Severe Storm/Lightning

Procedures to Follow

Severe Storm

  1. Try to remain calm.
  2. Seek shelter in a sturdy building away from windows, exterior doors, and walls.
  3. Do not use elevators.

Lightning

  1. Try to remain calm.
  2. Seek shelter away from windows.
  3. Do not use elevators.

Outdoors

  1. Seek shelter in a sturdy campus building.
  2. Avoid elevated places and isolated trees.
  3. Keep your head and body as low to the ground as possible.
  4. Minimize contact with the ground.
  5. Find shelter as quickly as possible.

 

| Subject matter experts: Risk Management/Office of Emergency Management – Updated: April 2023