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- May 2011
- 8798
I have spoke before about how nice my local library system is. During Covid they expanded the home delivery feature to all residents. This feature was ran out of their operations office and required that many more books be housed there. This office is an old library and is also where new books are stored before distribution. Well three days ago a construction crew, building a new elementary school next door broke a main water line. At the time all the reporting was about traffic disruptions and neighborhood water being turned off. Today the extent of the damage to the library was released. Eight trucks and thousands of books, many of them new awaiting release, were destroyed. The loading area and the entire basement was flooded.
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And for those that do not remember my old posts this is the library that replaced the one you see above:
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The two buildings are about a 1/2 mile apart.Last edited by Martin; 10-07-2020, 12:27 AM.
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R.I.P., Eddie Van Halen. As if 2020 hadn’t kicked us in the gut enough. VH was one of the big three of the soundtrack of my early life, and are still on heavy rotation in my car and motorcycle helmet to this day. I still harbored hope I’d see VH reunite with Sammy Hagar and tour, and I’d get a chance to see ‘em, older and rougher around the edges, but aren’t we all...Twitter: https://twitter.com/ron_clinton
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Nothing to see here!Ok, I really can't come up with anymore of these stupid things...
- May 2011
- 8798
Originally posted by RonClinton View PostR.I.P., Eddie Van Halen. As if 2020 hadn’t kicked us in the gut enough. VH was one of the big three of the soundtrack of my early life, and are still on heavy rotation in my car and motorcycle helmet to this day. I still harbored hope I’d see VH reunite with Sammy Hagar and tour, and I’d get a chance to see ‘em, older and rougher around the edges, but aren’t we all...
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Originally posted by Martin View Post
Arguably the greatest rock guitarist of all time. My heart goes out to his family. Haggar, Michael Anthony and Jason Bonham are creating some great music to this day. Check out Sammy Haggar and The Circle on Youtube. Their Lockdown and @HOME sessions are great!
https://youtu.be/GQVTtpE9J7sLast edited by RonClinton; 10-07-2020, 06:04 AM.Twitter: https://twitter.com/ron_clinton
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Originally posted by RonClinton View PostR.I.P., Eddie Van Halen. As if 2020 hadn’t kicked us in the gut enough. VH was one of the big three of the soundtrack of my early life, and are still on heavy rotation in my car and motorcycle helmet to this day. I still harbored hope I’d see VH reunite with Sammy Hagar and tour, and I’d get a chance to see ‘em, older and rougher around the edges, but aren’t we all...
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Nothing to see here!Ok, I really can't come up with anymore of these stupid things...
- May 2011
- 8798
Originally posted by Brian861 View PostMan, that's a lot of water.
Here are photo's of the watermain break:
CityofVancouverPhoto_WaterMainBreak_6pm2_Sat_10032020-2048x1884.jpgCityofVancouverPhoto_WaterMainBreak-6pm_Sat_10032020-2048x1670.jpgLast edited by Martin; 10-07-2020, 03:43 PM.
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That is really sad about the library. I've worked in construction management for just about 20 years. I was on a project once, where we ran a large crane across a water main underground, this resulted in the main cracking. I can vouch that the water comes out amazingly fast and takes a bit of time to cut off and loss pressure.Looking for the fonting of youth.
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Nothing to see here!Ok, I really can't come up with anymore of these stupid things...
- May 2011
- 8798
Originally posted by Ben Staad View PostThat is really sad about the library. I've worked in construction management for just about 20 years. I was on a project once, where we ran a large crane across a water main underground, this resulted in the main cracking. I can vouch that the water comes out amazingly fast and takes a bit of time to cut off and loss pressure.
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