FREQUENTLY TESTING IT MORE GOOD ADVICE. >> WELL, SOME STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA IN EDMOND ARE HEADING BACK TO CLASS TOMORROW WHILE STILL PICKING UP THE PIECES OF THEIR DORM ROOM. ONE OF THE CAMPUS DORMS HAD A PIPE TO BURST THIS AFTERNOON AND FLOODED HALF THE COMPLEX NEWS FOUR'S TANNER DE LEON WENT OUT THERE TO ASSESS THE DAMAGE. >> USUALLY DORMS, WE HAVE LIKE MANDATORY FIRE DRILLS AND STUFF AND THE GO OFF. AND THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE THOUGHT WAS HAPPENING TODAY. PREPPING FOR CLASSES STARTING TOMORROW, HAD TO BE PUT ON PAUSE AS ALARMS RANG OUT AT THE UNIVERSITY SUITES THAT YOU LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON, A WATER PIPE BUSTED ON EITHER THE 3RD OR 4TH FLOOR AND ALL THE WATER DAMAGE IS SEEPING THROUGH TO THE SECOND FIRST FLOOR.
>> WHICH THE ENTIRE EAST SIDE HAS TO RELOCATE. >> YOU TELLS NEWS 4 A SPRINKLER LINE BUSTED, BUT THEY AREN'T SURE HOW BECAUSE THE HEATERS ARE SUPPOSED TO PREVENT ISSUES WITH THE SPRINKLER LINE TELLING NEWS 4 IN PART, QUOTE, APPROXIMATELY 80 OUT OF 300 RESIDENTS ARE IMPACTED. THEY ARE BEING CONTACTED NOW BY YOU HOUSING STAFF ARE BEING OFFERED ANOTHER ROOM ON CAMPUS WHILE THE DAMAGE IS CLEANED UP AND REPAIRED. >> FOR THE TIME BEING, WE HAVE THE OPTION TO GO AND SIGN UP TO RELOCATE TO DIFFERENT DORM OR WE HAVE TO JUST FIND SOMEWHERE ELSE TO STAY OURSELVES. THEY DON'T KNOW HOW LONG THAT'S GOING TO TAKE. OF COURSE. SO IT JUST KIND OF UPSETTING. >> NEARLY A 3RD OF THE RESIDENTS IN THAT DORM WILL HAVE TO FIND SOMEWHERE ELSE TO LIVE INTO.
THE ISSUE IS FIXED, WHICH CAN PUT A STRAIN ON STUDENTS ABOUT TO BEGIN THE CLASSES. >> ALREADY STRESSING ABOUT ALMOST ALL OF THIS ISN'T STUFF. I LITERALLY LEFT TO GO GET COMPOSITION NOTEBOOKS AND THEN CAME BACK ALL THE WATER DAMAGE FORCING US TO MOVE OUT IN ADMIN. TENA, DAILEY ON OKLAHOMA'S NEWS. 4 S SPOKESPERSON FOR THE UNIVERSITY TELLS US THEY HAVE PLENTY OF SPACE AND THE OTHER DORMS TO ACCOMMODATE THOSE AFFECTED. NOW THE CAUSE OF THE PIPES BURSTING STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION. BUT AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, PROBABLY HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE WEATHER.