Sweeping defense after water pipe break
I was sitting in the downstairs coffee bar of the new Whole Foods at 17th and Rhode Island this morning when I became aware of a commotion at the door, which is directly on the corner. A roiling mass of water several inches deep had appeared in the intersection and store workers were frantically sweeping it away from the entrance with brooms and squeegees.
The flow lessened after about five minutes and we left the store and walked up the block. Water was pouring down the street, and in some places workers were attempting to divert it away from the store with lumber. At the top of the block we found the source: a broken water pipe and a backhoe. (Photo of that after the jump.)
Photos by Robin Ressler
i sure hope a mayoral blue ribbon panel is commissioned within 6 months by the city so data can be collected and analyzed to determine what cause of this incident…
if we could share data with Oakland officials and possibly create a special department of Bay Area Back Hoe deployment specialists, scenarios like this could be eliminated in our region in our lifetimes.
I am worried though, because if Chicken John is given matching campaign funds and is actually elected , can he change the likelihood of this occuring? Or at least make it more artistic?
I heard on 92.7 today that there was a water main break at first and mission today too, closing down those streets as well. Anybody else?
Yep, it’s coincidental to my post from this morning, and much more major:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/09/13/MNFIS5MBO.DTL
your a hoe, mark. you know your a hoe.
I keep reading this as “sweeping defense” like, a broad generalized remark excusing your actions instead of *literal* sweeping!
what is up with the main breakages? There was that one in the mission, and now 2 in the city. Random. or not…