Flooding

Way too much water coming down.

We managed to stuff enough foam around the outside doors to control the water coming in, but we had 6" of water outside the doors.

One lab had the backflow valve on it's floor drain fail, fountaining the room with water. They've got 2-3" of water to remove.

Why is it that all of the floor drains are in high spots?

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We're done cleaning up the water.

Two shop vacs, an extractor, and three helpful people from another department with squeegees and push brooms.

Where did all the water inside the building come from?

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The door in this picture is 8" above the sidewalk, and there is a full-height curb around the planting beds on either side of it. You can't see it clearly, but the water level is only an inch or two elow the lower hinge.

Of course, this is going to let a lot of water into the building. We managed to gasket most of the doors with packing foam to reduce the flow rate, and then we locked the doors and wouldn't let anyone in until the water level went down. It's an interesting view to see the top of the water through the glass in the door.

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The water reflections make this a cool picture, but it meant that we then had to clean up all of the water from the Electron Microscopy Center that occupies most of first floor of the building.

In other news, DoIT had to shut down their data center due to the flood. Apparently they had a fitting let go on the 8" roof drain that runs through their machine room.