Day 39: Flash floods

Night before the flood

Third floor damages

Day 39 started with me waking up an hour later than the normal time I wake up. The night before I forgot to set my alarm as I was going to sleep. I intended on getting up early to finish up the remainder of my homework, but that didn't happen. Instead, I rushed to class before I was late. It's been the rainy reason lately so it was pouring outside. Unfortunately, this day seemed to be the worst rain day we have encountered. I quickly rushed to class to find out that classes were cancelled because the campus was flooding and no cars could enter the front gates without going for a swim. At first I was pretty excited because I was able to get away with the one day I forgot to do my homework. Later, though, we all discovered that the flood had caused more damage to Yonsei University than we had expected. 

Library

Yonsei University in Wonju is located beside of a large lake and is surrounded my mountains. In the midst of the flash flood, a landslide occurred and mud piled onto the side of the professor's building and the library. The library's basement was damaged with just water damage, but the professor's offices did not get off so easily. The mudslide piled so high that the third floor was filled with an inch of mud everywhere. A couple days after the storm one of our professors asked some of the students to please give him a hand in moving all of his books out of his office. At this time none of us really knew the damage that was done to the professor's building. When we got there we learned that the professors were struggling this entire week with what happened. All the professors were working together to move all of their undamaged documents and equipment out. Some of the students pitched in to speed up the process. It was pretty sad to see all of these wonderful educators expressions as they salvaged what was left of belongings. Although this was unfortunate, it was great to see everyone working together to get everything completed. The group mentality was strong and I had a great time getting to know professor on a more personal level.

Just giving a helping hand