May 31, 2020 — The Last Day of May, and the Last Post for the Week of May 25. The Pandemic Continues and to Make Matters Worse: Protests, Looting, and Violence Have Erupted in Many Major US Cities.

The blog for the week of May 25, 2020, has been extended to include May 31, the last day of May. The featured image for this post is of a Medical Flight Helicopter taking off from the north helipad. The helicopter is framed by the boom and stick of an excavator, which had been placed at the northeast corner of the building in preparation for a project beginning sometime Monday morning, June 1, 2020.

Unfortunately, May 31, 2020, ended with two situations that has gripped and disrupted the nation. The first, the Pandemic is in its twelfth week, which the nation is trying to rise above in various stages. The second are the disruptive protests, looting, and violence that are disrupting the good intentions of the peaceful protesters. Sadly, this fury has spread to many of the major cities across the United States and as of Sunday night there is no end in sight.

Regrettably, these two major events impact our social fabric and must be included in the story that will be woven into the Loma Linda University Health Campus Transformation Project tapestry.

An excavator is positioned at the northeast corner of the Adult Hospital tower. It is my understanding that it will lower the pallets (at the left) to level “B.” The pallets contain sheer pins and bushings that will be lowered into the foundation and anchored to the isolators, which are bolted to the foundation.

May 31, 2020 Stats. The Total US Death’s Topped 103,000 Sometime During the Week of May 25, 2020.

Unfortunately, the image above was one of the many scenes in Los Angeles on Saturday Night, May 30, 2020. Photo courtesy of The Associated Press/Christian Monterrosa

May 31, 2020, sunset on the Loma Linda University Health campus.

Dennis E. Park, MA

After graduate school Dennis accepted a position at Loma Linda University. He worked there for 42 years in the areas of administration and financial management, also teaching accounting and management to dietetic students at the School of Public Health. Through the years Dennis has chronicled the growth of the campus, including the construction of the Drayson Center and the Centennial Complex and the razing of Gentry Gym. He is the author of "The Mound City Chronicles: A Pictorial History of Loma Linda University, A Health Sciences Institution 1905 - 2005." dEp 09.30.2016 🔨

← The Week of May 25, 2020 — The Week Begins With the Memorial Day Holiday, A Flyover, a Short, Hot, and Busy Work Week While the Pandemic Continues.

The Week of June 1, 2020 — Windows, Base Isolator Bushings and Sheer Pins, CT Scan Equipment Arrives, The Pandemic Continues and City Curfews are Mandated →