Flood Call 1950

A caller from a radio station in northeast North Dakota asking for information on reaching Emergency Operations Center and asked about evacuation areas. Operator told her about the evacuation of the Riverside, Central, and Lincoln Park areas, as well as areas east of Cottonwood Street from 13th Avenue South to 17th Avenue South.

Date April 18th 1997, 7:44 am
Duration 93 seconds
Channel 24
Direction incoming call
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Yes, I was wondering what's the number for the emergency management office, please?
746-2685.
Okay.
And then also, I'm calling from a radio station in northeastern North Dakota.
Has another neighborhood now been added to the list of mandatory evacuations?
Riverside Park, Central Park, areas east of Cottonwood between 13th Avenue South and 17th Avenue South, plus all of Lincoln Drive area.
Okay, I'm sorry, before I had Riverside Drive and...
Riverside Park.
Riverside Park and Central Park.
But now these are new areas now?
Well, Lincoln, we had yesterday also, and they did an evacuation before Riverside and Central this morning.
Right, but I had different drive stuff.
Lincoln Drive area you had?
At Lincoln Drive and Riverside Park.
And then Central Park, and now the area between 13th Avenue South and 17th Avenue South, east of Cottonwood Street.
13th Avenue South and 17th Avenue South.
East of Cottonwood Street.
East of Cottonwood Street.
Right.
What neighborhood is that in?
That's just where that dike went across Belmont Road.
So we would say that's in the what neighborhood then?
Well...
So this is the fourth area then in other words?
It's the fourth area, it's not a park, it's in, you know, it's across from the Lincoln Park Golf Course.
Okay, across from...
The Lincoln Park Golf Course.
Okay, great, thank you.
No, no, bye bye.