More Flooding at the University of Hawaii Library
Andrew Albanese -- Library Journal, 11/04/2008
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When it rains in Hawaii, it pours—and sometimes in the library. Once again, heavy October rains have caused damage at the University of Hawaii’s Hamilton Library in Manoa, where water came “gushing through three floors, wrecking ceiling tiles and soaking nearly 1000 books,” according to the Honolulu Advertiser. Roughly 1000 books from the European history and literature collections are now drying out, but library officials say quick action by library workers prevented serious damage, and most of the sopped books would be salvaged.
Library officials said that debris from repair work being done to the roof apparently clogged drain pipes during a heavy weekend rain, causing water to pool and trickle down over three floors. The latest damage comes a year after a roof leak caused minimal damage—and both incidents pale in comparison to the massive October 31, 2004 flood that submerged the library basement and inflicted some $82 million in damage on campus.
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