Anyone else under a tornado warning?

mrsbaker1128

MillerTime13:

We are one of the most accessible campuses in the country for people with disabilities (I work in Disability Services office, coincidentally). The tunnels provide a smooth road for wheelchairs, visually impaired students with canes, etc. without having to go outside, over grass and the paths. And they're awesome when it rains because you don't have to go outside to get between buildings! When it rains, there isn't a soul outside. I don't know if the original purpose was for people with disabilities or not, but it's pretty cool!

Ok, that is awesome! I wanna visit your campus! hahaha!

DestinedtobeDomestic

M_C_McBrown:

DestinedtobeDomestic:

M_C_McBrown:

Being a weather junkie, I'm being a good kid and practicing what I preach and am sitting in my cluttered basement.  Luckily, our old couches are down here so I'm relatively comfortable--just bored.  So, sorry for the random post. 

How's the weather where you are?  If you are under a tornado warning and are at work, do they make you go take shelter somewhere? 

The university I work at recently set up a phone alert system for severe weather and other things.  I got a phone call when the tornado warning went into effect, I'm pleased to see it works.

I'm debating on wether to drive to class or not. I don't want to get caught up in the storms. I mean, it doesn't seem too bad right now, even though there is a tornado warning...but you know Michigan...things change in a matter of minutes! 

Did you decide to go?  I know what you mean, though!  If I didn't have to go anywhere later, I wouldn't.  I know the school (usually) does a good job when there is severe weather there--like I said, their emergency alert thing worked, and one of my international students said a public safety car was driving around during another storm with a loudspeaker telling everyone to take shelter--but I heard that during one storm this past summer, one building made staff and students go OUTSIDE and across the street for shelter!!  The library does a good job making people go downstairs for tornado warnings.

Looks like the storms have passed for now, but you are right about the weather changing fast!  I think it's even worse over here than it was back home on the east side with the lakes having an effect on anything coming through!

I did end up going. Actually that's why I'm so late in replying! I guess when the sirens went off everyone had to go to the lowest levels of the building they were in. So that's comforting! I guess I've never been on campus when there is a severe weather warning, well besides lake effect snow or blizzard warning.

The wind is definitely picking up...I felt like I was going to go off the road when I was driving home. We still have our power, which is surprising...I'm wondering if we'll still have it by the end of the night. 

If you're working tonight stay safe! 

Firefly9

DestinedtobeDomestic:

M_C_McBrown:

DestinedtobeDomestic:

M_C_McBrown:

Being a weather junkie, I'm being a good kid and practicing what I preach and am sitting in my cluttered basement.  Luckily, our old couches are down here so I'm relatively comfortable--just bored.  So, sorry for the random post. 

How's the weather where you are?  If you are under a tornado warning and are at work, do they make you go take shelter somewhere? 

The university I work at recently set up a phone alert system for severe weather and other things.  I got a phone call when the tornado warning went into effect, I'm pleased to see it works.

I'm debating on wether to drive to class or not. I don't want to get caught up in the storms. I mean, it doesn't seem too bad right now, even though there is a tornado warning...but you know Michigan...things change in a matter of minutes! 

Did you decide to go?  I know what you mean, though!  If I didn't have to go anywhere later, I wouldn't.  I know the school (usually) does a good job when there is severe weather there--like I said, their emergency alert thing worked, and one of my international students said a public safety car was driving around during another storm with a loudspeaker telling everyone to take shelter--but I heard that during one storm this past summer, one building made staff and students go OUTSIDE and across the street for shelter!!  The library does a good job making people go downstairs for tornado warnings.

Looks like the storms have passed for now, but you are right about the weather changing fast!  I think it's even worse over here than it was back home on the east side with the lakes having an effect on anything coming through!

I did end up going. Actually that's why I'm so late in replying! I guess when the sirens went off everyone had to go to the lowest levels of the building they were in. So that's comforting! I guess I've never been on campus when there is a severe weather warning, well besides lake effect snow or blizzard warning.

The wind is definitely picking up...I felt like I was going to go off the road when I was driving home. We still have our power, which is surprising...I'm wondering if we'll still have it by the end of the night. 

If you're working tonight stay safe! 

Looks like we are done with the tornado-related stuff, just the high winds to deal with now.  It shouldn't be too bad tonight.  I guess they were in the basement for 45 minutes today!

They never close campus for winter weather!!!!!  There are plenty of times in the two years I've worked here I've thought they should, though. Sometimes I wonder what the person who is in charge of deciding that is thinking.

Glad you didn't get blown off the roads!  I just read about 26,000 people in lower MI are without power.  It will be interesting to see if it stays on all night.  I am pretty sure the library has some sort of generator, so it'd take a lot to close the library for a power outage!