Tornado Shelter Locations

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Please remember to stay away from glass windows in any of the locations listed below. The shelter areas in these buildings are accessible anytime that the outside building doors are open.

  • Alumni and Foundation:  First floor restrooms, break room, mail room and inner hallway Alternate Phone-a-Thon room
  • Andreas Observatory:  Under the Telescope, corridor and restrooms
  • Armstrong Hall:  Basement corridors, restrooms and classrooms #4, 29, 38A and 45
  • Blakeslee Stadium:  Grounds Shop west bleachers/Taylor Center basement, corridors and stairwells
  • Carkoski Commons (Residence Hall):  North and West basement corridors
  • Crawford Center (Residence Hall)Laundry room in Crawford Center, North and West basement corridors in Carkoski Commons basement
  • Gage Complex (Residence Hall)Interior restrooms, kitchens and A&B stairs on floors 1-7
  • Highland Complex:  Otto Arena restrooms/locker rooms, Myers Field House restrooms
  • Highland North:  Highland North West corridor and locker rooms (additional locations in Highland Complex and Trafton)
  • McElroy Complex (Residence Hall):  McElroy laundry rooms, basement corridor to H and I wings and McElroy service tunnel (access through F, G, H, I basements)
  • Memorial Library:  Stairwells - basement level
  • Morris Hall:  East stairwell - first floor landing and basement, MH102, MH103 and MH east stairwell
  • Nelson Hall / Conkling:  Lower level - corridor and restrooms (Conkling occupants should use Nelson Hall shelters)
  • Pennington Hall:  Restrooms
  • Performing Arts and Andreas Theater:  Basement, restrooms, and Andreas Theater basement
  • Student Union and AdditionBasement includes bowling alley, billiards, table tennis, game room (Secondary shelter for after hours is the NW corner stairwell)
  • Taylor Center:  Basement, corridors and stairwells
  • Trafton Center:  First floor corridor and center lecture hall rooms C122, C123, and C128 away from the windows
  • Trafton East:  First floor corridor south wall outside rooms  E120-E123 and restrooms
  • Utility Plant:  Restroom
  • Wiecking CenterBasement mechanical room, restrooms
  • Wigley Administration Center:  Restrooms (additional location in Student Union—SU Basement includes bowling alley, billiards, table tennis, game room and restrooms)
  • Wissink Hall:  ACC classrooms #115-116 and #125-125A and restrooms (266) (additional location in Trafton first floor corridor and center lecture halls)