Hurricane Disaster Plan

Geology and Environmental Geosciences

Hurricane 72 hours from Charleston

Faculty meeting to dicuss disaster plan

Room responsibilities assigned to faculty

Get contact numbers and evacuation numbers for the faculty

Set-up a hurricane information center on the Geology website

Hurricane 48 hours from Charleston

Department office

Department records should be backed up to CD or portible Hard Drive.

Lock Window

Faculty offices

Class records, teaching, research, and lecture materials should be backed up to CD or portible Hard Drive.

Research and teaching labs

Data should be backed up to CD or portible Hard Drive

GIS Lab

Data should be backed up to CD or floppy.

Unplug all equipment. (Power and Network)

Secure the Lab (Lock it up)

Hurricane 24 hours from Charleston

Department office

Unplug all equipment. (Power and Network)

Cover computers with plastic

Lock Windows

Faculty offices

Unplug all equipment. (Power and Network)

Cover computers with plastic

Lock Windows

Geology Classroom

Unplug all equipment. (Power and Network)

Secure the Classrooms (Lock it up)

Research and teaching labs

Unplug all equipment. (Power and Network)

Cover computers and equipment with plastic

Secure windows

GIS Lab

Secure the Lab (Lock it up)

Document lab’s condition

Rock preparation room

Unplug all equipment. (Power and Network)

Secure the Lab door

Department Chair takes photographs of offices and labs to document possible damage.

Post Disaster:

Chair Check for physical damage

Records and documents all damage

Contact the faculty to assess their personal situlation.

Chair coordinate clean-up of building

Reconnect systems when all clear is given.

Room Responsibilites

	Contact Number	Responsibilities
Erin Beutel	762-6032	Structure Lab and Rock Room
Tim Callahan	573-9685	Geochemistry Lab
Jim Carew	571-0803	Paleontology Lab
Mitchell Colgan	697-3010 Cell 406-2050	Overall Primary contact
Briget Doyle	569-7087 991-5951 Cell	GIS Lab
Kem Fronabarger	556-2490 209-3045 cell	Mineralogy Lab
Robin Humphreys	762-4939	Bell lab
Steve Jaumé	556-2867	Structure Lab and Rock Room
Mike Katuna	571-3355 810-8499 Cell	Sediementology ab and Core room
Elizabeth King Rhodes	887-3880 729-7152 Cell	Introductory labs and classroom in Science and Bell buildings
Lauren C. Kolowith	588-2044	Geochemisty Lab
Norm Levine	573-2555	GIS Lab
Joan Newell	744-5408 819-1031 Cell	Geology Department Office
Bob Nusbaum	556-0299 367-9610 Cell	Remote sensing Lab
Cass Runyon	856-0400 364-5377 Cell	Low country Hall of Science and SERCH Offices in Bell Building
Leslie Sautter	886-5348	Oceanica Offices Secondary Contact