Flood Call 1932

The operator calling to check on how the flood situation is at home. If they are getting stuff out of the basement and that at that time they think the water will go to 8th Street. Currently Almonte Ave has 6-8" running down the road.

Date April 18th 1997, 6:24 am
Duration 117 seconds
Channel 24
Direction outgoing call
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Hello?
Hi there.
Hi.
Did you be able to get some of those newspapers up?
Well, um, I got our stuff out of her hope chest and put it on her bed.
On the tire on her bed?
Yeah, that won't take it.
Huh?
It'll come through the whole basement.
All right.
Well, how do you, how do you, how do you do that?
How do you do that?
How do you do that?
How do you do that?
How do you do that?
How do you do that?
How do you do that?
Huh?
It'll come through the whole basement.
All right.
Well, how, how come you think we're even going to get water?
They think we're in the streets, so.
Okay.
This whole area?
What's the route telling people?
Is it even our area here?
They think so.
We would have to get out of here.
I don't know.
We'll have to see.
I just want to.
Well, I got all of her files up.
Yeah, just as long as they're upstairs.
And her photos.
Yeah.
Her photos and her files, as long as that's upstairs, that's fine.
Anything in the house just will be fine.
And I brought our goose down comforter up because she wanted me to.
Yeah.
Did she talk to you?
Yeah.
Okay.
Yeah.
Who are you coming home?
I don't know.
Lanark Avenue.
Where's that by?
That's right behind El Monte.
Living Center.
And that's flooding?
They've got six to eight inches running down the street now.
Oh my God.
So that's right, that's right, that's next door to us pretty much.
Did it break then?
Not yet.
Not yet.
Well, how come so much water is running?
Well, you know, it's just coming over and leaking.
So, but at this point, if you put stuff on her bed, just put it upstairs on my bed.
What about my clothes down there?
Bring them up.
You sure her didn't get that high?
I don't know.
Any people that have any basements or can move all their stuff up that they want up.
So if you want to close up, move your clothes up.
Okay.
Okay.
Alrighty.
Okay.
Why don't you give your dad a call?
Let him know what's going on.
Okay.
Alrighty.