Tropical storm Emily presented us with a red alert this morning. Luckily we were able to string most of the wires in The College of Law yesterday so that Lee and Chris were able to install the wireless routers without us today. The hotel is being boarded up with large sheets of wood, and I was surprised to see that the hotel staff had moved the furniture from me patio into my room. A letter of explanation and plan of action was left on my bed explaining what to do should we encounter high speed winds. The letter stated that should a hurricane occur we should not panic and to avoid the lobby area (which is large and open to the outside), also we should secure our belongings and remove all possible flying objects. I felt safe knowing that the hotel had warned all of the guests about the storm and had taken the appropriate precautions.

Haiti Project (Video Clip)

In preparation for tomorrow, many of the computer savvy students helped configure access points in the hotel since we were unable to travel due to the red alert today. Tomorrow is going to be a busy day. We have most of the wires set up in The College of Sciences and once we finish up there we must do a full installation at The College of Humanities a few minutes away. Hopefully Emily will have moved on by 6:30 am when we plan to leave tomorrow morning!

Brian Michaud