Flood Call 954
Dispatcher talking to her husband, telling him to unplug washer and dryer and prepare for evacuation, noting that the dikes are going to fail and he is put on hold. A caller attempting to reach Captain McCarthy and is redirected to the Emergency Operations Center. Dispatcher continues talking with husband, noting the flash flood warning and the instability of the dikes in Lincoln, Riverside, and Central Parks. A second caller attempted to reach the Emergency Operations Center and was asked to keep calling. Dispatcher continues with her husband, expressing her concern about the failure of the dikes and says if they fail "we're done.
| Date | April 18th 1997, 7:17 am |
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| Duration | 9 seconds |
| Channel | 23 |
| Direction | incoming call |
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Transcript
The following transcript was automatically generated, and has not been reviewed for accuracy. It may contain errors.
Hello?
Hi.
Are you at home?
Yeah.
Did you call?
Oh, yeah.
Many times.
Okay.
I just went paranoid all night.
I couldn't hear the phone when I said something.
Well, it's fine.
I didn't think you'd be able to get to it anyway, but I tried.
All right.
I'm just glad that you're at home.
I'm going to probably be working late, so I'll give you a call.
Did you go downstairs or anything, or did you get my messages?
No, I plugged it all up before I left.
So you unplugged the washer and the dryer?
No, I didn't.
Unplug those.
The dykes aren't going to make it.
You don't think so?
No.
They'll be back for you.
Hang on.
Okay.
Come on.
Franklin Center.
Hi.
It's Captain McCarthy, and?
He's down in ELC right now.
Just one second.
If I can try and get him for you.
Okay.
Captain McCarthy?
He's standing right here.
Okay.
There's a phone call for him on Line 4.
Line 4?
Yep.
Okay.
We're in a flash flood warning.
Yes.
However, I don't know what you're aware of or not.
Until 8 o'clock.
No, until 10 o'clock.
They changed it.
They have changed it until 10 o'clock.
They pulled everybody off of the dykes in Lincoln Drive area and got everybody out of
there.
So they cleared Central Park and Riverside.
That's for O'Brien.
Okay.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Initially, Central Park and Riverside, the dykes were not failing yet, but Lincoln Park
is.
There's six to eight water rolling over and along Lincoln Drive area.
Okay.
But they said that the dykes are unstable now in the Riverside area also.
So we're still rising.
It's going up fast too.
Yeah, we're still rising.
So they got everyone on Lincoln.
Now they're going to go and get those other two park areas.
And then they're sounding the sirens again.
Hold on.
Come on.
Enforcement Center.
I'm calling EOC.
Their lines are so busy, they're rolling up to the police department.
You just have to keep trying that line.
Okay?
Okay.
Okay.
Did they already sound them?
We've been sounding them all night.
I haven't heard them.
And this area, well, it hasn't been all over town.
But they're going to be sounding later on for the rest of the town.
And they want to get everybody out of basement and garden level apartments
because if the dykes break, the streets are going to be inundated.
Everyone's going to have water.
Yeah.
So.
Okay.
I just.
I don't know if we're going to need to bring everything up, but we're going to have to
make sure everything's plugged real good.
We're going to get some water somewhere, I'm sure.
A little more seepage.
Yeah.
But I guess the main thing is to get unplugged the washer, the dryer.
The freezer will leave in and as soon as you notice anything, we're going to have to get
down there and unplug it.
You know, if you just want to get the papas on that crate, that would be okay.
I don't know.
Or if you want to, I don't know.
Yeah, that's fine.
I mean, whatever.
We can roll up the carpet, but other than that, everything should be okay.
Hold on.
I don't.
Okay.
You don't want it?
We should be okay for a while, but if the night goes, we're done.
Everybody is.
Yeah, I know that.
We're going to have water everywhere, so.
I'm worried about you at work there.
Well, I might have to.
If there goes, I'll be staying here.
At least I'm just happy the car is not here.
Well, let me know when it's time to pick you up.
I will.
Because you have no place.
I mean, that's low, too.
There's no place for you to.
Well, you have upstairs.
We can go upstairs.
Yeah.
Hold on.
I got to go.
Bye.