Lisbon Communication

Life is finally starting to get back to normal in Lisbon, ND. Sure there are still dikes and porta-potties all over town, but the threat of danger and evacuation is gone. The water is going down and people are getting back to their normal schedules. My research on Lisbon and the Flood Fight 2009 is going well. The Ransom County Gazette is turning out to be a wonderful resource. Some of the articles really show how the town came together to fight the flood.

Today I am planning on doing some interviews on town members. I am really curious to see what they thought of the communication between the town and the people. I am also going to find out how the town was called to sand bag central. I went to school in Lisbon for six years, but I don’t remember if there was a siren like there was here in Valley City. The siren was quick and got the job done. So I am curious to see how Lisbon did this. I also want to know how people were evacuated.

I know Lisbon has had a radio station, but I am pretty sure it went to all talk combining with a Fargo radio station. This would have been an excellent tool of communication. I remember going to school and as soon as I went down the hill into the town I would lose any station I was listening to and the Lisbon station would take over. In a valley where you can really only listen to this station and can kind of hear a few others; this would have been an excellent way to let the people know what was going on. So that is another question I will be asking in my interview today. I am also going to ask what channels on TV did they get any information off of.