Flood Call 486

Reporter from the CBS Evening News in New York calls to question the extent of the evacuation in Grand Forks and if the dikes are likely to fail. The caller is told that the Emergency Operations Center can answer their question, but that they are relocating.

Date	April 18th 1997, 10:22 pm
Duration	56 seconds
Channel	25
Direction	incoming call
Abstract By	Christina Phipps
Tagged As	voluntary evacuation Emergency Operations Center (EOC) news reporters and media dikes

Transcript

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Police Department.
Hi Police Department.
This is Russ Burns at TDF News in New York.
Yeah.
I'm calling time to confirm the extent of possible evacuations.
The possibility is there.
The mayor's asked for a voluntary evacuation.
Right now the EOC is going to have to answer those calls when they're resetting up.
They had to evacuate their headquarters, okay?
Were you trying to call their number?
Yeah.
They're supposed to be set up in about 10, 15 minutes here.
All these lines are going to roll over to them.
Okay.
And if they die back then, they're going to be able to answer your questions much better.
Okay.
Can you tell me this?
Uh-huh.
I mean, are you, it feels the dykes are actually overwhelmed and that they possibly are, were
made for break.
Yes.
They are failing.
Right.
Okay.
But I don't know exactly the status of how they are.
We've been in here asking on their phones, so I, you know, we don't, we aren't necessarily
out there getting the reports from the dykes, but I know that they are failing.
Okay.
All right.