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I'M A FLOOD VICTIM!

Amecia Nichell · Thursday, November 17th 2005 at 11:22PM · 110 views
At 3 a.m today, my entire dorm was evacuated due to a pipe that had burst! The elevators were filled with water, water was coming down the stairs..... it was a mess!! 14 floors of women were thrown out of the dorm and we were sent to sleep on the floor in the lobby of another dorm. The floor was cold, it was impossible to sleep. We weren't allowed back into our dorm for a while, so my suite mates and I went to our friend's room after breakfest and slept on her floor- yes, another hard, cold floor. Then we were told that we were being sent to a motel and had to pack up some belongings to last us until Tuesday. We rushed back to pack up, only to later be told that the school was not going to pay for our motel. They told us to go home- this would have been ok except for the fact that I'm out of state!! So luckily my roommate's mother came and took us to her house to stay. I'm soooo frustrated about the whole situation. I paid all of this money to stay in that dorm and I get thrown out in the middle of the night, and our school just threw all of us out. They told us we could have stayed in the dorm at our own risk- yeah right!!

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Amecia Nichell Detroit Metro, MI

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Candice Johnson Friday, November 18th 2005 at 12:35AM

That's terrible, what are the students going to do to protest this treatment. Since you are on campus you are the school's responsibility and the reason why it is still operating because of tution as one of its contributions.

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Candice Johnson Friday, November 18th 2005 at 12:36AM

I pray everything works out

Tiffany P Friday, November 18th 2005 at 4:40AM

i'm sorry to hear that. thats the worst thing ever. do u know how the pipe burst? i hope everything works well for you. this is just a small bump. don't let the devel get u down. u'll make it!!!

JUSTIN INGRAM Friday, November 18th 2005 at 10:03AM

DANG LIL MAMA DATS BAD BUSINESS I HOPE THANGS GET BETTER FOR YALL.

Darryl D. Smith Friday, November 18th 2005 at 6:25PM

Dang...that sux. I hope your stuff is safe. Keep your head above the water and see the dry ground. You'll get through it!!!

Jalise Cochran Saturday, November 19th 2005 at 2:07PM

Girl that is so crazy. How in the world is their pipe going to burst and then they do not want to pay for it. That just tells what schools really want. When is this country going to change.

Jasmine Legette Saturday, November 19th 2005 at 10:45PM

I was in that also I went home a soon as possible. Yall no joke that was a experience and it had the dorm room stinking really bad. It all happened on the 9th floor and i live on the 8th so i got hit bad on my floor as well

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