Flood Call 720

Man calls asking for Emergency Operations Center, he's a railroad official and heard that the city wants to use railroad parts to help with the dikes. The operator hasn't heard about this and isn't sure so she takes his phone number and is going to have someone from the EOC contact him.

Date April 18th 1997, 9:56 pm
Duration 69 seconds
Channel 25
Direction incoming call
Abstract By Erin Lurie
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Transcript

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Thanks for holding, can I help you?
Yeah, I was looking for the emergency operations center.
They're getting into a new place, they had to evacuate.
They'll be up in about 10 minutes.
Okay, this is the Burley to Northern Santa Fe Railroad.
Okay.
Now we just heard that they're talking about using some more of the BM trackage for a dike or something.
That I have not heard anything, I don't know how the dikes are going.
I've been given several calls here over the phone and people heard it on the radio.
Who can I get in contact with because I'm a railroad official and I have to...
I'll try, as soon as I get a phone number here for EOC, they have to evacuate and they're setting up in there.
They should be up here any minute, I'll try to get a hold of them and I'll have them give me a call.
Okay.
Who should I have on my phone?
Craig.
Okay, Craig?
Yeah.
At BNN, and your number?
594.
2663.
2663.
My cell number is 779.
779.
1502.
1502.
You got it.
Okay, I'll get a hold of someone and have them contact you.
Thank you.
Yep.