<p>Geena- I talked with my husband again today. They met a couple who were there checking on their D's room and her friends. They said that the rooms on the courtyard side of Warren had water damage not just the ground floor rooms. The rooms on that side do not have as large of an overhang. Their D's room was on the same side as my D's facing the direction of J Lo. Her friend's room was on the other side and had many destroyed items. I don't know what floor but they said it was not the ground floor. Warren hall as a whole had a lot of damage. Both their D and her friend are coming back for the spring but are working on transfer apps for the fall. They are at UVA and soph.
The campus was deserted except for workers. To them it looked like every building has at least some damage. They were told that about 50 students were expected today. Still signs of lots of work being done and much more needing to be done. They were really surprised at how the area looked. They were expecting it to be much further along. Also that the neighboring streets were still pretty deserted. Also how one street would have most of the houses damaged and the next block over it would look unharmed. My D said she is sad about not coming back but after seeing the conditions she knows health wise it is a good decision for her. Even though she knew that it wouldn't look the same she was not prepared for the reality. And felt that there are going to be some shocked students.
You might try contacting the school and asking them to have someone go by and check on the condition of your D's room in person. Back in late Oct I got the email address from the call center of someone in campus security. They sent someone over to look and reported back that at least to the naked eye the room looked intact.</p>
<p>Thanks so much, Mom60. This is really disheartening news. DH cannot remember but he doesn't think dd was on the courtyard side and we don't know what J LO is. OTH, I remember dd calling and telling me she had a really nice view out her window, which to me says "courtyard." I guess I will call Monday and see if someone can go and check.</p>
<p>I am as sad about Tulane's lack of forthrightness about the dorm situation as I am about the actual conditions. I was stunned yesterday when you said that the first floor was a wreck. There has certainly been no indication of that in any of the info we have received.</p>
<p>DD has exams next week so I think I will just keep this news to myself for awhile.</p>
<p>It is pretty from both sides. My D's room was on the side where you dropped off your belongings at move-in day. The first floor is pretty low lying so I was not shocked that it flooded.</p>
<p>Geena- Husband and D are back home with some photos. One of the ground floor of Warren. Everything has been removed and all new drywall was being put up. They are pumping lots of air into the building to prevent mold growth. Many of the rooms are empty and in various states of repair with checklist on the walls. The damage my husband said was not due to flooding except on the ground floor. The upper floors damage was due to broken windows (they could see where panes had been replaced) and roof leaks and the water seeped down through the walls. The mezzanine level commom bathroom had the tiles coming off the walls so there was probably water damage behind the tile. All the rooms they saw being worked on were singles so hope that is positive for your D. They appear to be doing a thorough job cleaning up the building. They had free rein of the building. They were supposed to check in at warren but when they arrived there was a note on the door to go to Butler. Where they checked in at Butler the whole ground floor was being worked on. The area the check in table was at was down to the steel studs. There were lots of workers working there. My husband was concerned about entering warren since there were these tunnels and pipes everywhere. The girls weren't aware of what was going on at Warren but said they were fine to go in. They had to carry all her stuff over the obstacles.
They walked all over the campus. No security around. They have a photo of my D standing next to the street light which is in the center of campus that is still down but the light works. There are lots of Tulane damaged vehicles still around. And one building that has lost many bricks from its side. All over the campus are the large generators that are pumping a constant supply of air to all the buildings. One of the dorms that has the external hallways had all the furnishing outside and looked like was getting all her insides.
Husband felt like there were probably 400 workers(majority hispanic) and millions being spent. It seems that Tulane is making a huge effort that the job is done well. My Husband who is in that field and talked with a few workers felt that the work will continue for many months even once the students return.
On one of the residential streets next to Loyola all the houses were empty with the doors open and no belongings inside. And no sign of work on any of them except 1 with a temporary power pole. Yet one street over the houses looked untouched. In another area nearby where they shipped her belongings from looked untouched and had residents back living in the area.</p>
<p>mom60, I don't have any ties to Warren, but really do appreciate the latest from campus.</p>
<p>Mom60, thank you SO much for the time you took to type all that detailed info out. I am so appreciative. We have concluded that we think dd's room is on the outside back corenr looking directly at whatever building is right next to Warren. Don't know whether that is bad or good or even true.</p>
<p>Are there stores like Target open anywhere? (Baton Rouge?) We are debating whether to fly down with a complete set of new bedding and towels on the assumption that everything has been ruined and there may be nowhere to obatin new stuff. </p>
<p>When I took her out to Willamette Labor Day week-end, we made 2 trips to Target and one to Linens n' Things on Labor Day to try to provide her with enough stuff to get through the semester. Everyone here knows the drill: from sheets to shoes to Tylenol to clock radio to surge protector to . . .well, everything. It might be much harder to accomlish all that in NOLA.</p>