Flood Call 591
The operator called to see if they could leave.
| Date | April 19th 1997, 1:05 am |
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| Duration | 202 seconds |
| Channel | 25 |
| Direction | outgoing call |
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Transcript
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Hi.
You said that we have permission to leave?
I called Pat if you want pizza, leave the phones and come.
Okay.
We're going to lose, we're getting people that need to be evacuated on these lines.
Okay.
We'll take over the radio the best we can.
911 is there.
Maybe I can get a hold of the media and tell them that the phone lines have gone down to
call 911 and the state radio can contact us.
But the state radio is calling us.
The state radio is calling us.
I'll give them my cell phone.
We have one cell phone.
I can give them our cell phone number and have them call here.
Is any of the UND phones working at all?
And we have state 3.
So that's the problem.
Nothing's working.
We have one cell phone and we have state 3.
So we're better off staying here until the water comes in and they have to take us out
with the, you know, humvees.
Why is that better?
Because you've only got one phone.
We've at least got three.
Well, we also have the radio, though.
We have state 3 so we can communicate with them by radio.
But you only have one phone.
Yes.
Okay.
But state radio could tell us over the radio.
We've been getting two and three calls from them at a time, though.
They're giving us all back the 911 hang-ups that they can't handle and I've got to, you
know, take care of all of those.
Law enforcement center.
Could you tell me the number to call to find the best way out of town to go south towards
Fargo?
I have a very low riding car.
Okay.
As for within the city of Grand Forks, you're not going to get anything because the roads
are flooded in different areas.
There's no guarantee wherever anything's at.
The only thing I can tell you is to stay out of the water as best as you possibly can.
Is 32nd closed?
I have no idea.
I would venture to say that 32nd Avenue South is inundated with water by now.
Your best bet is if it all is dispersed.
Okay.
Thank you, sir.
Okay.
Thank you, sir.
Okay.
What's the problem with the phones?
Do you guys know?
There's no communication between the phones.
Lines have not been switched over.
I don't know.
And there's no communication between the...
Because we're even getting phone calls on the sheriff's department lines.
I know.
You guys need to get out of there.
I don't know.
I'm going to go get Pete right now.
I don't know what the problem is.
Yeah.
They need, you know, if we have to leave, fine.
They need to make an announcement to the media that if they need to be evacuated or it's
life and death, call 911.
Otherwise, EOC numbers are down.
Period.
All right.
Give us a call back as soon as you can.
Okay.
Yep.