Flood Call 845
Caller asking if highway 220 is closed north of Grand Forks, or if you can get out of Grand Forks on I-29. Informed that there are detours but it is passable at this point.
| Date | April 18th 1997, 7:24 am |
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| Duration | 98 seconds |
| Channel | 23 |
| Direction | incoming call |
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Transcript
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Is this match up?
Okay.
Is 220 closed out of East Grand Forks going to the north?
I have no idea.
You'd have to contact somebody in Polk County or Eastside.
Okay, listen.
We're over in Kitzen County.
Could you get, you know the name of the number of the sheriff's office in Kitzen County?
No, I wouldn't have any idea for Kitzen County.
I'm sorry.
Okay, now what about like Grand Forks?
Can a guy get through there?
I don't know.
I don't know.
I don't know.
I don't know.
I don't know.
I don't know.
I don't know.
I don't know.
I don't know.
I don't know.
I don't know.
I don't know.
As of now you can.
We don't know how long the bridge is going to be open coming across.
Okay.
Can you go on I-29 going north of Grand Forks on one lane?
It's down to one lane as of now, yes.
It is down to one lane.
It is passable.
Let's go south then?
Yup.
So if you can go south or north there is detours right now on I-29.
Okay.
But you got a detour to go around on 18.
I want to get to Fargo.
Yup.
To go south there is detour to go around to get to Fargo.
From Grand Forks.
From Grand Forks.
You can go.
You can make it.
There are detours.
Will I make it through Grand Forks and stuff like that?
At this time as long as the bridge remains open.
We don't know.
The flood is rising pretty fast.
We don't know how long that bridge will remain open.
Okay.
Now listen.
I got to tell you something else.
Now I can get across and I can get an I-29 at like at Grayton, North Dakota.
And I want to go to Fargo so I can get to Grand Forks and through Grand Forks and then
I got a detour.
I don't know that because I just came up yesterday.
As far as I know I guess I'm not sure how far up the roads are, like straight and stuff,
but in Grand Forks County you can travel on I-29.
Okay then I'm sure it would be okay to rest.
Okay.
But I would call before I left.
Okay.
Thank you.