Watery Sunday Morning at WFC

[kevin_standlee]

This morning at the World Fantasy Convention, we showed up to discover that a pipe from the swimming pool on the 4th floor had broken and was sending water down through a service stairwell in between the registration area and where the dealers' room is. Despite what at least one person Tweeted, the ballroom was not "flooded." Some water dripped

Comments

[galtine1]

LOL, I wasn't there for it this time!!! ConDor and Conzilla were my two.

[redneckotaku]

As a DC/Baltimore fan, I have heard the epic last Disclave Story about a couple doing adult (bondage) activities on the sprinkler and floding lots of the hotel. They had to evacuate the hotel. It flooded the Dealers Room and alot of meeting space. I am glad that this is a small issue and not a big one.

[kevin_standlee]

Yes, the Great Dripclave Incident was discussed here while the hotel was mopping up the water and deploying blowers to dry out the damp areas. This failure, thank goodness, had nothing to do with our convention or its members and did no significant harm. We were able to move the one affected dealer to another part of the room so she was back in business when the Dealers' Room reopened this morning.

[trinsf]

The Disclave event was not caused members of the convention, by the way. The couple who caused the sprinkler head "failure" were attending the party being held at the hotel, but were not attending the con and did not have con memberships.

[kevin_standlee]

I know. I was telling people about it and explaining that it was "fellow-travelers," not fans.

[kalimac]

I walked into the dealers' room at noon and didn't notice a thing.

But then, I also didn't notice Peter Beagle when he was sitting right in front of me while I was looking at his new book. Earth to Calimac!

Water

[travelswithkuma]

Were there fish in the water?

Re: Water

[kevin_standlee]

No fish -- the water was full of chlorine!

[sethb]

Larry must have felt right at home.