TOO WET, TOO DRY BROKEN PIPE FLOODS STREET.Byline: Orith Goldberg Staff Writer CANOGA PARK - A ruptured rup·ture n. 1. a. The process or instance of breaking open or bursting. b. The state of being broken open. 2. A break in friendly relations. 3. Pathology a. underground water main that left a dozen businesses and about 50 residences without water for a couple of hours Thursday could close a busy segment of Topanga Canyon Boulevard into the weekend. As thousands of gallons of water spilled out from the ruptured 12-inch pipe just north of Bassett Street about 2 p.m., crews from the Department of Water and Power and fire officials shut off the water and diverted di·vert v. di·vert·ed, di·vert·ing, di·verts v.tr. 1. To turn aside from a course or direction: Traffic was diverted around the scene of the accident. 2. the flowing water into Bell Creek. Fire Battalion battalion Tactical military organization composed of a headquarters and two or more companies, batteries, or similar units and usually commanded by a field-grade officer such as a lieutenant colonel. Chief Mark R. Jones said the water, which had accumulated in front of businesses from Basset to just north of Schoolcraft Street, damaged the pavement. He said it could take up to a couple of days to repair the southbound south·bound adj. Going toward the south. southbound Adjective going towards the south Adj. 1. side of Topanga Canyon Boulevard. ``This is a major thoroughfare THOROUGHFARE. A street or way so open that one can go through and get out of it without returning. It differs from a cul de sac, (q.v.) which is open only at one end. 2. Whether a street which is not a thoroughfare is a highway, seems not fully settled. , so it will be a major inconvenience for commuters,'' he said. A small sewage line, about eight inches in diameter, was also ruptured, but did not appear to be too significant, Jones said. ``As sewage spills go, it was pretty minor,'' he said, adding that there was no water contamination because of the high water pressure of the main line. The interruption INTERRUPTION. The effect of some act or circumstance which stops the course of a prescription or act of limitation's. 2. Interruption of the use of a thing is natural or civil. in water service caused temporary panic at The Hair and Nail Shoppe at 6945 Topanga Canyon Blvd. Owner Kathy Long had just applied a medium brown color to customer Betty McLaughlin's hair and found their was no water for the rinse. McLaughlin, 62, remained calm, flipping through an Us magazine with a steady pace, figuring that she could always go back to work at Boeing and rinse out her hair before returning home to Simi Valley Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. . ``I first thought, oh my God, I've got this on my head, but then I thought there are a lot of possibilities,'' McLaughlin said. Long found her solution in the water cooler, using bottled water to rinse the dye from McLaughlin's hair. Affected residents living nearby also found creative ways to deal with the lack of water in 95-degree heat in Canoga Park. Pilar Pilar strong-minded female leader of a group of guerrillas in the Spanish Civil War. [Am. Lit.: Hemingway For Whom the Bell Tolls] See : Female Power Pilar Chapa, who lives on Schoolcraft Street, laughed as she spoke about her 3- and 5-year-old sons jumping into a wheelbarrow filled with water in their back yard to cool off. ``Because we don't have a pool, I had to do something,'' she said. At about 5 p.m., officials opened up the southbound side of Topanga Canyon Boulevard, just north of Vanowen Street, for travel. The affected northbound north·bound adj. Going toward the north. northbound Adjective going towards the north Adj. 1. side of Topanga Canyon Boulevard, between Bassett Street and Sherman Way, will be dammed off so the remaining dirt and water could be pumped into another sewage line about a block south of Bassett Street, Jones said. CAPTION(S): 2 photos, map Photo: (1) Water from a broken pipe floods Topanga Canyon Boulevard in Canoga Park on Thursday, wetting a few wheels. (2) Shopkeeper Naeem Khan watches water rise above the curb outside his store on Topanga Canyon Boulevard. Tom Mendoza/Staff Photographer Map: Water main bursts |
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