yet. But they're abandoning
it. Is Josh's party still on tomorrow night? Well, we haven't cancelled it yet, but it'll
be a last minute. Well, we're going to be hard to get ahold of tomorrow because we're
going to take the kids to the Y. Oh, the seat in the sandbag? Yeah. And we're getting everybody
from Charlie Brown's and us and Warren's parents, we're all going to go sandbag together. There
might not be anything left to sandbag by then, Brenda. I don't think. I would bet no. Oh,
my God. I think they'll try to stay various. Well, they're talking about putting up a clay
dyke on Reeves Drive. Yeah. But you know the water's coming out as fast as they're sandbagging.
They're out of sand. Are they? No, I don't. Oh, my God. Anderson was just in here and
he said there's six feet of water in his house. Where does he live? In Lincoln Park. Oh, my
God. Mm-hmm. Oh, my God. Do you have to write his cell phone number? 779-0753. Yeah. So
you can give us a call if we're not home. Yeah. So you don't work tomorrow? Well, as
of yet. Yeah. Okay. Okay. All right. Well, if you hear any more when our dyke actually
does break, let me know. Well, the water's going over it, so it is. Oh, yeah. God. But
if I hear more, I'll let you know. Okay. Okay. Bye.