A burst water pipe burst under Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles sent a geyser of water spewing 30 feet in the air and flooded UCLA campus buildings and the school’s famed basketball court.
People were stranded in parking garages as 30million litres of water flooded out of the 93-year-old pipe yesterday afternoon.
Many students took the flooding in stride, walking calmly across campus with their backpacks in ankle deep water.
Some saw a chance for fun, pulling out body boards and attempting to ride down the flowing water.
Patrick Huggins and Matthew Bamberger, two 18-year-olds who live in nearby Westwood, said they were having a dull summer day until Huggins’ mother told them about the water.
“It was about up to my thigh, and I thought this is a good day for a little dip,” Huggins said.
