Computer flooring/flooding/water in computer rooms

From: McFadden, Mike <mmcfadden_at_cmh.edu>
Date: Thu Jun 3 11:37:48 2004

I will now tell you the most unusual water problem we ever had in out
computer room. The drop ceiling above out Printronix and Versatec line
printers collapsed on them. It dumped water and grunge all over the
printers. The hammers on the Printronix rusted and we had to replace
them.

You ask how the water got in the ceiling well here is the story.

Our computer center was on the 10th floor of an 11 story office building
in the Northwest Plaza shopping center in Saint Louis. For Christmas
the shopping center managers decided to install a very large Santa Claus
on the roof, flown in by helicopter in 2 sections and assembled on the
roof.

The Santa was to be held up by a metal frame bolted to the roof. The
installation crew drilled holes in the roof, missed the beam and punched
right through the roof. They just shoved a little gravel over the
incorrect hole and drilled a new one. The next melting snow and rain
filled up the roof and drained through the hole into one of the
unoccupied 11th floor offices above our computer room and then leaked
down through the floor into the drop ceiling. The wet ceiling was too
heavy and crashed down onto the printers.

BTW
After Christmas the Santa was lain down on the roof and covered by a
tarp. You could see the tips of the boots under the tarp all year.

Mike
Received on Thu Jun 03 2004 - 11:37:48 BST

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