I wondered what would happen to the colleges down there. Is LSU in NO? What about Tulane? I have been trying to get the Tulane and University of Southern Mississippi (friend works there) websites for 2 days and haven't been able to bring up a thing.
The school may be open, but where are folks going to live? What are they going to do for electricity,etc.? I just heard that it might be 12 weeks before they get anywhere near to normal in NO.
LSU is at Baton Rouge.
Re Tulane: As of today, www.tulane.edu links to http://emergency.tulane.edu. They say the skeleton crew is all safe.
The campus doesn't sound too bad off, yet, but its an island in a s**tswamp. It will be a long time before they'll open up, and an even longer time before I'd want to attend school there.
"I wondered what would happen to the colleges down there. Is LSU in NO? What about Tulane? I have been trying to get the Tulane and University of Southern Mississippi (friend works there) websites for 2 days and haven't been able to bring up a thing. "
Well, since those websites are run and hosted on computers on campus, it's not surprising that they're down. As far as I know, the colleges are OK, or have relocated students.
Might be 12 weeks before there is electricity - if ever.
The understanding that I had was that the students were evacuated to Jackson State University up in Jackson, but I would know the first thing about how to contact people associated with the school.
Here is the info I have from Tulane.
August 30, 11:45 a.m.
Dear Tulane Faculty, Staff, Students and Friends
As you all know by now, New Orleans and the surrounding parishes were severely damaged by Hurricane Katrina. The physical damage to the area, including Tulane’s campuses, was extensive.
Unfortunately, conditions in the city continue to deteriorate, making it virtually impossible to begin recovery efforts. On a very positive note, in Tulane’s case, we are very thankful that all of our people are safe, including all the students and staff who evacuated to Jackson, Mississippi.
We have started the process of assessing the condition of our campus facilities and determining how long it will take us to reopen. This assessment process will take days because many of the answers will be determined by how quickly the city and its services become operational. The situation is further complicated by the fact that there is no power in the city, water levels continue to rise, all city roads are blocked, and the vast majority of our workforce had to leave the parish as part of the mandatory evacuation order. It is unclear at this time when people will be allowed to return to the city.
Given the uncertainties, we cannot determine at this time when employees and students should return to campus. We will do the best we can to keep you appraised of our situation and progress.
Also, I want to remind you that the university’s main website is not operating at this time and we do not know when we will be able to bring it back on-line. Due to this, the Tulane email system is not functioning. However, this website (emergency.tulane.edu) will continue to have the most up-to-date information about university operations and the Tulane Alert Line at 1-877-862-8080 and 1-504-862-8080 will also have the most current information available. These communication vehicles are the best source of information about Tulane since phone and cell service are unreliable.
I realize that you have many more questions than we have answers at this time. However, I’m sure you understand the complexity and difficulty of the situation we face. Nonetheless, we are determined to move forward as quickly as possible and make Tulane University an even stronger and healthier institution. We have been in New Orleans for 171 years and we look forward to another century in this great city.
Scott S. Cowen