Atlanta boat show flood of 2012

[bilgerat]

I work for The Atlanta Boat Show every year helping manage the floor during the set up and tear down ,as well as a floor crew member during the show. Well This year we had a giant wake board show set up in the hall, it consisted of 2 ,100000+ gallon 4' deep pools with a bunch of ramps and stuff on a platform in betwen them, the wake borders had a cable and pully system over the tanks that would pull them from one end to the other , then back. An hour and a half before the show was to open yesterday morn ,channel 5 was there filming the guys riding back n forth, as soon as they finished their live broadcast the kid doing the jumping went across one more time atempting to do a back flip. he failed on his landing, when he landed he fell and big wave went over the side of the pool and the whole 100 foot length of the pool side collapsed , 100000 gals of water rushed out into the floor washing the spectator stage , boats, displays, carpet, signs, a few people and almost Me away!, it floated a dozen or so boats that were on dollys and the floor 10 t0 15 feet and they all crashed into each other , I ran to the loading dock and opened the big roll-up doors as fast as I could, water 3" deep ran out the doors and went 1/3 of the way through the hall soaking all carpet, signs and boxes of brochures that were on the floor. Fox 5 filmed the aftermath and I was on the news picking up some of the boats that were moved in the flood. We had every available hand at the GWCC , Serv Pro and several other water removal companys there in less than an hour, we were supposed to open the show at 11 but didnt get it cleaned up enough till around 2.
heres the video from fox 5 Atl
Im the guy in the red shirt pushing the yellow boat
http://www.myfoxatlanta.com/dpp/news...20120112-am-sd
and a few photos I snapped with My cell phone

[Old'sCool]

Wow. Any more pics??

[strick]

I hope no fishing boats got damaged....but the wake board boats...well that's another thing. Over here all they do is play their music full blast and act like drunken idiots on the water. Thank god their not out in the winter time.

strick

[YeA 20sF]

wow thats crazy, did they re-fill the pool ?

[bilgerat]

Originally Posted by YeA 20sF

wow thats crazy, did they re-fill the pool ?

No they didnt re fill it, they pumped the other pool out before the show opened so it wouldnt collapse too. I doubt there will be another one at any indoor boat show again, heard it did over 500k in damage, the fishing boats were scratched up a little but not to bad, the wake board boats were damaged pretty bad, Ill see if I can get some better photos posted.

[Mark]

...stories like this make me question my atheism.

[deepsushi]

Wow... Takes "Cleanup in Aisle 6" to a whole new level..