<p>FYI - My son just sent me this email from the VP concerning storm preparation. All colleges will have power which is good news!</p>
<p>We are closely watching the path of Hurricane Sandy. Based on the current track of the storm, landfall is estimated to occur on Tuesday at 2 a.m. in New Jersey. We could start experiencing some initial effects of the storm as early as Monday midday.</p>
<p>Dining, Transportation, Police and Security, Facilities, and many other departments have established hurricane protocols that they are already putting into place.</p>
<p>The website [Yale</a> University | Emergency Management at Yale](<a href=“http://emergency.yale.edu%5DYale”>http://emergency.yale.edu) will be used for updates on the weather, and other University announcements will be posted there. Depending on the course and strength of the storm as it approaches New Haven, we may have to make changes to a number of services such as dining and transportation, and the hours of operation of many offices. These announcements will be included on this website. If the severity of the storm requires cancellation by the Dean of all classes, a specific message will be sent directly to you. A piece of good news is that the residential colleges should be supplied with power throughout. </p>
<p>We know that many of you from the mid-Atlantic and New England states are currently at home, and any help you can give your families in preparing for the storm will, I am sure, be appreciated. Lets hope the storm turns right into the North Atlantic!</p>
<p>Sincerely,</p>
<p>Linda Koch Lorimer<br>
Vice President of the University</p>
<p>It does seem to be lessening but that doesn’t mean old trees or powerlines wont come down. Yale is lucky to have the generators to keep it going. Last year when my power was out for a week, I used their electricity in my daughter’s dorm to dry my hair and charge my cell a couple of times.</p>
<p>We just got an email from Mary Miller as well. As a parent, I feel reasonably assured and confident that our kids will be well taken care of. We’re advising our S to be watchful and careful.</p>
<p>Amazing that they officially closed - that’s only happened once before in 12 years. D went back tonight and picked up her brown bag meals-- said the fridge barely closes, there was so much food (of course, I sent her back with a supply of her own too). It would be nice to have her at home, but I’m sure she’s way better off there. I can’t imagine that we’ll still have power by this time tomorrow.</p>
<p>My daughter said Yale gave them some Capri Sun and some chips in their dorm, although I think freshman get a better bag lunch. Dining halls are open now though but later it will be very windy and they don’t want them out.</p>
<p>Husband and I just returned to the West Coast Sunday night from visiting D at Yale and nearly missed Sandy. D (Freshman) said they were given food and water ration and classes are cancelled through Tuesday. This is her first hurricane experience.</p>
<p>I haven’t but New Haven seems fine. We didn’t lose power in my neighborhood and I’m not far from there. Trees came down, lots of leaves, branches, etc. around, but other towns did much worse. My daughter in England talked to her sister at Yale late last night and all seemed well, very windy but they seemed fine.</p>
<p>Oh good!! Thanks for your local report, I feel a lot better. Now I’m thinking he didn’t answer my text because they all stayed up late and are sleeping in :D</p>
<p>Also, looks like the emergency web site is up again</p>
<p>Website is back up. Here is the latest posting: The curfew has not been lifted (posted 10/30/12 7:31am)
The curfew has NOT been lifted. There are trees and power lines down in various locations on and around campus. We have begun a block-by-block assessment by a combination of Yale Police, Security, and Environmental Health and Safety. We hope to be able to give the all-clear signal later this morning – and to let you know which areas to avoid. In the meantime, those of you on campus should REMAIN IN YOUR CAMPUS RESIDENCES, and off campus students should NOT come to campus.</p>
<p>University Update (posted October 30 10:00 am)</p>
<p>Update for Activities on Campus.</p>
<p>The curfew for those living on campus is lifted. You are free to walk around campus but please avoid the area noted below and take care to be on the look out for any problem not noted below. </p>
<p>STREET CLOSURE. I am pleased to report that the block-by-block assessment by Yale police of the streets revealed only one dangerous area. It involves a huge tree that fell across Grove Street at Temple involving a number of power lines. The streets are closed in a two square block area that should be AVOIDED. We are working with United Illuminating, which is responsible for the electric power lines on the streets. We hope that the situation will be cleared in the next few hours.</p>
<p>MOST OFFICES CLOSED. Because of the closing of offices today, only limited campus facilities beyond the residential colleges will be open to students.</p>
<p>ALL RESIDENTIAL COLLEGE DINING HALLS WILL BE OPEN for brunch from 11 am to 1 pm and for dinner from 5 to 7 pm today. Freshmen and those in annex space are welcome to go to their regular residential college to dine today. Menus will be limited since only essential staff are at work. Commons is expected to reopen Wednesday and regular dining will resume for the Colleges tomorrow. </p>
<p>CLASSES AND ALL EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES WILL RESUME WEDNESDAY. Of course, some faculty may be stranded. We will be counting on faculty to write to students directly if they are unable to get to campus. </p>
<p>BASS LIBRARY WILL OPEN FROM NOON TO 6 PM.</p>
<p>PAYNE WHITNEY GYMNASIUM will open from 2 pm to 9 pm today with the exception of the pools. There will be no club or intermural activities.</p>
<p>VARSITY TEAM PRACTICES are being scheduled for this afternoon. Each coach will be in contact with the members of his or her teams about times and arrangement.</p>
<p>ADDITIONAL STUDY SPACE. WLH and LC have been opened to use for study space today.</p>
<p>To parents and guardians of students in Yale College:</p>
<p>I write with an update about Hurricane Sandy, which, thankfully, has left campus largely intact, with only a few areas minimally affected. Dining halls are now open to all students, the library and the gym will open later today, and classes will resume tomorrow, although some faculty members may still be unable to return to campus.</p>
<p>I am forwarding Vice President Linda Lorimer’s recent message to students. You can find all her messages, and other information, on Yale’s emergency page: [Yale</a> University | Emergency Management at Yale](<a href=“http://emergency.yale.edu%5DYale”>http://emergency.yale.edu).</p>
<p>I talked to my daughter Sunday, and Skyped her yesterday morning, and they were all hunkered down in their suite. The dining hall was open and they had plenty to eat, and the power was on.
When I tried to Skype her last night, she sent me a text message saying she was busy.
Looks like things are back to normal!</p>
<p>I’d planned to go to New Haven this weekend for the JE Orchestra concert after a family visit in North Jersey. Much of my family is still without power (although they came through the storm mostly okay otherwise, thankfully) so the visit is off. I’m not sure if I should still make the trip from PA to Yale, especially if finding gas will be a problem. Can anyone advise me about travel on Route 95 (I usually take the Tappan zee) and the New Haven area? Will finding gas for the car be difficult?</p>