[Nhcoll-l] fire in the Pringle Herbarium

[Debra Trock]

Truly amazing and heroic of the firemen to think of protecting the
collection.....Kudos to the Burlington Firefighters.

Deb

Dr. Debra Trock
*Director of Science Collections &*
*Senior Collections Manager, Botany*
California Academy of Sciences
55 Music Concourse Drive
San Francisco, CA 94118
dtrock at calacademy.org
PH:  415-379-5363

On Thu, Aug 3, 2017 at 3:12 PM, Michael Sundue <sundue at gmail.com> wrote:

> Good people,
>
> Thank you all for being in touch and being concerned about the Pringle
> Herbarium.   I am delighted to report that I have been inside the building
> with the UVM and fire department people and discovered that as far as I
> could tell from an admittedly rapid survey ALL of our accessioned
> collection is secure and dry.   As you might imagine, the building is a
> mess— water everywhere and holes punched through the walls and roof, but we
> have our Herbarium and we will simply move on in our work, if somewhat
> impeded in the nearterm.
>
> You might be interested to know that the firemen spread waterproof tarps
> over the uppermost collection cabinets before they turned on the hoses. We
> are also impressed with their incredible work.
>
> again, thank you all for reaching out,
>
> Dave
>
> David S. Barrington
> Professor of Plant Biology
> Curator, Pringle Herbarium
> Univ. of Vermont
> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.uvm.edu_-7Eplantbio_barrington.php&d=DwIFaQ&c=cjytLXgP8ixuoHflwc-poQ&r=LpYc_Z_iN1KRw0hheb3x6-8MJUMu482qfHowpGYJqwc&m=T5NC1WkSBCnnxNnyzq0B1GbAhTbVTqBUYCMMLM0APsE&s=JvGbSUlWR2tsUVIflUzZ88mW2tV5Y-gXb4vnNXn3-Yo&e= 
> dbarring at uvm.edu
>
>
>
> On Thu, Aug 3, 2017 at 10:53 AM Debra Trock <dtrock at calacademy.org> wrote:
>
>> From the Herbarium list-serve:  there is a fire in the building that
>> houses the University of Vermont's Pringle Herbarium - approximately
>> 300,000 specimens.
>>
>>
>> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.usnews.com_news_best-2Dstates_vermont_articles_&d=DwIFaQ&c=cjytLXgP8ixuoHflwc-poQ&r=LpYc_Z_iN1KRw0hheb3x6-8MJUMu482qfHowpGYJqwc&m=T5NC1WkSBCnnxNnyzq0B1GbAhTbVTqBUYCMMLM0APsE&s=0aTj1ta2ooKHjwyrTDnjx6nSfXYEUqzzDOik3N0OcVs&e= 
>> 2017-08-03/fire-in-u-of-vt-building-that-houses-plant-department
>> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.usnews.com_news_best-2Dstates_vermont_articles_2017-2D08-2D03_fire-2Din-2Du-2Dof-2Dvt-2Dbuilding-2Dthat-2Dhouses-2Dplant-2Ddepartment&d=DwMFaQ&c=cjytLXgP8ixuoHflwc-poQ&r=LpYc_Z_iN1KRw0hheb3x6-8MJUMu482qfHowpGYJqwc&m=4CvTDu2-5TyT1HBOe8GRIv8CF5Jx7LJHqISgc9OO91M&s=nLoQr3W-8aXoTex_QDzRbEuJcXHRXRy0PEZ6mPzgRao&e=>
>>
>>
>> Dr. Debra Trock
>> *Director of Science Collections &*
>> *Senior Collections Manager, Botany*
>> California Academy of Sciences
>> 55 Music Concourse Drive
>> San Francisco, CA 94118
>> dtrock at calacademy.org
>> PH:  415-379-5363 <(415)%20379-5363>
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