Flooding in Burpee Museum collections

["Thomas R. Holtz, Jr." <tholtz@umd.edu>]

Good morning,

I don't know how many of you heard the news, but the Burpee Museum of
Natural History in Rockford, IL, had a flooding episode due to a burst
pipe.

The staff and their friends spent Boxing Day rescuing specimens from the
storage facilities in the basement.

Here is the local news report:
http://www.wifr.com/home/headlines/Water-Pipe-Break-Floods-Burpee-Museum-237347661.html

More news to come as it emerges.

And my thoughts go out to Scott Williams and his staff in this unpleasant
addition to the holiday season!


Thomas R. Holtz, Jr.
Email: tholtz@umd.edu   Phone: 301-405-4084
Office: Centreville 1216
Senior Lecturer, Vertebrate Paleontology
Dept. of Geology, University of Maryland
http://www.geol.umd.edu/~tholtz/
Fax: 301-314-9661

Faculty Director, Science & Global Change Program, College Park Scholars
http://www.geol.umd.edu/sgc
Fax: 301-314-9843

Mailing Address:        Thomas R. Holtz, Jr.
                        Department of Geology
                        Building 237, Room 1117
                        University of Maryland
                        College Park, MD 20742 USA