OUCH!  Or is that an Oooops?   Thanks for the explanation.  I'm surprised 
that they didn't supply a little explanation to the photograph.

Many thanks, Bob.  Now I can sleep (smile).

Jerry


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Bob Hancock
  To: psn-l@..............
  Sent: Monday, May 17, 2010 10:03 AM
  Subject: Re: Mystery to Me


  Jerry -


  I called Dr. Haydar Al-Shukri today, and he told me the story of water in 
the vault.


  The vault was installed while he was working at St. Louis University, and 
he is currently at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.  The wires 
from the vault to the building were encased in PVC pipes.  The seismometer 
was manufactured by Guralp.  One day the instrument stopped working and they 
investigated as to why.  After checking all the instrumentation in the 
building, they opened up the vault and it was filled with water.  It turned 
out that a tree had fallen down and they brought in heavy equipment to 
remove the tree.  Driving over the buried PVC pipe, the heavy vehicle had 
fractured the PVC pipe........then, there was a heavy rain, and water leaked 
into the broken PVC pipe which filled the vault with water.  The vault was 
emptied and the instrument forward to Guralp for repair.


  Mystery Solved !!!


  Bob Hancock




  On May 13, 2010, at 5:53 AM, GPayton wrote:


    Looking at the photographs at 
http://www.eas.slu.edu/Earthquake_Center/NM/UALR/ualr.pict.html  I couldn't 
help but be surprised at the last photograph.  Water put in the vault?  I've 
never see this before; why?  Anyone explain?

    Thanks,
    Jerry








OUCH!  Or is that an Oooops?   =
Thanks for=20
the explanation.  I'm surprised that they didn't supply a little=20
explanation to the photograph.  
 
Many thanks, Bob.  Now I can sleep=20
(smile).
 
Jerry
 
 

  
----- Original Message ----- 
  From:=20
  Bob =
Hancock=20

  
To: psn-l@.............. 
  
Sent: Monday, May 17, 2010 =
10:03 AM
  
Subject: Re: Mystery to =
Me
  


  
Jerry -
  


  
I called Dr. Haydar Al-Shukri today, and he told me the story of =
water in=20
  the vault.
  


  
The vault was installed while he was working at St. Louis =
University, and=20
  he is currently at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. =
 The wires=20
  from the vault to the building were encased in PVC pipes.  The=20
  seismometer was manufactured by Guralp.  One day the instrument =
stopped=20
  working and they investigated as to why.  After checking all the=20
  instrumentation in the building, they opened up the vault and it was =
filled=20
  with water.  It turned out that a tree had fallen down and they =
brought=20
  in heavy equipment to remove the tree.  Driving over the buried =
PVC pipe,=20
  the heavy vehicle had fractured the PVC pipe........then, there was a =
heavy=20
  rain, and water leaked into the broken PVC pipe which filled the vault =
with=20
  water.  The vault was emptied and the instrument forward to =
Guralp for=20
  repair.
  


  
Mystery Solved !!!
  


  
Bob Hancock
  



  

  
On May 13, 2010, at 5:53 AM, GPayton wrote:

  

    

    
Looking at the photographs at  =
http://www.eas.slu.edu/Earthquake_Center/NM/UALR/ualr.pict.html =
=20
    I couldn't help but be surprised at the last photograph.  Water =
put in=20
    the vault?  I've never see this before; why?  Anyone=20
    explain?
    
 
    
Thanks,
    
Jerry