INSTRUCTIONS FOR SECURING DORM ROOM Move all furniture away from windows and unplug all electrical equipment. Take all valuables (jeweler, electronic equipment, etc.) with you when you leave. Water may enter your room from rain driven by high winds, so anything on or near the floor—shoes, suitcase, etc. - should be moved to high shelves or dresser drawers. Place all papers, books, and loose or small objects in dresser drawers or on closet shelves. Close all windows. Close and lock the door to your room. If your car must remain in the dorm park- ing lot, make sure the emergency brake is set and the transmission is in park. Close How to cook up a hurricane all window and lock the car. Ingredients: Remove all food items from your room/ 1 large ocean refrigerator. 1 very moist air layer 1 forming storm system (i.e., "tropical disturb- ance") 1 weak wind sheer Alabama: Mississippi: WABB 97.5 FM (Mobile) MS Public Broadcasting WMXC 99.9 FM (Mobile) Instructions: 88.1- 91.3 FM WKNN 99.1 WCSN 105.7 FM (Orange FM (Pascagoula) 1. Preheat tropical ocean waters to 80 degrees Beach) WOOF 99.7 FM to a depth of 50 meters (150 feet). (Dothan) WZKX 107.9 FM (Gulfport) 2. Sprinkle in a dense level of moist air about 3 WXRR 104.5 (Hattiesburg) miles into the atmosphere. WAAO 103.7 FM (Andalusia) 3. Mix in a developing storm system. WKMX 106.7 FM (Enterprise) WBUV 104.9 FM (Biloxi) WJZD 94.5 FM (Gulfport) 4. Finally, make sure to turn down the velocity WDJR 96.9 FM (Dothan) of any oncoming wind sheer. Strong incoming WNTM 710 AM (Mobile) WRJW 1320 AM (Picayune) WQRZ 103.5 FM (Bay St. gusts can ruin your otherwise perfectly formed Louis) hurricane. Remember to serve with a hurricane watch or hurricane warning so that anyone caught in its Kim Leousis, Vice President of Enrollment path can take the proper precautions. Kris Nelson, Director of Campus Life Neal Ledbetter, Director of Campus Ministries Campus Security (251)510-2473 Website: http://www.umobile.edu UNIVERSITY OF MOBILE Recommended Items to Include in a WHAT SHOULD I DO? HURRICANE Basic Emergency Supply Kit: HURRICANE WARNING PREPAREDNESS PLAN Water, one gallon of water per person At the time of a hurricane warning, the per day for at least three days, for drink- president of the university will monitor the Hurricane season in costal Alabama is June 1 ing and sanitation hurricane’s location and evaluate the po- through November 30. The university is locat- Daily prescriptions medications, infant tential threat. ed approximately fifteen miles inland from Mo- formula or diapers bile Bay on high round (87 feet above sea lev- Depending on these factors as well as the Food, at least a three-day supply of non- el) and, therefore, out of the location of the expected landfall, the presi- perishable food storm surge danger area. dent will determine a timeline for a possi- Battery-powdered or hand crank radio ble campus evacuation. An announcement To ensure the safety and and a NOAA Weather Radio with tone will be made by the president’s office out- property, the university has alert and extra batteries for both lining the campus evacuation details. developed an Emergency Flashlight and extra batteries Management Plan which will First aid kit In the event of a campus evacuation, resi- be implemented at the direc- Whistle to signal for help dential students will not be allowed to tion of the resident of the uni- Important Family Documents remain on campus. The university recom- versity or his appointed repre- Dust, to help filter contaminated air and mends that residential students go home sentative. University person- plastic sheeting or to the home of a friend or family mem- nel will monitor the develop- Moist towelettes, garbage bags and plas- ber. Students departing campus should ment of each tropical storm tic ties for personal sanitation call parents or family members BEFORE and use this information to guide implementa- Cell phone and chargers traveling. tion of the Emergency Management Plan. Extra cash Sleeping bags or warm blanket for each Commuter students should also take ap- Please use the information in this pamphlet as person propriate steps to ensure personal safety. a guideline for what to do if a storm threatens. Wrench or pliers to turn off utilities The president will determine when it is Can operator for food (if kit contains safe to return to campus after a storm. NWS hurricane links, forecasts, assessments: canned food) Students will not be allowed to return until Local maps the university deems the residence halls http://www.weather.gov/os/hurricane safe. NOAA Weather Radio All Hazards: Students may tune into local television and http://www.weather.gov/nwr EMERGENCY CONTACT INFO: Photo Identification: drivers license, radio stations, or call the university main National Hurricane Center: or state issue id. switchboard for information regarding the re-opening of school. (Please note that http://www.nhc.noaa.gov Social Security Cards. Birth Certificate due to likely power outages, the website Central Pacific Hurricane Center: and switchboard may be out of service im- mediately following a hurricane.) http://weather.gov/cphc PARENTS NOAA Hurricane Website To contact your son or daughter, call his or http://hurricanes.noaa.gov/KIM LEOUSIS, VICE PRESIDENT OF ENROLLMENT her room directly. If you need to call the KRIS NELSON, DIRECTOR OF CAMPUS LIFE University, please use the following num- American NEAL LEDBETTER Red Cross:, DIRECTOR OF CAMPUS LIFE bers. http://www.redcross.org CAMPUS SECURITY # WEBSITE 251-442-2990 Residential Life Federal Emergency Management Agency: 251-442-2563 Campus Life http://www.fema.gov 251-675-5990 Main Switchboard .