Jollay, living rent free 120 Report Share Posted October 4, 2022 It burned down! Total loss form what I’m hearing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VHSLhelper 571 Report Share Posted October 4, 2022 W R O N G Mountain Football and redtiger 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dobb83 48 Report Share Posted October 4, 2022 18 minutes ago, VHSLhelper said: W R O N G it is on fire VHSLhelper 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jollay, living rent free 120 Author Report Share Posted October 4, 2022 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jollay, living rent free 120 Author Report Share Posted October 4, 2022 Just now, Jollay, living rent free said: It’s all I know other stuff is what I was told Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IRISH-FAN18 323 Report Share Posted October 4, 2022 Nowhere near as bad as people are betraying it. I've seen wayyyyy worse structure fires. VHSLhelper 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleted Account 5,203 Report Share Posted October 4, 2022 42 minutes ago, IRISH-FAN18 said: Nowhere near as bad as people are betraying it. I've seen wayyyyy worse structure fires. The issue with brick buildings is that heat compromises the structural integrity of the brick much more quickly than other materials. Hoping and praying that it is indeed relatively minor compared to the pictures. Hurley has suffered enough. VHSLhelper, GMan and Dobb83 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IRISH-FAN18 323 Report Share Posted October 4, 2022 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gridiron60 2,555 Report Share Posted October 4, 2022 This community has suffered so much. I hate this has happened. Hopefully, it’s not as bad as it seems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cousin_Hoyt 87 Report Share Posted October 5, 2022 3 hours ago, VHSLhelper said: W R O N G Just talked to someone. Fire started in concession area. Second floor fell in to the first floor. Know more tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1inStripes 932 Report Share Posted October 5, 2022 I feel the same as Gridiron60. They have been through more than their fair share over the last year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redtiger 1,740 Report Share Posted October 5, 2022 From what im hearing the major damage is from water, not the fire itself. School isnt destroyed but the students wont be having classes at the high school for the remainder of the year, maybe longer. Theyve been through a lot the past few years Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluefield researcher 1,195 Report Share Posted October 5, 2022 Does it make sense to spend money to repair the school when it is closing in a year or two? Cousin_Hoyt and GMan 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigWinners 1,643 Report Share Posted October 5, 2022 That community has been thru so much, they deserve better. was anyone injured? That's what really matters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gridiron60 2,555 Report Share Posted October 5, 2022 9 minutes ago, BigWinners said: That community has been thru so much, they deserve better. was anyone injured? That's what really matters. I read one minor injury school employee, treated & released on a FB post by WCYB , I think or some other news outlet. BigWinners 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cousin_Hoyt 87 Report Share Posted October 5, 2022 One had some burns. Another also sent to hospital, smoke inhalation. Mountain Football 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueDevilVolMan 15 Report Share Posted October 5, 2022 Man. That’s just sad. They can’t get a break over there it seems like. Prayers for that community. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redtiger 1,740 Report Share Posted October 5, 2022 8 hours ago, Bluefield researcher said: Does it make sense to spend money to repair the school when it is closing in a year or two? That will be the big question going forward. Purely speculation on my part but early consolidation with Grundy may be on the table. GMan and Mountain Football 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stu_bean 1,058 Report Share Posted October 5, 2022 3 hours ago, redtiger said: That will be the big question going forward. Purely speculation on my part but early consolidation with Grundy may be on the table. Never like seeing any school shutdown. Lots of history and pride lost in that. IF Hurley were to consolidate with Grundy, would that delay the Buc Co total consolidation? redtiger 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bucfan64 307 Report Share Posted October 5, 2022 HHS students will combine with HEMS students utilizing the empty rooms available at HEMS. HHS will be closed the remainder of the week to set up classrooms. Students will resume classes, sometime next week. HEMS is just a stones throw from HHS so Hurley will be a K-12 facility until the damage can be assessed. Reports that the building is gone are entirely false. Considerable smoke damage and water damage in the area where the fire started, the 2nd floor above the concession area has been seriously compromised. The rest of the facility appears to only have smoke damage. 1inStripes, V-Cats, Liam McPoyle and 1 other 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redtiger 1,740 Report Share Posted October 5, 2022 1 hour ago, stu_bean said: Never like seeing any school shutdown. Lots of history and pride lost in that. IF Hurley were to consolidate with Grundy, would that delay the Buc Co total consolidation? Absolutely. Consolidation is a necessary move but much is lost in the process. I wouldn't think it would affect consolidation at all VHSLhelper 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam McPoyle 1,863 Report Share Posted October 5, 2022 As most of you know, Buchanan Co will receive substantial funding from the US Army Corps of Engineers for flood mitigation, similar to Dickenson Co. I recall that part of the requirement would be to raze flood-prone buildings where a flood ring wouldn't work. If I'm not mistaken, the Buchanan Co Career and Technology Center qualified for a flood ring, while Hurley High would have to be" relocated". I believe some flood-prone schools in Dickenson were required to be demolished including Clinchco Elem. and Ervinton High. Will it be a requirement to tear-down Hurley High? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPF 409 Report Share Posted October 6, 2022 9 hours ago, redtiger said: Absolutely. Consolidation is a necessary move but much is lost in the process. I wouldn't think it would affect consolidation at all It would expedite it in my opinion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redtiger 1,740 Report Share Posted October 6, 2022 12 hours ago, CPF said: It would expedite it in my opinion. I meant in terms of changing the overall schedule. Sites cant be prepared much faster, buildings can't really be built faster. Of consolidation was set and already began then that schedule is basically set. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixcat 2,919 Report Share Posted October 6, 2022 This is in my professional wheelhouse. It's been my experience when planning, design, and construction plans are made, natural disasters tend to do the opposite of what one would expect. It's very likely, maybe even probable, the timeline will increase rather than decrease. Any time a natural disaster occurs, government agencies get involved that have little to no frame of reference for the planning/design/construction process. Procurement gets delayed over and over again because those agencies lag behind in processing data required for the permitting agencies to maintain a reasonable timeline to get to construction. Considering nothing can be built without the proper permitting agency approval, and those agencies being delayed by the "natural disaster" agencies doing their part, it becomes a giant time-suck the locality waiting for resolution pays a price for. Not to turn this political but the elected state representative serving SWVA will only delay this process further by way of simply not acting. It happened to Glade following the tornadoes. It's happened repeatedly following major flooding. It will continue to happen as long as he keeps getting elected to serve SWVA while living in Salem. I've seen it time and time again! Deleted Account, SW_VA_boy and Union_Fan 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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