While the small quantities of seed for early-stage research were destroyed by the high temperatures, ironically, seed in the center of a bag of annual rye- grass survived and was sprouting.


Hall also had a large bag of annual ryegrass setting by his desk. “Ironically, four weeks after the fire, when we finally got back into the office, seed in the center of that bag was growing.”


Hall further reports, “We did need to focus on the immediate, which did slow down some of our research, and it’s not getting quite the level of love and attention that comes from being onsite.”


Two-thirds of the office, including two of the main offices and everything in them, had to be replaced. Klundt says, “Some things got so hot they melted; others were contaminated with water, ashes and soot. Te first thing that we tried to find were the blueprints for the office. Both the architect and the insurance company wanted to see them, but they were in a closet that completely burned. Te original architect had since gone digital and didn’t have them either.”


Tere was so much to sort through, GO decided to use a third party, hired by the insurance company, to do the cleanup and documentation. Hall says, “We monitored them while they were onsite, but not nearly as closely as we should have. We should have created that documentation on our own as well. Tey were taking photos and we thought they were photographing everything. We know there were things that they left off when it came to putting it together for the insurance company, but we can’t document it. We should have set up a system and had everything videotaped as they worked.”


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Because of the timing of the fire, GO used a third party, hired by thei insurance company, to do the cleanup and documentation. A lesson learned that Hall emphasizes—document everything!


TPI Turf News May/June 2019


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