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Tornado Procedure
Millsaps Campus Safety Department
For Tornado WARNING (not watch)
These are proper and necessary emergency
actions to be taken when a tornado WARNING has been issued by Hinds
Emergency Operations. You will hear the emergency sirens and receive
the warning verbally from Security and / or Resident Staff. Move
to your designated area and remain there until you receive official
notice that the WARNING has been lifted.
A Tornado WARNING Signal Means:
A tornado has been sighted. Go at once to the area listed below. If
you see or hear the tornado coming, do not wait for the Warning
Signal--go to your shelter area if there is time, if not, curl up
on the floor and protect yourself. Lie face down, draw your knees
up under you, cover the back of your head with your hands.
Use a NOAA
weather radio located in various locations on campus, click
here for info
and campus locations.
TORNADO DANGER SIGNS
Severe Thunderstorms:
Thunder, lighting, heavy rains, and strong winds.
Hail:
Pellets of ice from dark-clouded skies.
Roaring Noise:
Like a hundred railroad locomotives; a crashing thunderous sound.
Funnel:
Dark, spinning "rope" or column from the sky to the ground.
RESIDENCE HALL TORNADO SHELTERS
BACOT
First floor corridors. NOT lounges.
EZELLE
First floor corridors, room doors closed. NOT basement.
FRANKLIN
Because of glass at end of corridors, and possible wind tunnel effect,
residents are to move to SANDERSON basement.
GOODMAN
Because of wood frame construction, residents are advised (time
permitting) to move to GALLOWAY corridores of first floor cubes
- rooms closed - NOT lobbettes. If not enough time permits leaving
Goodman, get into inner closet and cover with heavy blanket. (Actually
no worse than you would be at home -- same type of construction.)
GALLOWAY
Corridors of first floor cubes, rooms closed. NOT lobbettes.
NEW SOUTH
Corridors of first floor, room doors closed. Stay out of Atrium
areas.
SANDERSON
Basement area (very large and secure).
FRATERNITY HOUSES
If time permits, it is best to move to Ezelle (NOT Ezelle basement).
If Ezelle is full then second option would be NEW SOUTH corridors
of first floor cubes - rooms closed - stay out of Atrium areas in
New South. If time does not permit leaving the Frat. house, then
go to the lower level of the house and get into closets or other
small spaces and then cover your head.
ACADEMIC BUILDING TORNADO SHELTERS
MURRAH HALL
Basement corridors and labs. Stay away from stairwells.
MURRAH HALL ANNEX
1st. floor corridors. Room doors closed.
A.C. BUILDING
ACRH (A.C. Recital Hall). A.C. 215, and inside stairwell, lower
level.
LIBRARY
Basement corridors, away from front stairwell or side door.
WHITWORTH/SANDERS
1st. floor corridors, away from front glass doors.
OLIN
Basement and 1st. floor central corridor. Not atrium.
COLLEGE CENTER
Downstairs basement corridors near Bookstore, Kava House area, Not
Post Office. Cafeteria workers into basement food storage
area.
SULLIVAN HARRELL
Basement corridor. Room doors closed.
CHRISTIAN CENTER
North corridor. Room doors shut.
PAC (Gym)
Basement locker rooms.
Use a NOAA
weather radio located in various locations on campus, click
here for info
and campus locations.
Click here
for Hurricane and additional
Tornado information.
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