Weekend excitement

This weekend we had a bit of a scare or excitement depending on how you look at it.  During the early morning hours on Saturday, a horrible noise jolted us awake.  We later discovered that a section of the ceiling had fallen in and water was pouring from the hole.  Miss Sue and her husband were the first on the scene, then Mom and Miss Rachel came in.  It was a mess. Ceiling tiles were broken, the carpet was soaked and everything had to moved and cleared.  Then the cleaning company came in.

They took down the remaining ceiling tiles, punctured the plastic around the insulation and more water poured down.  They then vacuumed up the water, sprayed against mold and mildew (for which we are grateful - we are very sensitive to that stuff so we really don't want the library to get it) and set about drying everything out.

The drying was done with big fans and huge dehumidifiers which created quite a draft.  Mom moved us to the young adult section of the library so we wouldn't catch cold.  And that is how we spent the rest of the weekend - listening to huge fans and machines blowing.  By Tuesday things were back to normal.  It was an interesting weekend.  What a way to end the year!

The leaky ceiling without tiles

The drying out