Flood Call 54

Earl Casey from CNN called to verify a report that there had been a dike or levee break. The dispatcher informed him there had not been such a break and that any evacuations were only precautionary. The dispatcher then refers Mr. Casey to the EOC for follow-up questions regarding the condition of the dikes.

Date April 18th 1997, 6:02 am
Duration 41 seconds
Channel 25
Direction incoming call
Abstract By Lucas Amundson
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Transcript

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Good morning. This is Earl Casey at CNN in Atlanta. We had a viewer call here that indicated
that there had been or they feared that there might have been a dike or a levee break. Can
you...
No, there has not. They are doing the evacuation for precautionary measures.
For precautionary?
Yep.
Okay. Can you just give me a little guidance of what the need for that is, just leaking
or what's...
Could I refer you to our Emergency Operations Center? I guess they don't really have all
that information.
Sure. That would be very helpful. Thank you.
746-2685.
Thank you.