Anna Lee
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NC State and the city of Raleigh are currently preparing emergency services for the citizens of Raleigh.
Currently a Category 4 storm, Hurricane Florence is expected to make landfall early Friday morning and has the potential to cause major flooding to the Raleigh and surrounding area. To track the path of Hurricane Florence students can visit the National Hurricane Center website.
On campus resources for students:
Amy Orders, the interim director of Emergency Management and Mission Continuity said that additional information will be posted on the NC State homepage.
“The Wolfpack Response line will be up, this is through DASA,” Orders said. “The emergency 911 center will be operational and emergency operations staff that will come in and out of campus over the next five to six days, they are always available to reach out and then the WolfAlert information that is on the homepage will have additional contacts and resources.”
For updates pertaining to road closures that will impact NC State, students can visit the transportation website.
In case of an emergency, call University Police at (919) 515-3000 or call 911.
For status updates on university operations, call the University Adverse Conditions Hotline at (919) 513-8888 or visit www.ncsu.edu.
For non-emergency, general storm related information, contact Emergency Management and Mission Continuity at (919) 515-9657.
Fountain, Case and Clark dining halls and residence halls will stay open during the duration of the storm as well, however, students should visit the dining website to view modified hours.
Student Health Services will currently be open on Thursday for students, but if students are need of immediate medical assistance, Orders recommend they call 911.
“The Student Health Services [Center] is going to be the first line for students who are on campus,” Order said. “They have modified hours on Thursday from 8-2 and Friday, at this point, are not slated to be open but on-call.”
Orders expressed that if there are high winds and rains, personal safety should be of students utmost priority.
“Our emergency responders can only get to people if wind and rain are safe for travel because if the winds are too strong you can have car issues and if the flood water is too high, you won’t be able to travel,” Orders said.
Dining halls will be under modified operations, but will be open throughout the storm. According to Orders, over next few days with additional water supplies that are going to be available over the next few days.
According to an email to students from the Division of Academic and Student Affairs, *students will be given the option at dining halls to take out an extra meal in a disposable container provided by NC State Dining. Students are encouraged to take food to their rooms and shelter in place.
“There’s still water available in the campus stores by far, over the course of the next few days,” Orders said. “Dining has ramped up supplies and is going to have resources available including nonperishable, transportable goods, like boxed food type items.
Orders said that if there is a power outage, not all buildings have generators so students should be prepared with flashlights because students also should not have anything that could be a potential fire hazard such as candles.
“Have flashlights and batteries prepared, those are the best,” Orders said. “For power, it’s best to turn off all appliances and unplug things so when the power does come back on we don’t have a surge and additional outages because of over capacity.”
Off-campus resources for students:
According to CBS 17, Knightdale High School, located at 100 Bryan Chalk Lane, Knightdale, is currently open for both Wake County residents as well as costal evacuees, and is pet-friendly.
As of Tuesday evening, Wake County has not announced any other shelter locations that will be open to area residents.
For those with non-emergency-related questions, Wake County Emergency Management can be reached at (919) 856-7044.
Wake County Emergency Management also has information posted on their site. Additionally, updates from ReadyWake can be viewed on their Twitter, @ReadyWake, and individuals can also sign up on their website for Ready Wake Alerts, which, according to ReadyWake, helps to deliver critical information to users.
For general shelter and evacuation information, students can visit this page on WakeGov.
*Editors note: This article has been updated to more accurately reflect NC State Dining’s plan.