<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;color:rgb(53,28,117)">Welcome Kevin Rogers! </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;color:rgb(53,28,117)"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;color:rgb(53,28,117)">While I mostly lurk here, I am one of the quiet ones - quietly applauding the repair, reuse, renew, or recycle mentality. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;color:rgb(53,28,117)"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;color:rgb(53,28,117)">If we taught young people to appreciate maintenance instead of <i>throw it away</i> .. perhaps we'd have better overall mental health. </div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><br><div><font color="#20124d" face="georgia, serif">Paula Lackie <i><font size="1"></font></i></font></div><div><font size="1" color="#20124d"><a href="https://www.carleton.edu/academic-technology/" target="_blank">Academic Technologist</a> for Data + <a href="http://carletondatasquad.bitbucket.io" target="_blank">DataSquad</a> Director. - </font><span style="font-size:x-small">Carleton College</span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(32,18,77);font-family:georgia,serif"> </span><i style="color:rgb(32,18,77);font-family:georgia,serif"><font size="1">My office hours are on the Q<a href="https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0/selfsched?sstoken=UUowQjdWdndjVlZHfGRlZmF1bHR8OTc3ZTQ2ODVjYWM1MTRkYThiYjUzMTk4ZjgzNGJiNWI" target="_blank">uantitative Reasoning Center calendar</a></font></i><span style="font-size:x-small"><br></span></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Dec 9, 2020 at 7:39 AM K M <<a href="mailto:rogersmk92@gmail.com">rogersmk92@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Hello All,<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">My name is Kevin Rogers and I recently joined this community of subscribers. My background is in Mechanical Engineering although I’ve found myself working as a Distribution Engineer within the Electric Grid section. I joined the list because I felt a need to learn more and listen to problems that others are experiencing across industries.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">There was a quote I saw years ago that may have been a catalyst for my interest as a maintainer that went something like this: “Everybody is eager to build new magnificent buildings/structures, while nobody wants to take care of the ones around us falling apart”.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Anyways, I’ve stumbled upon an article leading to a CDC guideline for returning to buildings once safe to do so. This specifically outlines the issues related to the plumbing/water systems and how to safely monitor increased levels of heavy metals.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto"><a href="https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/php/building-water-system.html" target="_blank">https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/php/building-water-system.html</a> </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I fear the deteriorating water systems have been an invisible problem for far too long now and wonder how many building owners will take the guidelines seriously and if the pandemic has expedited the need for resolution.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Thanks for listening,</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Kevin Rogers</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div>
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