I had lunch with the new CFO today. He told me that due to the flooding caused by Irene and the silt which has covered our 13 fields, every blade of grass on every field will have to be replaced. Every blade.
The picture is of the first field which has been dug up and piled. It's the varsity softball field between the varsity football field and the river. No insurance on grass of course.
I heard once that to replace the grass on the main quad after the reunion tent comes down is around $30,000.
If you have ever wondered what the importance of the Annual Fund is and what specifically it "funds", well, now you know.
Hopefully better pictures will come forth of the complete decimation of the lower level, but this is what I could take with my phone.
