Downed trees block roads near Watersmeet, urgent clearing underway, Watersmeet MI
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Road ClosureHaving encountered downed aspen trees blocking Old Highway 45 and Road 7100 near Watersmeet, crews coordinate urgent clearing using loaders and saws.
Audio|Heard on: Gogebic County Fire and EMS
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01:28
Transcript:
00:00
Go ahead.
00:04
Yeah, I'm trying to open up old 45 here and somebody cut an aspen tree down and I went past it in a big chunk slip underneath the truck so I might need a loader out here to give me a pull off of it.
00:18
I'm trying to dig it out right now.
00:24
All right, time bar, let me know.
00:32
Sabalsky, are you heading towards Watersmeet?
00:37
Yeah, 10-4[1].
00:40
Have you passed 7,100?
00:47
No, I'm just going to invite you to Oak right now.
00:50
You by chance have a saw on you?
00:56
I can accommodate you.
00:58
If you want, there's one that's pretty much cover on the whole road.
01:02
I stuck around it, if you snip it, I'll push it off when I come back through.
01:11
Okay, on 7100?
01:15
Yeah,
01:18
unfortunately, probably about three-quarters away down 71-100.
01:27
All right, no problem.
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[1]
10-4: Acknowledgement / Message received
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US-45, Watersmeet, MI 49969
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