Pauley flooded

[Jim3k]

It's not Duke basketball, so I'm posting it here.

A 30 inch water main has burst next to the UCLA campus, flooding both Pauley Pavilion and Drake Stadium.

Maybe this could go with a discussion of why Southern California can't be trusted with water sources. Just a few days ago California ordered all kinds of water conservation measures and then this happens. L.A. was already under scrutiny for failing to conserve water. Now this. And it damages one of college basketball's iconic venues.

[Jim3k]

I think this pic shows Pauley's ruination.

https://twitter.com/GoodmanESPN/stat...455745/photo/1

h/t JA

[sue71, esq]

I read earlier that the pipe dates back to 1921. Oy.

[sue71, esq]

Buzzfeed has a good collection of pics & videos of the flood. All I keep thinking is about the Pauley renovation. That, and we probably jumped about 3 levels on the drought scale. Ugh.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/austinhunt/ucla-gets-wet

[Jarhead]

Doesn't this belong on the EK board?

[OldPhiKap]

Sad to see.

[uh_no]

I read earlier that the pipe dates back to 1921. Oy.

the older of the two new york water mains dates to 1917 (and the newer is 1935)

[superdave]

That stinks. Maybe they can salvage the floor enough to sell pieces off to pay for the new one.

Any word on whether locker rooms or other finished rooms fared?

[cspan37421]

Any chance they'll truck in some sand and thus create Pauley Shore?

[hurleyfor3]

Any chance they'll truck in some sand and thus create Pauley Shore?

Or have to cancel scheduled events there, invoking the Pauley Exclusion Principle?

[tommy]

Or the on-campus visit to UCLA of highly recruited Georgia wing player Jaylen Brown, who was due to visit UCLA's campus this coming Tuesday, and who Duke has also shown interest in, and who is said to be looking to make an early commitment . . .

[Henderson]

Gotta be Donald Sterling's fault.

[tommy]

What would Bill Walton say?

"Three hours to turn off a water spigot? You call that emergency response?
Come on. This is Pauley Pavillion, the John Wooden Center, the UCLA Hall of
Fame, repository of all the treasured artifacts from Coach Wooden and the
greatest program in the history of college sports. And they allow all of it to
be desecrated because they couldn't turn off a faucet? That's disgraceful."

[Henderson]

What would Bill Walton say?

"I'll hold the length of bamboo on this end, and you put business end on the other."

[PSurprise]

What would Bill Walton say?

"Well I guess they'll need to move all the games to Colorado..."

[Dev11]

What would Bill Walton say?

"Three hours to turn off a water spigot? You call that emergency response?
Come on. This is Pauley Pavillion, the John Wooden Center, the UCLA Hall of
Fame, repository of all the treasured artifacts from Coach Wooden and the
greatest program in the history of college sports. And they allow all of it to
be desecrated because they couldn't turn off a faucet? That's disgraceful."

"The Dead played a spectacular, stupendous, magical affair at college basketball's center of excellence on November 17, 1973. The setlist was full of wonder, and the crowd was brought to new heights during a particularly heavenly Playin'> Uncle John's> Dew> Uncle John's> Playin' extended rendition during the second set. Remember, Dave?"

Now that I've bothered to look it up, I suppose I should give it a listen.

[OldPhiKap]

What would Bill Walton say?

If all you've got to live for
Is what you left behind,
Get yourself a powder charge
And seal that silver mine . . . .

[tommy]

"The Dead played a spectacular, stupendous, magical affair at college basketball's center of excellence on November 17, 1973. The setlist was full of wonder, and the crowd was brought to new heights during a particularly heavenly Playin'> Uncle John's> Dew> Uncle John's> Playin' extended rendition during the second set. Remember, Dave?"

Now that I've bothered to look it up, I suppose I should give it a listen.

That it awesome. Wish I could've sporked you.

[Mike Corey]

What would Bill Walton say?

"Three hours to turn off a water spigot? You call that emergency response?
Come on. This is Pauley Pavillion, the John Wooden Center, the UCLA Hall of
Fame, repository of all the treasured artifacts from Coach Wooden and the
greatest program in the history of college sports. And they allow all of it to
be desecrated because they couldn't turn off a faucet? That's disgraceful."

Punctuated with, "Turn it off, big fella."

[burnspbesq]

Punctuated with, "Turn it off, big fella."

Or the Rafterian "Send it in, DWP!"