**Update , 1:10 pm EST
ANGEL is going down at 2. If you need anything, download it now or forever hold your peace.
**Update , 12:51 pm EST
Classes canceled for tomorrow
Schottenstein’s Cafe 29 and Brookedale’s Milner’s Mart opened all day today
Internet will stay up unless there’s a city power outage which the YU IT department can’t control.
Stay safe
**Update , 6:08 pm EST
Due to the potential outcomes from the dangerous weather created by Hurricane/Tropical Storm Sandy, we are beginning to take non-critical non-production systems down in order to prevent damage to our equipment should we encounter a power failure.
We will be making additional announcements as we proceed about other systems and applications. We hope to have e-mail available throughout the storm, but that is also subject to power failure.
The lack of public transportation requires we take these measures early.
If you have any concerns or questions contact the ITS Help Desk at: helpdesk@yu.edu or give me a call on(646) 592-4093
John Fcasni, Director, Central & Administrative Systems, informed the Observer that payroll and other non critical systems will be shut down. ANGEL (and YU Libraries) does not fall into that category; however Fcasni, Lou Papis (IT representative who supports the ANGEL system), and the rest of the UT staff will decide the ANGEL/YU Libraries status at 7 o’clock on their follow up call.
Unless there is a much wider spread power outage, email and internet should stay up.
As we get further into the process we’ll publish more announcements.
**UPDATE 3pm
Stern Caf only opened from 4- 5 30 this evening.
Yeshiva University is monitoring Hurricane Sandy. Current predictions point to dangerous weather in our region as soon as this evening. All Manhattan campus classes for Monday, October 29, are cancelled. All exams and labs will be rescheduled, with further details released later. Dormitories and key campus buildings remain open. Students on campus are safe and being cared for, but students currently away are encouraged to remain off campus and avoid travel during the storm. The New York City Subway will stop running at 7 p.m. tonight and Buses will halt at 9:00 p.m.
Wilf and Beren campus libraries will close beginning today at 5:00 p.m. The main Cardozo Law building and library will close beginning today at 9:00 p.m.
Only essential personnel should report to work on Monday. If you are unsure if you should report, please contact your supervisor.
Please continue to watch this site and your school site for storm updates, including details on any further class or event cancellations. If you have any concerns or questions contact the YU Security Department at (212)960-5221.
STAY SAFE.
In the event of a life threatening hurricane similar to that darling girl Sandy currently swirling ’round our coast, hurricane experts have suggested the following “18 tips for Hurricane survival”
1) Buy plenty of water, flashlights, batteries, and non perishable food items- you don’t know if/ how long you will be without power.
2) Make sure your electronic devices are charged and ready for action
3) Tape your window with neon duct tape: that, if the window cracks because of the 100+ mph winds, the tape will at least keep it from shattering and the neon will give it that lil’ some’n’ extra.
4) It’s the perfect time to pick up a book. Read Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince; the weather when Harry and Dumbledore approach the cave where the locket is hidden is essentially sort of just like a hurricane. (except it’s in England AND in early Summer).
5) Once the water starts gathering, but before the wind gets too unbearable and dangerous to be outside, use your rubber duckies, floating boats, and other bath toys that you’ve had hidden in the back of your closet and stage an intense puddle marathon.
6) Once the intense winds start, don’t open your front door, it could literally blow your roof off. This scenario may sound comical in the case of an uninhabited house down the block, but now when there’s people inside…
7) Make sure to stock up in scented candles for when the power goes out.
8) Right before the storm, buy multiple tubs of ice cream so when the power fails and the freezers stop working, you wont feel guilty for eating all- hey, otherwise it’ll go to waste!
9) Procure an ample amount of cash from an ATM- green is the only language people speak during a disaster
10) Make and store a lot of hot water so you can later be the only ones on your block who can enjoy a nice cup of coffee.
11) Put on a scary hand puppet show with flashlights. The dark atmosphere and whistling wind just add to the eerie ambiance.
12) Assure that nothing that could cause damage is outside your residence (e.g. furniture, plants, wind chimes, statues etc.) or near your windows. This precaution could save lives and thousands of dollars in property damages.
13) During the eye (that is, the calm part in the middle of the storm that spans 20-40 miles) go into the middle of the street and start a football game.
14) Gas up your motor vehicle- you never know if you’ll later need a quick escape.
15) Dig a moat around your residence right before the torrential downpour begins- this way, you’ll save money on filling it up.
16) Call Poseidon and tell him he’s overreacting, the whole Percy Jackson thing was just a joke…
17) Invite a ton of people over, get multiple battery powered strobe lights and glow sticks, lots of snacks, and make sure every ipod is sufficiently charged.
18) Snuggle up and soundly doze off through the whole thing. But mind you, in 25 years, when your kids ask you “where were you during Hurricane Sandy…” well, at least you can recall this list.