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Profile on Bass (Final Paper)

December 10th, 2010 by Gustav

A Loyal Soul on a Winding Path

Patrick Bass was born in East L.A. – the slums. Somehow, he ended up in the open spaces of Sioux City, Iowa. In fact, he currently lives in Dakota Dunes. He said he went the usual way that a young teacher in the United States would have to go for a career. But his story has many stairways and corridors; similar to a road that takes you over mountains and through valleys, without a clear destination in mind.

Incredibly infamous. Quiet but impulsive. Charmingly sophisticated. Highly involved. Always responsible. And tremendously trustworthy. Those attributes are part of the package that Professor Patrick Bass provides to this institution and student body. In fact, those characteristics are the reason why “Bass” fits well into the familiar spheres of Morningside College.

When he started his early college career, he pursued a bachelor in applied mathematics. Just as most students who go to college without a childhood dream career in mind, he changed his major quite often. He declared a physics major, then moved to engineering, and ended up at graduating from Harvee Mudd College, California, bundling a bachelor of science in mathematics with a concentration in the applied category. “Harvee Mudd is a small College. I doubt anyone here knows about it. But at the time, it was just about right for me to get started.” Now, Bass is a professor for history and the chair of the art and dance department.

Bass pursued the career in math and started a graduate program for a master in applied mathematics at Clemson University, South Carolina. While at Clemson, he was also an assistant teacher for math. That only lasted for one semester though, because he decided the program wasn’t for him. “I decided mathematics is kind of the young person’s game. Didn’t see myself doing anything brilliant there.” He said the stuff he liked to do he didn’t get to do in the graduate program. So he concluded that, “in the end it was just not the road for me.

There he was, with a liberal arts degree from Harvee Mudd College. The education he received there would prove very helpful in the upcoming years, as the liberal emphasis greatly accounted for both breadth and depth. He said at Harvee Mudd, one had to have a minor in the humanities and social sciences. A vast amount of 30 credit hours were dedicated to those studies. “I took my studies at a very dense and vibrant place and a lot of the classes were held off campus.”

Always enjoying history as an aspect of leisure life, he decided to acquire a minor in history, and one in government. “I always just liked reading history for fun, so I chose this direction.” Besides, he explained he had a good number of credits from High School that transferred into the math major, so he had the chance to take more electives. But let me steer back to his graduate pursuit…

“It’s kind of expensive to live in California,” he said in a sarcastic fashion. He later would receive a job offer as an engineer at the Jet Propulsions Laboratory (JPL), which is attached to California Tech and is highly involved in space-oriented research. The job was lucrative and provided security. Nonetheless, Bass never finished, or let’s say got his masters because he didn’t have 50 bucks to pay for the certificate.

“You will run across this issue soon enough Gustav,” is what he said when I looked at him with wide eyes and a startled face, due to my disbelief that it took $50 that he didn’t have or did not want to spend, to get the certificate. However, he would eventually get his Ph.D. in history.

Bass remembered, “As I was finishing my doctorate I got a job offer. And I took it. I resigned from JPL.” He was offered a two-year contract to teach history at KU, having been hired to teach specific classes as a replacement for someone who went into research. He would only stay for the time of the contract, said he had some “good” classes and students at KU. “Some of the students didn’t necessarily like me to much. Thought I demanded too much,” he elaborated.

His next step on the road would be Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, where he instructed international officers at the Command and General Staff College. He then went to teach at another small college in Kansas and in Ohio. Finally, he ended up at Morningside College in ’92. The road narrowed and he finally arrived at his unforeseeable destination.

At Morningside, he would be a tenure-track associated professor (going to be probationary as professor to later possibly be maintained as a permanent professor for life time). Bass gained tenure at Morningside in 1995, and has been loyal ever since, very loyal indeed.

I asked him whether he liked all the more responsibility he had off and on, and he simply said, “Being a chair is just extra work that needs done. People are not yearning to do that at a school like this. At other places it might carry some prestige.” Greg Guelcher, one of his fellow professors in the history department agrees, “Being a chair is a very thankless job, and a lot of work, which is paid with little recognition or pittance.”

He added, “A good department chair must be organized. And that’s Pat. He’s extremely organized, and holds a pan-institutional view. He has all the qualities that make for a good chair. Perhaps, he is too good for that.“

Nevertheless, and not at all surprising it seems, a year after his final give-up of chair in the history department he became chair of the mass communications department, appointed by Dean William Deeds. To round up this bizarre circulation, he ended up taking over the chair of the theatre and dance last summer, June 1, 2010 to be exact.

“It’s one of those things where, firstly, they don’t come to somebody like me unless that department didn’t have any internal options to be chair. Not wanting to be chair are usually health-related,” was his answer to my question of whether he felt compelled to take all these roles. He also said, “Because of extenuating circumstances there weren’t any good candidates. I can at least do paper work. It’s to help out, because somebody has to do it.”

Jeremiah Curry, who is a sophomore, said, “He challenges his students to think more, which is not typical thinking, but to expand their horizon’s and think out of the Box. Some people say his class is too hard but it’s not. The reason for that is that they have been spoon-fed all their life and then at college they’re not.”

When our interview cam to a close, Bass was anxious to recite a line from the movie “Harvey” (with James Stewart), which he indicated to be his to-live-by-philosophy: “There are two ways to go through life. You can be either oh so smart, or oh so nice. I tried the former, I recommend the latter.”

“I think it’s a compliment to Professor Bass that he can give out about twice as much homework as any other teacher, as well as ask impossible questions throughout a class period, and still be a student favorite,” Justin Tjaden explained. He is also a sophomore at Morningside and has taken more than just one of Bass’ classes. Tjaden described Bass as “nice, but persistent”.

“You come out of a Bass class with an appreciation for what you learned, because you were the one learning it,” said Tjaden. “It wasn’t a teacher giving you answers; it was a teacher asking questions and you discovering your own answers. He teaches you to be fearless in a group of people and to never be afraid to be wrong.”

Bass’ career path, indeed, seems fearless. No fear of commitment, but also no fear of change. I asked him what his to-live-by-philosophy meant to him. Bass followed up on his philosophical input and said, “One can try to outwit people and compete, as it was the case with mathematics for me, or you can focus on people and other persons.” I interrupted him and said “like trying to have time between 5-6 in the evening to tell me a life story, after going through student and faculty meetings from 11:45 A.M. till 5 P.M.” He laughed.

His door is constantly open to students, unless he is teaching. He told me that he works a total of over 70 hours per week, gets up at five every morning. When he comes home he eats and reads documents for the next day. I guess he did mention he liked watching old movies, and tries to occasionally support campus sports or theatre performances. Tough to believe this man has all this energy in storage. He did come a long way, after all.

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Profile Draft

December 3rd, 2010 by Gustav

When he started his early college career, he pursued a bachelor in applied mathematics. Just as most students who go to college without a childhood dream career in mind, he changed his major quite often. He declared a physics major, then moved to engineering, and ended up at graduating from Harvee Mudd College, California, bundling a bachelor of science in mathematics with a concentration in the applied category. Now, Bass is a professor for history and the chair of the art and dance department. How could this possibly have happened?

There he was, with a liberal arts degree from Harvee Mudd College. The education he received there should prove very helpful in the upcoming years, as the liberal emphasis greatly accounted for both breadth and depth. He said at Harvee Mudd, one had to have a minor in the humanities and social sciences. A vast amount of 30 credit hours were dedicated to those studies. “I took my studies at a very dense and vibrant place and a lot of the classes were held off campus.” Always enjoying history as an aspect of leisure life, he decided to acquire a minor in history, and one in government. “I always just liked reading history for fun, so I chose this direction.” Besides, he explained he had a good number of credits from High School that transferred into the math major, so he had the chance to take more electives. But back to his graduate pursuit…

Before Bass left for South Carolina, he applied for a competitive fellow scholarship. When Clemson failed, he realized he could make use of this scholarship. He tried to get back in and ended up at Claremont Graduate School, which is in Claremont, California, at the feet of a 10-k-footer. Bass was back on track. During his stay in Claremont, he did some jobs, which he specified as “odd”, but he had to come up with some living money somehow. “It’s kind of expensive to live in California,” he said in a sarcastic fashion. He later would receive a job offer as an engineer at the Jet Propulsions Laboratory (JPL), which is attached to California Tech and is highly involved in space-oriented research. The job was lucrative and provided security. Nonetheless, Bass never finished, or let’s say got his masters because he didn’t have 50 bucks to pay for the certificate. “You will run across this issue soon enough Gustav,” is what he said when I looked at him with wide eyes and a startled face, due to the little relevance I granted the $50. However, he would eventually get his Ph.D. in history. Bass remembered, “As I was finishing my doctorate I got a job offer. And I took it. I resigned from JPL.” He was offered a two-year contract to teach history at KU, having been hired to teach specific classes as a replacement for someone who went into research. He would only stay for the time of the contract, said he had some “good” classes and students at KU. “Some of the students didn’t necessarily like me too much. Thought I demanded too much,” he elaborated. His next step would be Fort Leven Worth, Kansas, where he instructed international officers at the Command and General Staff College. He then went to teach at another small college in Kansas and in Ohio. Finally, he ended up at Morningside College in ’92.

At Morningside he would be a tenure-track associated professor (going to be probationary as professor to later possibly be maintained as a permanent professor for life time). Bass gained tenure at Morningside in 1995, and has been loyal ever since, very loyal indeed.

Bass was chair of the history-political science department for years and also served for several committees: Faculty senate, promotions and tenure, academic policies committee, admissions, faculty athletic representative to the GPAC, to name but a few of his endeavors. He would eventually pass the chair to Lillian Lopez, who was happy to do it. Then Bass Jumped back in for a year or two until Patrick McKinlay took over in the early 90’s. I asked him whether he liked all the more responsibility he had off and on, and he simply said, “being a chair is just extra work that needs done. People are not yearning to do that at a school like this. At other places it might carry some prestige.” Nevertheless, and not at all surprising it seems, a year after his final give-up of chair in the history department he became chair of the mass communications department, appointed by Dean William Deeds. To round up this bizarre circulation, he ended up taking over the chair of the theatre and dance last summer, June 1, 2010 to be exact.

I also asked him what he sees in his future. “Retirement age to get social security in these days is 66 and a half,” he explained. He added that he would just basically keep “torturing” students at Morningside. “Seeing other people is important and it’s good to help. Sometimes my helping them is not what they want. But I do what I think is best for the students.” I can only speak for myself, but I can testify for this choice of words because I enrolled in one of his history classes my first semester at Morningside. There was a huge workload, but Bass would never hesitate to sit down and chat either about lectures or even personal circumstances. Close to the end of his story, Bass was anxious to recite a line from the movie “Harvee” (with Jon Stewart), which he indicated to be his to-live-by-philosophy: “There are two ways to go through life. You can be either oh so smart, or oh so nice. I tried the former, I recommend the latter.”

He followed up on his philosophical input: “One can try to outwit people and compete, as it was the case with mathematics for me, or you can focus on people and other persons.” I interrupted him and said like trying to have time between 5-6 in the evening to tell me a life story, after going through student and faculty meetings from 11:45 A.M. till 5 P.M.

We laughed. We always do. That’s why I like walking all the stairs in Charles City Hall. When he has time, Bass is always up for a chat. His door is constantly open to students, unless he is teaching. He told me works a total of over 70 hours per week, gets up at five every morning. When he comes home he eats and reads stuff for the next day. I guess he did mention he liked watching old movies, and tries to occasionally support campus sports or theatre performances. Tough to believe this man has all this energy in storage. I thought he had two children, because when I walk into his office I always see this picture of his wife and two children, but in fact, he has four of them: Charlie, Katie, Meg and Joe. I certainly hope they are proud of their “Bass”, for I am proud to have his respect as a friend and student.

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My Audio Story

November 12th, 2010 by Gustav

FINAL Obama facing Republican House

check out Prof’s opinions and backgrounds…

SCRIPT

Last week, the Republican Party regained some major legislative clout in this year’s off-year election. President Obama now has to work on policy differences to get the progress people just not yet saw happening.

For the first time since the 107^th congress and the first Bush administration, the President has to face an opposition controlled House of Representatives.

This year’s elections might be a great indicator of what might or what might not be accomplished in the next two years.

Before the elections, former president Bill Clinton said he thinks, if Republicans take over the House, Obama’s chances for reelection might improve.

Political Science student Seth McCauley agrees:

I think the Republican’s new responsibility is going to create a new nationwide perspective. I think once the public sees both parties fail they’ll realize they may have been a little harsh on Obama in the first place, and may be willing to grant him a second term.

The US Senate remains Democratic, but only has a slight majority over the republicans.

The big debate was whether Obama would lose his grip over the House, and in fact he did. The Republicans took control over the House of Representatives and now have about 50 more seats than the democrats.

Patrick McKinlay is a professor for political science. He commented on the reasons for this situation:

I think that the Republicans were able to tap into some major discontent with the economy.

It is traditional that the president’s party will lose seats in an off-year election.

Parties usually lose votes and seats because of a low overall approval rate of the current administration. The debate about health care, troops, and the economy helped Republicans stir the pot.

History and Politics professor Kathleen Green confirms:

Clearly for the first couple years the strategy was to oppose anything that Obama was behind for political reasons because it’s paid off.

Probably the worst-case scenario would be that nothing gets done in a very serious economic times.

However, Green holds some hope:

Some dove of peace could descend from above and the democrats and republicans could work together.

That might be very difficult to attain, as newly proposed bills usually end up in a gridlock.

McKinlay elaborates:

We may see some very sharp contrast. But of course that’s gonna make it hard because you need 60 votes to get anything done in the senate.

Everybody says they want compromise, but there haven’t been any tangible rewards for compromise, whereas the voter seem to be rewarding people who take extreme views.

In 2006, Bush faced an almost equivalent situation when the Democrats won the majority of the house by about 7 million votes. Consequently, Nancy Pelosi emerged as the speaker of the house.

John Boehner is currently leader of the minority house. He is poised to take over Pelosi’s role after the Congress convenes on January third.

On the chances of the new government, McKinlay said:

We might see a lot of contentious politics, but not a lot of policy.

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Paper #2 Final Draft

October 13th, 2010 by Gustav

When in Hurry – Take a Sack

Last year, students rarely made visual contact with the white little paper bags, also known as sacked lunches. This year, the new design and structure of the program earn respect through a significant rise in supply numbers.

A sacked lunch consists of four items: a sandwich, a drink, and two additional sides. Sides for example are chips, yogurt, bananas or apples, cookies, carrots, hard-boiled eggs, and candy bars. The white paper bags count towards the meal plan and can substitute any meal of the day.

Most notably new to the sacked lunched program are the variety of sandwiches and the urge of Sodexo to steadily increase the students’ level of satisfaction by receiving feedback and suggestions. Also, the face of the program has changed. Last year, the program was situated downstairs in the Olsen Student Center and incorporated in the Buck’s Snack Bar. Now, students can find at a much more convenient location: right next to the registers of the main dining room.

“We ordered the equipment over the summer, and installed two registers for convenience,” said Karla Ruby about the origins of the new program. Karla Ruby is the food coordinator on campus. She has been with the main food provider Sodexo for 11 years and does promotions, works in the marketing field, and handles student interactions.

Ruby gets feedback from the RA’s once a month and conducts surveys on the food services in general. “A lot of people requested microwavable food, so for now we integrated Ramen Noodle packets to the program. We have no problem working with people, you just need to communicate with us.”

Last year, when they started the sacked lunch program the first semester of 2009, students spent all their Buck’s money too quickly (a certain amount of money included in one’s choice of meal plan). Plus the sacked lunch program was much less visual and appealing, as no one could see all of his or her options at once.

“We revamped the program, so people get full. And we also make sure there are healthy choices, vegetarian stuff like carrots, eggs, and salads,” Ruby explains. This semester, they give out about 120 sacked lunches a day, which is quite a turnout for a small campus.

Her dad, Les King, works up at one of the registers. It is his third year with the company. He said one day they gave out 150 white paper bags, one of “the highest numbers he’s ever seen”. He explained that last year, the managers were happy when they distributed around 500 a week. This year, the goal is at a minimum of 600, aiming to exceed the 700-mark as the school year progresses.

“I think this program is good for athletes and for people who try to get something quick. Plus, we try to change up the choice of sandwich from time to time,” so King. He also says he has spotted some loyal customers to the program. When students make requests and are heard, they return.

In general, students use the program because they often are in a hurry. Athletes need to get to their night classes after practice, and sometimes just do not have time to eat a full meal. From observation, it looks as if girls comprise the majority of customers.

Sophomore Samantha Sorenson said, “It’s easy and convenient. I love it. Sometimes I just can’t eat lunch. I do wish they had more Caesar salads though.”

Ruby says the sacked lunch program is mainly a ‘compromise’: “You’re gonna take what you’re gonna eat, so nothing is wasted as severely as in the main diner.” She knows not everyone is happy with the offerings they make, but the idea is “to grab one when you’re in a hurry. We can change it everyday, you’re always gonna have someone that’s not happy.”

There is not a lot of critique on the white paper bags, mainly due to the students’ individual choice. Junior Kyle Bubb indicates, “I wouldn’t miss anything at the cafe. Even though there is less variety, I know what I’m getting.” He admits one would get more out of the main meal, but some people just do not have time. “Schedules are pretty busy for a lot of people,” Bubb said.

After talking to some more students, it became clear they like what they have. But they would not mind improvements. Bubb thinks one should be able to purchase portion amounts, and then equivalently would get charged more or less.

With the numbers of customers staying consistent, one will see if and how improvements can be implemented. Nonetheless, the “whites” are indeed popular, and signify a hint for extension to campus food services.

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A Rubber Band is Tough to Find…

October 4th, 2010 by Gustav

… at least when you’re looking for one that’s not beige or similarly colored.

“Oh nooo! Let me look in my supplies.” Mary Krejci said to me on a rather chilly, but despite sunny Monday afternoon. I needed to find a “not-beige” rubber band. Turns out, those things like to hide in but a few spots in admission offices.

On my walk over to Lewis Hall, I had company from Reid and Grace, and for some reason we came to talk about shopping and clothes. If men take as much time to make up their minds about a particular item – or more. The squirell along the sidewalk distracted me from the conversation. I always space off looking at those little, cute but evil-minded creatures.

I went straight to the admissions office, figuring they would have what i was looking for. My instinct guided me to Mary Krejci, a lady past her mid-life crisis, with blonde-greyish hair, and glasses that amplify her friendliness. Even though i just asked for a little rubber band, she jumped right up and scrambled around her office.

“Look, does this work?” She held up a blue rubber band, snatched from some desk around the corner down the hallway. I said that would be fine, thinking about how this somewhat stressful search resembled my frustration going into this week.

I asked her what she did for stress relief. As it turned out she just returned from vacation. “I like to be alone, listen to music, and just enjoy the tranquility. My husband and i like to go on bicyle trips to just do something that gets us thinking about stuff different than work.”

I wanted to listen and share my own thoughts about stress and privacy, but i had to get back to share my experiences with the visitor’s of this nest. It’s nice to know she wanted to keep talking, and i surely am grateful for the little, blue rubber band, which in the end, made all this possible. Subtleties are not so much subtle after all.

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Thomas Ritchie Visit

October 3rd, 2010 by Gustav

Thomas Ritchie utilizing his computer

Sioux City Journal’s Online Director talked in a Mass Comm class last Wednesday. The news world is changing, at a fast pace. Instant videos and online expansion are the means of future journalism.

Thomas Ritchie seemed a little out-of-focus when he presented his philosophy of journalism to the News Production class. No wonder, considering the number of the Journal’s subsribers shrank to about 41,000, plus about 10,000 who regularly access the website. Today, the impact of YouTube,
with its video possibilities, including lifestreams, and other social networking websites seem to change the news world. there chances for new story formats,
and extension possiblities to stories by plain video inputs.

Even recently growing websites like Twitter influence the way people show their interest on news. “As a celebrity show it’s great”, so Ritchie. “The difference to Facebook is that it’s even more public.”

Social media change news into a respondive fashion, where people give feedback
on other’s comments, and interact through their own “news contributions”.

Instructor Ross Fuglsang agreed: “Interactive immediacy is what the people want.”However, he is skeptical about Twitter, but as journalists’ identities
change, and even bloggers are considered journalists today, we will rely more on “somebody out there” who will gather information for us, which then would mean that, indeed, everybody can produce news.

Thomas Ritchie didn’t reveal whether he liked the changes to come, but he seemed to enjoy showing some media expansion possibilities on the screen. He said we need fast mediums to engage people so that they access online news. On a student’s question (anonimous) on online liabilty, he responded: “When abuse is reported we need to intervene. Otherwise we like people to raise their own issues.”

Another student, Shelby Powell, said after the lecture: “That was interesting information. A lot of it was new to me, but he seemed to be talking out of his mind sometimes.”

The path of modern news is somewhat blurry, but the direction is clear: quick, online, interactive. A notion that most old-dog newspaper editors probably regret.

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Quote

September 26th, 2010 by Gustav

“When the unemployment rate is so high and people are having a tough time, it doesn’t matter if I was green, it doesn’t matter if I was purple,” he said matter-of-factly. “I think people would still be frustrated.”

Quotes from the president are always interesting, especially when they represent a statement of opinion. This quote is worth being used because it’s easy to understand and fits well into any article that’s related to employment rates, or green politics.

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Lead Exercise 4

September 20th, 2010 by Gustav

GUN

Two men robbed BJ’s drug store and threatened its owner with a gun to his head last night. They both wore ski masks and could escape preying cash.

The owner, Barney Joseph, Jr., 43, was not hurt. He later told the police he had a gun under the counter but was scared to use it; found it unwise. His dad was shot to death in a similar incident at the same store about 25 years ago. Joseph said he “would rather part with his money than with his life”.

The whole robbery took less than a minute. The two bandits left their car running outside so they could escape quickly.

SUFFOLK DOWNS

Horse racing season at Suffolk Downs, Boston, will start rather quietly after 25 horses became victims of a fire during the early morning hours. Fifteen of the horses died, the others escaped. The suspected cause of the fire is arson.

Among the dead horses were 13 thoroughbreds and two saddle horses. The wooden structured, one-story barn shows few remains, as the fire nourished until noon. After investigating, fire chief Jim Connery felt the fire was “definitely suspicious”.

Dan Bucci, assistant general manager of the track said: “It could have been of an incendiary nature because the fire started in the middle of the barn. Heaters and electrical outlets are in the tack rooms at the end of the barn.”

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Rewrite on Quick story

September 15th, 2010 by Gustav

Elderly man kills himself and harms other in car accident

A South Sioux City male resident died in a car collision yesterday morning on highway 20. Moyer Quick, 65, maneuvered his rear-end into a 17-year-old’s truck when he passed him. The three survivors of the accident had to be transported by the ambulance.

Quick’s wife Dorothy is reported to be in okay condition, while her friend Maxine, who was in the car with the married couple, must have suffered from minor bruises. Young Randy Radin, on the other hand, took a fractured skull and internal injuries from the accident. His situation is described as critical.

Both vehicles were proceeding in westward direction on the two-lane highway. Quick’s rear-end struck Radin’s truck, the impact sending both vehicles into the ditch, Iowa Highway Patrolman Patric Stewart explained.

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Story-writing exercise 09/15/2010

September 14th, 2010 by Gustav

Local fire fighter saves cat

Breaking his leg, a local fire fighter saved a cat out of a 50 feet oak tree. The cat climbed up into the big tree at 102 11^th avenue. When fire fighter Bob Harwood secured the frightened animal, a dead limb broke underneath him so that both the cat and the man fell the last 15 feet.

Calico, so the cat’s name, landed on top of Bob and left the scene without a scratch. Bob had to be examined at St. Lukes Hospital, where they diagnosed a broken leg but said “he’ll be doing just fine.” The two twins, Suzanne and Samantha Decker, who own the cat, can thank their hero for his risky rescue attempt.

General unrest at East High

Ten upperclassmen were suspended for one week, as they supposedly made false alarm sound three times last Wednesday. The students were disgruntled because five of their fellow east-highers had been suspended from school due to smoking marijuana in the school’s parking lot on Monday. They simply wanted to protest.

Just on Tuesday, the cafeteria closed because a food fight broke out. Principal Laura Vibelius thinks there is “not so much unrest because of suspensions, but because summer vacation being so near.” She is positive not to experience similar incidents in the near future.

Gas truck incident temporarily shocks east suburban area of Sioux City

A gasoline truck overturned on the outskirts of Sioux City, causing set-up of reroutes and evacuations of four families. The gas from the Texaco truck flooded into surrounding sewer lines, leaving puddles on the streets and in the ditches.

The following two hours after the accident, cars had to be rerouted through side streets, as the intersection 48^th and Correctionville Rd. was blocked. “Our men strictly followed catastrophe and hazmat procedures that were set up beforehand for such occurrences”, Fire Chief Charles Hochandel said about the work of his men.

No one was injured or health-impaired, as concerned families had been evacuated quickly enough to avoid the gas ascending from the sewer lines.