Flood Call 53
Caller is trying to find her way from StaMart Truck Plaza at I-29 and US2 exit 141 to Cottonwood Street without running into water. She wants to get her aunt out of that location. Operator has not been out on the street for a while. The previous operator said to go on Gateway, but caller believed it was already closed. The Emergency Operations Center has evacuated to another location and lines are still not up yet. The operator suggests that caller should take Demers Avenue. Caller drives a Bonneville and is going to try and see if her car will make it.
| Date | April 19th 1997, 1:07 am |
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| Duration | 135 seconds |
| Channel | 25 |
| Direction | incoming call |
| Abstract By | Kameron Binstock |
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Transcript
The following transcript was automatically generated, and has not been reviewed for accuracy. It may contain errors.
Oh, okay.
I don't know who it was.
It was a gentleman and he was trying to help me find my way from, don't lose me now.
Okay.
From the State Mart truck plaza at I-29 US to exit 141 down to 1018 Cottonwood Street
without running into water.
Okay.
I need to get my aunt out of there.
Okay.
I guess, I don't know, I haven't been out on the street for a long time and I don't
know what the streets are doing, but did he start to tell you anything as far as-
No, he kind of, he told me to go up the gateway and I said, no, I think it's closed because
of water.
And then he said, oh yeah.
He said, I guess I don't know which road they're closed.
And he was checking and then he disappeared.
Was there another number of a business, I mean the EOC or whatever that would have that
information?
Well, the problem is that you'll see evacuated to a different location and their lines aren't
up yet.
Oh, I see.
And we're still waiting.
So if you want to try to call the EOC, we'll be back in about 20 minutes.
We're hoping to be up by then, but we don't have a guarantee that if not, you'll get one
of us again.
Well, do you have any idea?
Well, I'm an officer and I haven't been on the street since about eight o'clock tonight,
so I don't want to tell you to go.
The only thing I know is that the gateway was shut down between 42nd and Columbia.
The mines were still open last I heard.
So-
The search has a little bit of water in it.
Okay.
I don't know if it's passable.
Sixteen inches passable?
Depending on what kind of vehicle you have.
Just the Bonneville.
Bonneville?
Yeah.
I would think a six inch would be all right, but eight EV pushing, I think.
I know with my squad car today, it was going through a lot of water and it wasn't doing
too good, but-
Wow, I don't want to do that.
I don't want to end the car.
No, I don't blame you.
I guess the best that would be to wait and call EOC and hopefully their lines will come
up.
If not, maybe just call back in 20 minutes if they're not up.
I'll try to find out in the meantime.
Do you want to wait that long?
Right back to you.
I can't tell you to wait and I can't tell you where to go because I don't know exactly.
The officers are all tied up right now to call them and find out.
So I'll consult with the people that are with me.
Okay.
And then we'll either call back or try it on our own.
Okay.
Thanks.