ABANDON SHIP!!!
Afternoon Job is in a converted basement of an historic building in downtown Los Angeles (done extremely well, by the way. It looks like a loft, but it's...um...in the basement). Aaaaaanyhooooo, today was a particularly rainy day in good 'ol LaLaLand, and for some reason, the drain outside our door (which is below sidewalk level) did not drain properly. So, within a few minutes of walking into the office, our office manager warned us of leakage, which quickly turned into floodage. About three to four inches. Quickly we grabbed whatever soakables we could and blocked the doors, and got the shop vac out to suck out all the wett-age. We also had to borrow the shop vac from our upstairs neighbor (GALLONS, I SAY, GALLONS). Well, the flood is gone, and it smells a little musty, but it was quite a sight having all of us with our pants rolled up around our knees, barefoot, scooping water into the bathroom sinks. We have two large, curving staircases leading to an upstairs administration area, so the whole thing felt like the Titanic, but without tuxedoes.