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 along one wall of the Dealers' Room. No dealers' tables or stock were damaged, but the convention staff moved their tables away from the area along the wall where the drip was coming down and where water was soaking the carpet. There were a couple of very interesting indoor waterfalls on the ground floor which I filmed and videoed; however, for some reason my camera refuses to connect to my computer this morning, so the pictures may have to wait until I get home.

This is a minor annoyance, but not a catastrophe by any means. There's some disruption in the Dealers' Room, but as far as we can tell, everything else, including the Banquet this afternoon, will continue as scheduled.

Comments

[galtine1.livejournal.com]

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

[redneckotaku.livejournal.com]

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.livejournal.com]

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.livejournal.com]

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.livejournal.com]

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

[trinsf.livejournal.com]

And to be clear, the couple in question were not members of the community that was having the event. So, what you have is someone twice distanced from "fandom" -- not a member of fandom, and not a member of the circle of people who were throwing a party at a con. We all pretty much knew each other, and the couple was not someone we all knew. The party had an open invitation, and the couple had traveled for that.

[janusfiles.livejournal.com]

Was it discussed while hotel employees were within earshot?

[kevin-standlee.livejournal.com]

Actually, I think so, although not in messy detail.

[trinsf.livejournal.com]

Heard? I was *there*. I was part of the group that handled the four floor events. *ahem*

[redneckotaku.livejournal.com]

I remember that part of the story. I thought I made it clear that it was a Bondage group who caused the mess. That must have been a real mess. I wasn't in fandom back in 1997 when this happened, so I only know the stories.

[trinsf.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't call it a bondage group, but that's because I recognize a finer granularity than you do, probably. :-) It also wasn't a group that caused the mess, if I'm splitting hairs. I mean, if someone who has a hotel room at the Baycon hotel over the course of the Baycon weekend engaged in an act of destruction while visiting the fanzine lounge, we probably wouldn't say that "Baycon attendees" or even "fanzine fans" caused the destruction. We'd be clear that an interloper was the problem.

The couple were not members of the con, and they were not members of the community that was throwing the event. But again, I'm probably splitting hairs.

[kalimac.livejournal.com]

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.livejournal.com]

Were there fish in the water?

Re: Water

[kevin-standlee.livejournal.com]

No fish -- the water was full of chlorine!

[sethb.livejournal.com]

Larry must have felt right at home.