A leaking hot water tank that went undetected overnight for hours in late December caused more extensive water damage to the offices of the Erie Philharmonic than staff first realized.
The fractured water tank acted like a hose, spraying water for hours from the 3rd floor of the Meiser Building at 23 West 10th — water that trickled, seeped, and gushed down through the second floor and into the first floor event space that had been rented for a function only hours before.
“It’s incredible how much a little water can go a long way over 8 to 10 hours and really it wasn’t even a little water, it was probably a lot,” said Bobby Pape, the executive director of the Erie Philharmonic…