Gregory Goes There

We’ve seen about 1 and a half inches of rain in the past 6 hours here in Sacramento, and the storm just keeps on going.  High winds, fallen trees, flooded streets….and a flooded prototype lab here at the office.

So what do the ingenious designers and sewers do when a problem such as this presents itself?  Call the landlord?  Nah.  They try to figure out how to fix it themselves.  Good thing we have lots of ’supplies’ in the lab.

Enter foam.  The kind we use in our 3D harnesses and waistbelts.  The kind that is closed-cell, so most importantly, the kind that will not let water pump into the lab under the poorly sealed back door.  We’ve got a bunch of it here in the office for sewing prototypes and it worked perfectly in this instance as well.  These guys never fail to amaze me with their smarts.  Check out the photos.  There were of course, a few rounds of testing before the perfect solution was reached…