| Show Cloudburst floods college center offices Jack Foriska Associate Editor An intense summer thunderstorm caused a drainage plug to give way flooding the College ollege Center offices and causing an estimated estimated estimated es es- es- es in damages to the ceiling carpets furnishings furnishings furnishings furnish furnish- ings and office hardware Office Office Office Of Of- fice workers spent five days in e 7 4 L- L I a Facilities and office workers survey damages after disaster strikes college center offices the hallway while the carpets dried padding was replaced and and a new ceiling was in in- stalled The storm moved in at approximately approximately approximately ap ap- ap- ap proximately 45 pm p.m. on Thursday July 13 just as office office office of of- fice workers were leaving for forthe forthe forthe the day An estimated one and a quarter inches of rain fell in 20 minutes overloading the new drainage system that was installed with the second floor addition Water backed up into the old drain system which had been capped off when the upper level was added When that much rain falls that fast approximately gallons of water needs to drain off the college center roof said Paul Gunderson director of facilities It was just too much for the system to handle A drain plug blew in the ceiling above the college center center center cen cen- ter offices collapsing the ceiling ceiling ceiling ceil ceil- ing and sending a cascade of rainwater over desks and onto the carpet Water then seeped through the floor and the ceiling of the crafts center directly below Because the crafts center is constructed primarily of concrete damage to the area was mini mini- mal In addition to water damage accrued during the storm lightning statically T I Ii IiI I I t w I College center personnel carry carryon on as usual in spite of compromising compromising compromising com com- promising circumstances charged computer network cables and blew out serial comm communication boards in personal computers all over the campus That occurred only a week after lightning from a previous storm caused in damage to the colleges college's mainframe corn com com puter |
