wow, talk about an exciting end to my day! in case you missed it, our office building (terasen gas) made the headline news on most of the tv stations. one of the windows on our 19th floor had cracked back in december (possibly due to debris from shangri-la; it was due to be repaired any day) but today's windstorm was the last straw, and it just blew right out! fortunately it was held in place by the caulking on one side, but that's about it. the 4 x 3 ft sheet of tinted glass was flapping about...back & forth, back & forth...a few times it was pretty scary...we thought it would crash right through onto our floor! uh yah, did i mention that particular window is like 6 feet from my desk?!
i'm not sure how to describe the windowpane, but we're lucky that it was a dual-layer (?) and the inside part of the window is still intact...so no, our office doesn't have a new air conditioning unit :-) you can view the newsclip here. within minutes of the incident, georgia street was shut down and traffic (vehicle and pedestrian) was diverted.
on a happy note, none of us were hurt during the incident, asides from having the bejeezus scared outta us. anyhoo, shortly after the incident i shut down my computer and nugget and i kept well away from the window! i've never seen any windows shake and rattle so much before! for once, i had a front-row seat of the action!
when i finally left my office an hour late, i had my 15 seconds of anonymous fame on news1130...if you heard the 2 different clips i apologize...i'm not the most elloquent speaker, nor do i know any big descriptive words :P and now i'm looking forward to work tomorrow...i am absolutely fascinated and i desperately want to know what the next step is! the 4 of us sitting right beside the window might need to be temporarily relocated tomorrow...yikes!
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I thought that might have been your window! So scary! Glad everyone in your office is ok.
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