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[i]The heavy winter rains expected to result from the El NiƱo weather pattern may have a devastating effect on the ship, now a floating museum in Alameda. The reason: The ship's 100,000-square-foot teak flight deck has sprung multiple leaks. The Aircraft Carrier Hornet Foundation which owns the ship, has hired a contractor who is working between storms to patch up the deck, an $800,000 project that carries a bit of urgency. "We have to do something quickly," said Jill Rapposelli, the foundation's executive director. "We're trying to beat the rain." The problem is that the flight deck, where the ship's airplanes landed and took off, has developed cracks over time. The deck has several layers: a non-skid material, then teak, then steel. No major work has been done on the deck since the Hornet was retired from active duty in 1970, so there is 35 years worth of deferred maintenance.[/i]
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