[nfbwatlk] FW: Weekend Storm in Vancouver - FYI

[Lauren Merryfield]

Hi,
OOO, I would have loved the thunder!
Thanks
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com>
To: "'NFB of Washington Talk Mailing List'" <nfbwatlk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2012 7:33 PM
Subject: Re: [nfbwatlk] FW: Weekend Storm in Vancouver - FYI


> Hi, all.
>
> Yup; it was a pretty spectacular thunder-boomer storm and some parts of 
> town
> got deluged by quite a gully-washer. Although we got some of the rain 
> where
> I live and could hear the thunder and see the lightning, the activity was 
> a
> few miles away from us. A fur tree nearer the city center got pretty-well
> lambasted by a lightning strike. Power was out in various places but ours
> didn't even blink.
>
> Mike
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfbwatlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfbwatlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Prows, Bennett (HHS/OCR)
> Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2012 7:53 AM
> To: NFB of Washington Talk Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [nfbwatlk] FW: Weekend Storm in Vancouver - FYI
>
> Wow!  Sorry about WSSB's troubles.  But, was it a big thunder bluster, (or
> whatever that word is?)  (grin!) Sounds like it would've been pretty cool 
> to
> witness, unless you were in the way of a tornado or something.  That could
> have added some twists at least. (smile)
>
> /s/
>
> Bennett Prows
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfbwatlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfbwatlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Mike Freeman
> Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2012 7:22 PM
> To: nfbwatlk at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [nfbwatlk] FW: Weekend Storm in Vancouver - FYI
>
> From: Janet Kurz [mailto:janet.kurz at wssb.wa.gov]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2012 9:47 AM
> Subject: Weekend Storm in Vancouver - FYI
>
>
>
> Forwarded by request from Dean:
>
>
>
> This past weekend we experienced an electrical storm unlike anything I 
> have
> seen since moving to the Pacific NW in 1986.  Friday evening, a large fir
> tree was struck by lightning in the Hudsons Bay area, just west of campus.
> This caused an electrical feedback through the ground which blew out
> multiple boards on our fire alarm system.  This resulted in Rob Tracey and
> Simplex (Fire Alarm Company) spending many hours this weekend trying to 
> get
> our system up and running.  They were able to repair some of the panels, 
> but
> parts had to be ordered and the system will be repaired tomorrow.  Until 
> the
> system is fully restored, staff in the various buildings have been put on
> fire watch, which just means to be very attentive to any electrical
> problems, etc.  This event could potentially cost the school approximately
> $20,000 for repairs.
>
>
>
> On top of this, Saturday night we had an rain storm (1.5" of rain in about 
> 1
> hour), which flooded the Ahlsten Building (building occupied by the 
> police),
> and water coming down the ramp in Old Main (east side of the building).
> Once again Rob was back with Ian Goodrich trying to remove water from the
> buildings and drying out carpets.  Old Main looks fine, but I'm sure we 
> will
> have to replace some carpeting in Ahlsten, which I am guessing will be in
> the $20,000-$30,000 range.   We will give the building a few more days to
> dry out, and then bring in a company to give us some estimates.  We will 
> be
> meeting with DES (formerly General Administration) 
> architectural/engineering
> folks today to make sure we move forward in the right way under emergency
> provisions to get the carpeting done in a timely manner.  We will also be
> exploring the installation of a secondary overflow system on the internal
> gutter system on the Alhsten building, to hopefully eliminate this type of
> situation from occurring again.
>
>
>
>
>
> Dean O. Stenehjem, Ed.D.
>
> Washington State School for the Blind
>
> 2214 E. 13th Street
>
> Vancouver, WA 98661
>
> 360-696-6321  130#
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