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

[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.