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Ok what working hazzards you have around the office??

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FredK

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Last week they caught 2 snakes outside the front of the office. One diamondback and one Mohave. Today so far 3 diamondbacks outside the back lunchroom door (largest about 4 ft).

About 4 years ago the new city hall was built on state land (desert) and part of their home ground. All part of the adventure of living in the desert.
 
I knew I stayed in NY for a reason... NO RATTLESNAKES! LOL

We do however have a bit of a hornet/wasp problem above the ceilings.
 
We have a catch and release when the Park Rangers are called in. Seems the Fire District guys had a BBQ. Not sure what's the best method.
 
My office is located in the basement of a portion of the building built around 1912. The foundation wall is Rubble Stone and I am in a seismic zone "D". I guess it would not be a hazard until the ground starts shaking similar to cda's leaking roof on a sunny day

An optimist is just a pessimist with no experience!
 
leaks leaks leaks.. had water coming in above the exit door.. down the wall (between the paint and the wall.. had water bubbles about 1" wide and 3/4" proud of the wall).. oh and water coming through the exit sign.

Janitorial staff already repainted the wall. Spackle and paint, right? Problem solved?
 
Pier and beam building, water is going into the crawl space from AC condensate and rain. The water sits under the building until somebody remembers to turn on the pump. when they do it's not very pretty. Looks like green liquid snot!

Seems like every nehire hear get deadly sick within two weeks of starting work. I guess you have to build up your immune system to it!
 
The least offensive are the deer outside my window, they sometimes peer in at me.

Springtime arrives and I have hornets dropping in on me, sometimes physically. I can always tell when it really IS spring because these pests arrive. :o

On the building front, I am in the two story second city hall, built who knows when, with a brick facade that is definitely deteriorated. I am in CA, we are now a seismic zone 'D', were a seismic zone 3. There was an earthquake in Klamath Falls, OR (98 miles) back in the early 90's. They lost a lot, so, I'm sure we'll lose a lot here if we ever have an event.

Sue, living in the ring of fire on the frontier.........volcanos anyone? :-D
 
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Planes, I've got some really, really big planes who's paths I have to cross on a semi-regular basis - oh, and they are moving really, really fast too.
 
We've got:

a leaky roof - garbage cans are strategically placed to catch the water

an air conditioning system so cold that I run our electric baseboard heat and/or wear long sleeve shirts through the summer to stay warm (Can you say energy efficient?)

drug deals going on outside the building

mild violence - we had a gang fight a few months ago, a recent stabbing in the adjacent parking deck, unfortunately a shooting ending in death in the last year or two, and I'm sure more incidents that I never hear about

Only 35 more years to go . . .
 
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