Frances strikes Archives

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I would agree that freezing is the fastest first step. A second step 
often mentioned on the librarians' listserv I monitor is vacuum drying 
if there is a large-size vacuum facility somewhwhere in the city, either 
at an industry or at one of the colleges. If no closer, surely there is 
something at Virginia Tech.

Jeff Cornelius

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> Please advise those of us members that live out of state what we might do to
> help. I live in West Palm Beach, Florida & still picking up the pieces here.
> However if some additional donations are needed or whatever we can do from
> here let us know.
> Just a side note: My collection is ok
> Ron Wilkinson
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>>When the remnants of hurricane Frances reached Roanoke, they dropped over
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> 6
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>>inches of rain in less than a day's time.
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>>The deluge was more than the flat roof of the Archives building could
>>handle. The floor of the front two sections of the Archives was soaked in
>>1/2 inch of water. Some material stored in boxes on the floor has been
>>soaked. Jim Gillum discovered the intrusion late Wednesday morning during
>>the peak of the downpour. Additionally, 4 inches of water had infiltrated
>>the basement of the building next door where additional material was
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> stored.
> 
>>Archives volunteers have vacuumed the water from the main Archives
>>building. They are now going through the wet boxes, trying to save and dry
>>out whatever was stored in them. The basement has been pumped out and the
>>material stored there moved to another dryer building, a move that was
>>already planned.
>>
>>Damage to the collection is still being assessed.
>>
>>Stay tuned.
>>
>>Ron Davis
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