Flood Call 1806

A resident of the 800 block of Chestnut called to ask for assistance for evacuations.

Date April 18th 1997, 11:17 pm
Duration 75 seconds
Channel 24
Direction incoming call
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Law Enforcement Center?
Hi, I'm trying to get a hold of it.
I can just go to my house at 807 Chestnut.
Okay, hold on just a second.
There's too much water out there.
Hold on.
Law Enforcement Center, can you hold?
Hello?
Law Enforcement Center, can you hold?
Okay.
Thanks.
Law Enforcement Center, can you hold?
Yep.
Thank you.
Law Enforcement Center, can you hold?
Yes, I will.
Okay, we do not have anybody available to go over and check and see how much water is anywhere.
No, I know there's, my son's there.
It's not the water.
Okay, do you have any telephone contact with him or anything?
Yes, he says the furnace is making weird noises and there's water coming up in our basement.
Okay, what's the address?
Through the house, 2500, no, no, no, no.
807 Chestnut.
807 Chestnut?
Yeah.
Okay.
My son is there and it's pitch black and all the lights went out.
Okay, he needs to stay upstairs and not to touch anything electrical.
We'll get somebody over there as soon as we can.
When you call it, I call the NST to come out and they said they don't know when they'll get there, but they won't help them get out.
Right, we'll get somebody there as soon as we can, ma'am.
He was helping sandbank and I...
Okay, ma'am, we've got a lot of calls coming in.
I'll get somebody there as soon as I can.
807 Chestnut.
A Sheriff?
Nope, it'll be the Fire Department.
Fire Department, thank you.
Yep.