Flood Call 997

A caller asking about the voluntary evacuation of the city.

Date April 18th 1997, 11:19 pm
Duration 45 seconds
Channel 23
Direction incoming call
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Law Enforcement Center?
Yeah, this is Grand Forks, right?
The police department?
Yeah.
Yeah.
Oh, okay.
Can you answer me a question?
Try to.
I've got a lot of residents that have been calling in here and saying that they're hearing
on the radio that all of Grand Forks is supposed to evacuate.
Well, we're asking for voluntary evacuation.
For the whole city?
For the whole city.
Is there a reason for that?
Well, everybody's going to get some water.
I just can't tell you how much.
Everybody will?
Yep.
The whole city will?
At this point, there's going to be a lot of water coming through.
I can't tell you how much there's going to be.
They're just telling people, um, voluntary evacuation, okay?
Okay.
Alright.
Bye-bye.
Okay, bye-bye.