by wind BLASTING winter winds blew off part of the roof at Thornhill Elementary School two Saturdays ago. Winds clocked at 70 kms per hour grabbed a ‘comer of the roofing mem- brane and lifted it up, al- lowing the wind to get in underneath the top layer of the roof and flip it of. A layer of roofing ma- terial and insulation came off in one section. “It just kind of lifted and flopped over the building,” . maintenance superintendent Robert Gil- fillan said. © The damage was limi- ted to a section of roofing and some insulation that was replaced the following morning. Fortunately, the inci- deat took place between 4:30 and 5 p.m. Jan. 11, a Saturday, when no one was in the building - or playing outside. School district officials, who were notified imme- A STRONG gust of wind flipped over an entire section of rolled roofing and in- sulation squares at Thornhill Elementary. There was no structural damage. diately, were relieved to discover the damage was minor; initial reports sug- gested the entire roof had callapsed. Gilfillan, school princi- pal Philip Barron and school district assistant superintendent Rob Green- wood were already devis- ing a back-up plan, -If the roof had col- lapsed, some students would have been sent to Mountainview Elementary, a brand new, 250-seat school that didn’t open this year due to budget cuts. The rest would have been placed in extra class- rooms at E.T. Kenney, Cassie Hall and Kiti K’Shan. A roofing contractor took a look at the damage that night and by the foi- lowing day had replaced all 7,600 square feet of roof membrane. Gilfillan said the school’s roof was replaced” about nine years ago, and has a 25 year warranty. [t was checked just a few weeks ago as part of rou- tine maintenance and was found to be in good condi- tion. “It's not an old roof. 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