Apple’s Iconic New York Glass Cube Store Gets a Soaking

[Maura]

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Apple’s famous glass cube store in New York has come in for a bit of a soaking, according to a report in the New York Post today, via AppleInsider. It seems that the store was flooded with water at around 8 am this morning (the store is open 24 hours), with a customer reporting that what started out as a slow leak soon turned into something more serious, with water pouring into the building. “Everyone started scrambling, moving tables,” said Errol Rappaport in the Post. “It didn’t look like there were any electrical issues, otherwise they would have evacuated the store.” As it was early morning, there were only around 15 customers in the store at the time, and employees quickly mopped up the water, with the store remaining open the whole time. The blame for the incident was laid on a “drainage problem” by workers, the result of some construction work carried out at the flagship store back in 2011.[/FONT]


[FONT=&amp]Source:[/FONT] Heavy rains in Manhattan breach Apple's flagship Fifth Ave store

 

[willerz2]

Yup. Passed by this morning on the way to the office. That's the one con of having an underground store, you'll always have the chance of drainage and flooding problems.