Flood Call 285

Caller had concerns with the sandbag operation at Gateway Drive and Columbia Road. She said that it was very unorganized and volunteers were leaving due to lack of leadership. The dispatcher explained that the EOC could help her, but their phones were down and would not be up for a while. She recommended the caller call back in around 20 minutes.

Date April 19th 1997, 12:17 am
Duration 46 seconds
Channel 25
Direction incoming call
Abstract By Lucas Amundson
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Yes, I was inquiring about the sandbagging operation that's on Gateway and Columbia Road.
Some people just came back from there and they said they had to quit because the people were kicking in the sandbags and it's non-organized and people are leaving.
And that water's coming in really fast and we need people over there. But there's no organization. The leaders over there are not doing anything.
Right now the EOC had to move to UND to evacuate the police department and their lines aren't back up yet.
So I have no way of contacting them or having anybody sent out there.
So I just need you to call back on this same number. Hopefully in the next 20 minutes they're going to have the lines up, 10 to 20 minutes.
But you should try that back.
Thank you. Bye bye.