Musicians react to music hall flood
Whitney A. Stewart
Issue date: 1/31/08 Section: News
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About 10:45 p.m., senior JT Tucker noticed water creeping down the basement hall from the electrical closet at the end of the hall in the northeast corner.
"I look over and it's like, 'that's water,' " Tucker said. "So I call [the Dow Center] and say, 'I have water.' "
The half-inch deep water had made its way about 10 feet from the closet door and seeped under two practice room doors by the time Tucker, who was nearing the end of his shift as night monitor, saw it.
In one practice room, an upright piano stood in the deepening puddle. Late-practicing students joined Tucker to empty equipment from the two rooms, which also contained drums.
"We got the drums out before they got close," Tucker said.
Maintenance men arrived on the scene within minutes to survey the damage. Junior David Holman, who was on the crew, vacuumed the water.
"We've got the hard-floor attachment on it right now, but I think with this much water, it doesn't matter," Holman said as he pushed the green Typhoon shop vac.
Even while he vacuumed, water continued to spurt against the wall in the closet. It came in at entry point where an electrical conduit disappeared into a cement-patched hole in the floor.
The National Weather Service called for the rain to turn freezing by 2 a.m.
By 11:30 p.m., the Jazz Studio, directly across the hall from the flooded practice rooms, remained dry.
"They were calling for heavy rain," junior Renee Nestorak said, looking at the flooded floor. "I think we got heavy rain."
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