New designation: hurricane parent

northwesty
Sun, 02 Sep 2012 18:55:32 +0000

I thought Tulane handled the storm overall very well.

I do fault them for suggesting that the back up generators would keep the dorms lit up. Had we known that the dorms could go dark, we would have had our kid bail. 30 hours of lock down, no power or AC, not being able to open a window, sleeping in the hallway – yuk.

I suspect the kids who stayed in the dorms fared worse than the kids from Aron and Irby and Phelps who bailed because they weren’t psyched about sleeping in a cot or on the floor of Reilly and Hertz.

My kid told us that the rez halls had back up power. Not sure if she mis-understood or if that was kind of the story that the RAs were telling.

Apparently, JPH093 thought the same thing as my kid: “And Monroe (as well as the other dorms) has a back up generator so power won’t be lost, at least for too long.”

Here’s what Tulane’s website said, which is vague to misleading on the point:

What happens if the power goes out?
While the university does not anticipate any significant power outages, the residence halls have emergency lighting and the university has its own power generating capacity if Entergy’s power goes down.