A West Seattle staple is recovering after a flood caused potentially hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage.
A burst pipe in the apartment above Easy Street Records has destroyed an estimated 10,000 records and 500 hoodies, as well as other store merchandise.
“We probably had three or four inches here on the floor,” said owner Matt Vaughan. “Then upstairs, that was just that was just raining down.”
The pipe burst overnight Thursday into Friday. Vaughan estimates the water was running for several hours, before someone out on the street got a glimpse of it and called 911.
“I really got to hand it to the Seattle Fire Department, because they found a way to get in here,” he said. “Busted through without making too much making too much damage, and was able to put tarps on most everything.”
Vaughan still estimates the store is looking at roughly $200,000 in damage.
“We’re still finding areas that we didn’t know water got into,” said employee Wyatt Pinto.
Staff is focused on the silver lining: community support.