[CAUT] Tornado Damage at Union University

[Ron Poire]

I had a little experience with flood damage in Tulsa.  Nothing to the extent 
you talk about.
I think the best thing to do is to get as much humidity out of the air. 
Don't do any major regulating until humidity levels are back to normal.  I 
hope you don't have to deal with anything like seized key bushings or action 
flanges.  Probably some dampp chaser rods with humidistats would be in 
order.

How fortunate and blessed, you and your family are, to come out unscathed.
I will pray on your behalf, that this will bring you closer to God, and that 
you will have the wisdom and insight to do the correct thing, and that the 
administration will be behind you.

cordially,

Ron Poire


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Hull" <hullfam5 at yahoo.com>
To: "College and University Technicians" <caut at ptg.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2008 12:11 AM
Subject: [CAUT] Tornado Damage at Union University


> Dear College and Univ. Techs:
>
> On Tuesday night, Jackson, TN was hit hard by a
> tornado(s) with some of the most severe damage
> occurring at the school I service, Union University.
> Most of the dorms are destroyed.  No students lost
> their lives and most injuries were minor.  Perhaps as
> much as $20 million worth of damage was sustained
> according to the Univ. president.
> You may have seen some of the footage on national
> television.
>
> Part of the roof of the three-story music building was
> torn off and water flooded down to the first floor
> where the pianos were.  During the ordeal, I was away
> in Oklahoma taking care of a parent who has suffered a
> broken hip. As I came back into town today, I went by
> the school to see if I could help with any thing.  One
> of the profs gave me a tour of the dark and wet
> building.  Our two Hamburg D's were in the recital
> hall which flooded (not deeply).  They had rolled them
> out into the hallway which was not as "wet". - I think
> just the carpet is wet in the hall.   Both were
> covered at the time of the tornado and water flooding.
> One cover was wet when they came to look at it this
> morning. The humidity in the bldg. was extremely high
> and they were going to have someone tomorrow working
> on that because they are afraid mold will begin to
> form.  Tonight the temp. will drop to 30 F and there
> is no heat of course in the building.  I'll have to
> look around more tomorrow.   I couldn't see anything
> without a flashlight.
> I had just begun my round of tunings for the new
> semester.
>
> Any suggestions will be appreciated for evaluating and
> advising the music department.  I don't think that any
> were directly rained on - they may have just gotten
> very damp.  I'll find out more later. The main thing
> is that these students and their families were blessed
> that no one was killed by the storm as severe as it
> was.
>
> Hundreds of student and faculty cars were destroyed.
>
> Gratefully,
> Bob Hull
>
> P.S. My family, home and shop which are about 5 miles
> away were untouched.  In the shop are three nice
> family heirloom grands of customers - two just about
> to be restrung and one to be refinished.  But as long
> as my family was protected, the other things don't
> really matter.
>
>
>
> 
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