Campus Flooding
Posted: Mon Mar 20, 2006 2:46 amAnyone have any pictures? I'm told that Bishop was a river with a car parked at the south end being half way under water!
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Posted: Mon Mar 20, 2006 2:46 amPosted: Mon Mar 20, 2006 9:29 amI hope the campus didn't flood too much. I've had visions of the Mustang Band hall being flooded out, with instrument cases floating in water and the library and all the old charts being ruined.
Posted: Mon Mar 20, 2006 10:21 amVisions or flashbacks?
Posted: Mon Mar 20, 2006 11:26 amGo to dallasnews.com and the photography section and you can see a picture of Airline Drive at Smu. It says the dressing rooms at McFarland were flooded.
Posted: Mon Mar 20, 2006 11:44 amIt was before my time, but I was told once that it used to flood pretty badly in front of Boaz. I heard you could almost go surfing. Any truth to this old timers?
Posted: Mon Mar 20, 2006 1:15 pmThey fixed the drains in front of Boaz, but yeah, once a year from 1988-1993 Boaz was underwater at least once...and I mean a foot underwater....
The one I recall best was a frog-strangler that dumped a crazy amount of water in 4 hours, and water was up almost to the steps leading up to Boaz. Every car there had to be towed out because the water was up to the seats.
The one I recall best was a frog-strangler that dumped a crazy amount of water in 4 hours, and water was up almost to the steps leading up to Boaz. Every car there had to be towed out because the water was up to the seats.
Posted: Mon Mar 20, 2006 1:40 pmI think that was 1995 during finals if I recall.
Posted: Mon Mar 20, 2006 1:42 pmThey sent out an email this morning that said the New rec center had been flooded and that the lower level with the weight room and cardio equipment will have limited access for at least today.
Posted: Mon Mar 20, 2006 1:57 pmSMU Football Blog wrote:I think that was 1995 during finals if I recall.
Exactly. Came out of Sports Law final to the storm. Pulled an all-nighter for Income Tax, my last final in law school.
Posted: Mon Mar 20, 2006 3:19 pmabezontar wrote:They sent out an email this morning that said the New rec center had been flooded and that the lower level with the weight room and cardio equipment will have limited access for at least today.
Awesome...I'm assuming from this statement that the new site for the band hall is prone to flooding
Fantastic...
Posted: Mon Mar 20, 2006 4:02 pmThat's what happens when architects design the site drainage instead of using engineers. 
Posted: Mon Mar 20, 2006 9:16 pmOC Mustang wrote:They fixed the drains in front of Boaz, but yeah, once a year from 1988-1993 Boaz was underwater at least once...and I mean a foot underwater....
The one I recall best was a frog-strangler that dumped a crazy amount of water in 4 hours, and water was up almost to the steps leading up to Boaz. Every car there had to be towed out because the water was up to the seats.
i remember that - all those nice smu cars flooded out
i blv that was spring 1991 - i was in hell week and we were trying to set up a party in a commerce street wharehouse and the place had six inches of water in it
we tried to drive home and central was flooded underneath the overpasses
Posted: Mon Mar 20, 2006 11:58 pmThe basement of Dallas Hall flooded, and did the basements of some of the other buildings in the Main Quad. So much for being 'high on the hilltop.' That must have meant something else altogether. 
Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2006 9:17 amWhat is in the basement of Dallas Hall these days (besides water)? Just classrooms? Offices? I know it used to sorta be the "student center" with the campus post office, student mail boxes, etc.
Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2006 10:15 amIn the basement is, English Offices, a little reading area with lots of books, either written or donated by the faculty.