Different schools handle such events in different ways. Discussing this may help a parent worry less or help them assist a student in choosing a future school. Please keep us all updated as the storm passes through.
My daughter’s (former) school has already cancelled classes for Tues and Wed. At this point they are having the students shelter in place (dorms, housing surrounding the school, told them to get off the beach but you know college kids, they won’t). For one of the big hurricanes two years ago, they did evacuate to the local shelters (mostly pubic schools) and sent them with a small amount of food. They tried to get the dorms and dining halls open as soon as possible.
I think there were 4 hurricanes during the time my daughter was in school. One was supposed to make a direct hit on the school (when Al Roker and Ginger Zee are broadcasting from your neighborhood, you know you are Storm Central) but it actually missed them and went a little north. She went to Orlando for one (and Orlando was hit harder than Melbourne) and did evacuate to NJ for another.
Right now she’s in West Palm Beach and there is no where to evacuate to, because they don’t know where the storm will hit. That’s always an issue. Go west? Go north? Stay home? Who knows!
Should not be too bad near Tallahassee but FSU does a good job of sheltering the students and the buildings are strong. If classes are cancelled or power goes out for the week he will hop in his car and drive home.
My DC has classes on Monday so I assumed others may as well. Are many schools in the storm impacted area off for the holiday and therefore have one more day to see if the storm will weaken or stay mostly off shore?
There was an online article that said that all (I think it was all) public school districts have cancelled school at least for Tuesday and some for Wednesday as well. The governor of Florida has clearly told folks in the path of this storm to take precautions.
I find it hard to believe anyone on the eastern coast of Florida will have classes on at least Tuesday.
@Cheeringsection your student had classes on Labor Day? Really! Wow!
Yes, full day.
Most colleges from West Palm Beach north to Charleston NC have cancelled classes. Florida Tech in Melbourne Florida is closed Mon (holiday) Tues and Wed. SCAD is closed until Sept 9th. SC just announced some mandatory evacs for all counties along the coast and there are a lot of colleges in that area.
And yes…mandatory evacuations are being ordered in coastal towns in S.C. now too. My BFF lives in one of those towns.
Both of ours are far enough inland (Ithaca and DC area) to not be affected. My cousin’s son is at UNC Wilmington, and they’re closed for the week.
Tampa Bay area cancelled classes for Tuesday and it was too late to change that before the long weekend. We’re out of the zone! Only the most inland counties in the TV viewing area are at risk for a lot of rain- flooding possible because there has already been such a surplus this year. At least people now are (hopefully) stocked up for any future needs- hurricane season doesn’t end until the end of November.