I haven‘t mentioned it, but the last 2 weeks of work have been utter chaos. We had a very large water leak (thankfully didn‘t hit many books) but today I‘m watching them clear all the shelves so they can rip up all the carpet. It‘s hard seeing my library like this. But keeping positive for the end result.
Sarahreadstoomuch This is half of my main floor. Many of the books are stuffed on temporary carts in other departments, but a lot are now moved to a temporary storage facility. Upstairs is the same. Only children‘s department was relatively untouched. 5y
LibrarianRyan What caused the leak. 5y
Sarahreadstoomuch @LibrarianRyan the drain to one of the a/c units got blocked over a weekend and the water overflowed from the attic, and down 2 floors. 1,200 gallons estimated. 5y
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Megabooks I‘m so sorry. 5y
LibrarianRyan @Sarahreadstoomuch I‘ve been there. We had something similar happen. Luckily it drained to the basement where we were use to it flooding. But we used to have a water problem in the teen dept. 5y
Sarahreadstoomuch @LibrarianRyan this they have to replace all the carpeting, much of the ceilings, and large sections of wall. Estimate is 6 weeks. It‘s awful but could‘ve been way worse. 5y
LibrarianRyan @Sarahreadstoomuch hopefully the library has good insurance and isn‘t self insured. 5y
Sarahreadstoomuch @LibrarianRyan yes, we have insurance and so does the city. 5y
LibrarianRyan @Sarahreadstoomuch that‘s food. Around here so many city‘s are self insured. Until you hit Stop gap, but it takes a while to hit it. 5y
CouronneDhiver Oh no! Hopefully it‘ll be all sorted out soon. What a shame! 5y
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