Spookie Halloween Gym Story

Not frightened enough this Halloween? Listen to the scary story, children...

Two years ago...

The Halloween eve flood that swept through Manoa also soaked the University of Hawai'i athletic department, drenching offices and locker rooms, and forcing the shutdown of one gymnasium and the partial closure of the nearby 3,000-stall parking structure.

Workers and volunteers were busy cleaning damage at the UH athletic department. UH officials said practices will have to be rescheduled because of flood damage to the second-floor Gym 2.

"This is the worst I've ever seen," said Teri Wilhelm Chang, UH assistant athletic director for facilities, who has been at the university since 1979. "We've had heavy storms and rains — and leaks in the gym — but never like this. It's totally unbelievable."

Gym 2 — the second-floor practice site of the UH men's and women's basketball teams — was drenched with a foot of water, mud and debris. The floor has begun to warp, and officials closed the gymnasium indefinitely for safety reasons.

Chang said damage estimates are not complete, but she said two years ago the university replaced the wood floor at Gym 2 at a cost of more than $250,000.

Ouch!

And here's the scary pictures:


UH Football equipment managers Marissa Bonilla, left, and Dawn Kaneshiro, right, sweep up a layer of dried mud from the termite eaten floor of Klum Gym. Although sports events are no longer held there it is used for recreation amd some classes.




UH athletic equipment staff members Kyle Tateishi, left, and Byron Tabangcura, right, are obscured by a swirl of dust as they sweep up a layer of dried mud from the termite eaten floor of Klum Gym. Both are students. Although sports events are no longer held there it is used for recreation amd some classes.

Floor Damage is Scary!

Lisa