Students got a different kind of wake-up call this morning. The LSU community was taken by surprise as a major storm hit.
With 1.48 inches of rain and winds up to 62 mph, the dangers proved to be so much that students received alerts from LSU through text and email telling them to stay inside and take cover.
Rain, hail, and tornadoes blew into Baton Rouge, threw students into disarray, and canceled classes. 
“We evacuated our classroom, and we all piled into the music room of South Hall,” mass communication freshman Caroline Boutte said. “It was really scary. Everyone was calling their moms and trying to let them know what was going on.”
More than anything, the LSU community is thankful for the university’s quick response to the storm and for the constant updates throughout the day. Manship School of Mass Communication professor Roxanne Dill gave her opinion on how LSU did regarding today’s events.
“They did a good job under the circumstances,” Dill said. “Everyone got a text message all at one time. If the computer was open, they saw their warnings.”
Now that this morning’s storms have passed, it is time to asses the damage and start the cleanup process.
“The majority of [the damage] has been mainly flooding that’s being cleaned up…and then a lot of debris, as you probably see as you travel through the campus,” explained Dave Maharrey, Associate Executive Director for Facility & Utility Services. “The cleaning up the flooding, that’ll be done today. If there’s any areas that are damaged, then that’ll take a little longer.”
Facility services state that no major damage was done, and facilities should be ready for classes to resume tomorrow.