Flood Call 1868

A caller asking for information on an emergency evacuation.

Date April 18th 1997, 10:38 pm
Duration 52 seconds
Channel 24
Direction incoming call
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Transcript

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Law enforcement center, can you hold?
Not really, I need to know, they're putting up a box, dyke, across Belmont.
Okay.
Right, and I haven't had anybody tell me to come to my door and say I had to leave, so are you blocking me in?
We're recommending everyone be prepared for an emergency evacuation.
Okay, but if they block us at Belmont, and I'm on the 500 block of Belmont, I have no access to...
I can't do anything about it right now, ma'am, this is 911 center, the EOC has been evacuated, if you call back in 5 or 10 minutes and contact them.
You're in the 500 block of Belmont.
500 block of Belmont.
You were supposed to be evacuated.
I had guys in a Humvee, and I said, when are they going to tell us to go, and they didn't know.
Okay, I can't do anything about that, ma'am, call back in 5 or 10 minutes and hope the lines will be transferred.
Okay, bye.