# Huge watermain break on Sunset Blvd, near UCLA **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 30, 2014, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huge-watermain-break-on-sunset-blvd-near-ucla/694376 "2014-07-30T00:14:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2014, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huge-watermain-break-on-sunset-blvd-near-ucla/694376/1 "2014-07-30T00:14:49Z")
Any Westwood-area Dopers affected by [this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggkTuQ0MrUs)? It’s been going since about 3.30, and when i checked the [KTLA live feed](http://ktla.com/2014/07/29/water-main-break-in-westwood-prompts-flooding-of-streets-strands-people/) a few minutes ago, it was still gushing away. Must be tens of thousands of gallons so far. Just what Southern California needs with the current drought! They’ve shut Sunset east of the 405, right at rush hour, so traffic around there must be an absolute clusterfuck right now. ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2014, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huge-watermain-break-on-sunset-blvd-near-ucla/694376/2 "2014-07-30T04:20:31Z")
WOW! So much water! I just came across it going through an MSN news feed. The flooding on campus and the flooded stadiums is really a sight. Kind of amazing, really. I’ve seen main breaks before, but apparently not the mother main! ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2014, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huge-watermain-break-on-sunset-blvd-near-ucla/694376/3 "2014-07-30T04:26:53Z")
According to [this story](http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-flooding-on-sunset-near-ucla-20140729-story.html), it released about 8 to 10 million gallons of water before they managed to turn it off. Apparently the pipe can deliver up to 75,000 gallons a minute. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2014, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huge-watermain-break-on-sunset-blvd-near-ucla/694376/4 "2014-07-30T06:03:08Z")
Maybe they were just shooting a re-make of [Escape From L. A.](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116225/) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2014, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huge-watermain-break-on-sunset-blvd-near-ucla/694376/5 "2014-07-30T13:45:50Z")
My wife is a professor at UCLA so she got a text alert about it even though she’s out of town. It’s bad. The water poured into the underground parking structure under the lacrosse field, so who know how many cars have been destroyed. And it flooded out all the athletic buildings in the heart of campus, the basketball court, the Wooden Center. Fortunately none of the academic buildings were flooded, but the damage has got to be in the millions of dollars. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2014, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huge-watermain-break-on-sunset-blvd-near-ucla/694376/6 "2014-07-30T13:53:42Z")
> [@The\_Hamster\_King](#): > > My wife is a professor at UCLA so she got a text alert about it even though she’s out of town. > > It’s bad. The water poured into the underground parking structure under the lacrosse field, so who know how many cars have been destroyed. And it flooded out all the athletic buildings in the heart of campus, the basketball court, the Wooden Center. Fortunately none of the academic buildings were flooded, but the damage has got to be in the millions of dollars. A few good pics [here.](http://www.latimes.com/sports/sportsnow/la-sp-sn-pauley-pavilion-flooding-ucla-20140729-story.html) ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2014, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huge-watermain-break-on-sunset-blvd-near-ucla/694376/7 "2014-07-30T19:13:23Z")
My alma mater Is under water. As UCLA Is floating away, The drought Wins out. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2014, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huge-watermain-break-on-sunset-blvd-near-ucla/694376/8 "2014-07-30T19:20:16Z")
> [@The\_Hamster\_King](#): > > It’s bad. The water poured into the underground parking structure under the lacrosse field, so who know how many cars have been destroyed. And it flooded out all the athletic buildings in the heart of campus, the basketball court, the Wooden Center. Fortunately none of the academic buildings were flooded, but the damage has got to be in the millions of dollars. Maybe it would be cheaper to just abandon basketball, freeze the court, and start a hockey program. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2014, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huge-watermain-break-on-sunset-blvd-near-ucla/694376/9 "2014-07-30T19:25:19Z")
> [@The\_Hamster\_King](#): > > It’s bad. The water poured into the underground parking structure under the lacrosse field, so who know how many cars have been destroyed. How deep did the water get in the underground parking lot? ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2014, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huge-watermain-break-on-sunset-blvd-near-ucla/694376/10 "2014-07-30T19:48:20Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > How deep did the water get in the underground parking lot? From the snippet I saw on the noon news, the lowest level cars were nearly submerged. I think he also said it was around half of some 700 cars in 2 underground levels. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2014, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huge-watermain-break-on-sunset-blvd-near-ucla/694376/11 "2014-07-30T20:18:46Z")
What does it say about me that I first read this as “Huge watermelon break…”? :smack: ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2014, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huge-watermain-break-on-sunset-blvd-near-ucla/694376/12 "2014-07-30T20:50:47Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > What does it say about me that I first read this as “Huge watermelon break…”? :smack: Good grief, woman, I came in to say the exact same thing. Great minds think alike, eh? ---
**Author:** ![Calatin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/439d5e/32.png) [@Calatin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Calatin)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2014, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huge-watermain-break-on-sunset-blvd-near-ucla/694376/13 "2014-07-30T21:00:56Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > What does it say about me that I first read this as “Huge watermelon break…”? :smack: Gallagher declined to comment. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2014, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huge-watermain-break-on-sunset-blvd-near-ucla/694376/14 "2014-07-30T21:50:45Z")
Makes you wonder how bad this could have been if there had been a major earthquake. ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2014, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huge-watermain-break-on-sunset-blvd-near-ucla/694376/15 "2014-07-30T22:32:39Z")
And KABC got [pranked on the air](http://www.laweekly.com/informer/2014/07/30/la-tv-anchors-punkd-by-fake-dwp-spokesman-louis-slungpue-video) by a fake water department spokesman while covering the story. [QUOTE=Louis Slungpou] “It was either a cherry bomb or someone took a really large dump, you know,” he said. [/QUOTE] ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2014, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huge-watermain-break-on-sunset-blvd-near-ucla/694376/16 "2014-07-30T22:36:51Z")
I read this thread title as Huge Watermelon Break, every time I come into this subforum. 😉 I’m thinking why is a broken melon a big deal? Get some paper plates and plastic forks. Spaces are important. Water Main.