LSU announced Thursday night the north side of Patrick F. Taylor Hall, including Panera Bread, would close temporarily for repairs following a burst pipe which wrought havoc Wednesday afternoon. 
The email, broadcast on behalf of the Office of Communications & University Relations, asked students who do not have class or work in the building to avoid the PFT. 
“If you do need to access the building for class or work,” the message continued, “please stay out of any roped off or barricaded areas where maintenance is being done.”
The email did not contain a time estimate for when the repair work would end.
The PFT’s Thursday night closure began as a drip on Wednesday afternoon.
A drip turned to many, and soon water gushed through ceiling tiles, flooding classrooms and damaging expensive electronics in the building home to LSU’s College of Engineering. 
“We have rain coming from our ceiling, from our lights,” said Panera Bread employee Chantenay Taylor. “Our ceiling just came through. Too much is going on in this one building. We are always missing money.”
Students and teachers slogged that night in an attempt to save equipment and personal belongings from the deluge. 
Videos circulated widely on social media. 
Unclear still is just how much damage the flooding has caused and how much that damage will cost the university.
Connor Reinwald contributed reporting to this article