Flood Call 663

Woman calls asking for the EOC but notifies the operator that there is a problem on Columbia Road with one of the dikes behind the fire station, the operator says she will send someone out right away to assess the problem.

Date April 18th 1997, 9:51 pm
Duration 56 seconds
Channel 25
Direction incoming call
Abstract By Erin Lurie
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Police Department?
Yes, uh, EOC?
No, EOC is transferring their evacuated area. For about ten minutes we'll be back up.
Oh, so who do we leave a number, uh, emergency message with?
Okay, that you evacuated?
No, no. This, I'm calling from Columbia Road north.
Okay.
And we've got a problem with a dike behind the fire station.
A north problem, you're one of the dikes?
Yes.
Okay, um.
And they say they're one, it's a clay dike, but, uh, the snow is falling in and creating waves.
Okay.
They want to know whether they're supposed to sandbag it.
Um, well, I don't know if we're, um, what they should do. Let me, uh, let me get a hold of somebody and I'll send somebody out, okay?
Okay.
Thank you.
You want to take my number?
Um, I'm just going to go ahead and I'm going to contact the fire department right there, have them check it out, and then we'll get somebody out there if we need to, okay?
Thank you so much.
You're welcome.