Ut Prosim: Bike rides and broken water mains

We got a call that there was a massive 12-inch water main break that was on a remote part of Plantation Road. And I was coming down Smithfield Road, and I see water shooting up from the ground at about 100 feet tall. I was like, that's not good. Water should not be shooting that high into the air. So I call 911, and they send out a team from the facilities to take a look. And so several of us responded to discover one of the Virginia Tech students who was standing here, who had apparently seen the actual water break as it started, had picked up the phone and called the appropriate folks to let us know. And shortly afterwards, we had crews out on site. So they got out of the car. They said, hey, you, hey, kid, can you put on this vest and sort of make sure that no one walk through it 'cause it was grapefruit sized walks that were flying out. The reason this is kind of important is because the boil water notice was requiring that not only we flush our entire system, but the town of Christiansburg was flushing theirs, the town of Blacksburg was flushing theirs, and lion's share of Montgomery County was also doing the same. And to have a 12 inch water main break, which is going to draw down water at a critical time was something that was going to be an impact. Yeah, I think anyone would have done that in my situation. I think I was just at the right place at right time. His willingness to make a phone call and make sure that people were aware of what was going on. And then even sticking around afterwards to make sure that we responded. Then, even donning an orange vest to help us control traffic, can't say enough about what he did and how important that was for the university. And quite honestly, the Blacksburg, Christiansburg, and Virginia Tech area as we were responding to the whole boil water notice endeavor.