Flood Call 282
Caller has seeking the Emergency Operations Center. Caller asked if her apartment behind Southgate was at a relatively high elevation. She asked if she would have to leave her upper level apartment. The dispatcher explained the details of the voluntary evacuation and that they were recommending people leave if they had somewhere to go. The caller was concerned whether or not she would be breaking any laws by staying.
| Date | April 19th 1997, 12:13 am |
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| Duration | 138 seconds |
| Channel | 25 |
| Direction | incoming call |
| Abstract By | Lucas Amundson |
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Transcript
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Oh, yeah. I was assuming you were looking for EOC on this number, but is that correct?
Pardon me?
Were you looking for the Emergency Operations Center?
Oh, I just had a couple questions to ask.
Okay.
And I don't know if you would know.
Do you know where the Southgate Lounge is?
Yep.
In an apartment behind her.
Okay.
And is that a relatively high elevation?
I guess I don't know. Right now they're calling for a voluntary evacuation of the city.
That means if you have someplace else to go outside of Grand Falls, they're recommending that.
Okay.
And if you're in an upper-story apartment, obviously that would be to your benefit.
And I am in an upper-story apartment, and that's the next question I was going to ask you.
Would that mean I would have to leave if I'm safe in my upper apartment?
Not at this point, nope.
If you want to stay, you know, that's up to you.
We can't make you leave it right now.
It's just a voluntary.
Like we're saying, it's a recommendation because we don't know how much the river is going to come up.
What if it was mandatory?
Would I have to leave then?
It would depend.
Like earlier today when they were doing the mandatory evacuation, they weren't physically making people leave,
but they were going door to door and asking them because they didn't know if the bikes were going to break.
At some point, the mayor could say it's mandatory and will physically remove people like arrested if they don't leave,
but it's not been to that point yet.
But yes, I do live in an upper apartment, and my friend next door said that he wasn't.
He says, I'm not going to leave.
He says, we're safe here.
And I thought, well, I don't know.
I don't want to break any laws, so I thought I would call you.
Okay.
Well, right now, you know, you don't have to leave.
It's voluntary only at this point.
Okay.
And even if she mandated it, we still wouldn't have to unless they physically came to the door and said leave.
Right.
Oh, boy.
But I do think we are in a pretty good elevation, though, because we're right next to Washington.
Even though we're on the east side of it, we're right there.
Yep.
Well, like I said, it's up to you at this point if you know how you want to proceed.
Okay.
Okay.
Thank you.
You bet.