Flood Call 636

Caller, who will be evacuating and has many antiques and valuables in her home, wants to know if she needs to put a white sheet in her door. Operator tells her it is only a recommendation.

Date April 18th 1997, 10:42 pm
Duration 92 seconds
Channel 25
Direction incoming call
Abstract By Christina Phipps
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Oh, this is Mrs. Ferman calling from 625 Belmont Road, and I plan to evacuate my home, and
I believe I'm to put a white sheet in my door, but I do have a lot of antiques and valuables
in my house.
So how can I, you know, I just want to alert the police so I don't have people that break
in.
Okay.
I have an alarm system too.
Should I turn that on or what?
Yeah, I would turn that on.
Okay.
And as far as the white sheet, we're not really looking at that right now.
More than the National Guard is in the police department.
Oh.
So if you don't feel comfortable putting that up.
No, I don't.
The emergency said to put that up.
Yeah, they're recommending that.
Yeah.
But it's not mandatory to my knowledge.
Okay.
So whatever you feel most comfortable with, I would say to you.
So then how would I make sure that they turn my electricity and gas off?
They'll be probably doing that all over because of the water backup.
Okay.
But you can, you can too.
I don't want to, though.
Okay.
You know.
Yeah.
Like I said, there's nothing that says you have to, but they're recommending that you
do so they know that you're out.
Yeah.
Well, maybe I'll just call NSP and tell them I'm leaving.
Okay.
I don't know if they're going to be taking any calls, so.
You know, maybe just put it in like more of an equestrian spot so that they can see it
if they go up to it, but you can't like see it from the road.
Well, I wonder how you do that.
I can't really tell you.
We're really busy here right now, but that might be your best bet.
But like I said, we can't make you do it.
They're just recommending that you do it.
Okay.
Bye.