February Floods

“Members of the community were incredible,” said President Gerhard Casper at a Faculty Senate meeting. “The organization and its speed were awesome.”

At the same time, some students found ways to enjoy the water. The flooded center of campus turned into a water park: Students floated in baby pools, rafted with mattresses down Campus Drive, rolled inside garbage cans and played Frisbee and football.

Losses are expected to go beyond Stanford’s $1 million self-insured limit. Despite the rapid reaction to the flood, some valuable materials were lost. The Braun Archive of Recorded Sound, for example, had to dispose of more than 10,000 recordings.

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