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Water main break floods UCLA campus
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...ucla/13342473/
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http://www.buzzfeed.com/austinhunt/ucla-gets-wet |
And the first thought I had: oh NO, the drought. All that water wasted. Gah.
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This is so sad - Pauley Pavilion was JUST renovated. I can't even imagine the scope of damage to the school. There are several low-lying areas on campus where I'm sure the water will need to be pumped out.
I was searching for information on Hilgard Avenue, where the sorority houses are located, and nothing mentions flooding there. |
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This sucks. The videos on the morning news made me gasp.
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Pauley Pavillion is about 3 blocks west of sorority row and about 3 blocks east of fraternity row. No reports of damage to any GLO housing.
I hope UCLA will be highly compensated by LA DWP (Los Angeles Dept of Water & Power) to RE-renovate Pauley Pavilion. To top off this situation, California is in a drought. |
Oh. Oh dear. :(
730 in the paking structure and HALF were completely submerged? I can't even imagine parking my car then coming back to find it like that! |
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Even when responders know where and how to shut off the water, the force and volume of said water may overcome their ability to easily and promptly accomplish the task. |
I read that there was concern about the pressure that would be placed on the rest of the system if the water was abruptly shut off - but I wouldn't be surprised if locating an appropriate shut-off valve was an issue, too.
During the drought of 2009-11(ish), the city mandated that sprinklers only be used on Mondays and Thursdays, which helped trigger an increase in water main breaks around the city. A report found that the swings in pressure on the city's aging pipes made them more susceptible to failure. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lano...ort-finds.html |
News report: 20 million gallons "wasted" before it was shut off.
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