Tornado Safety on Campus

If Campus Safety notifies you that the College is under a tornado warning, whether by phone or the city’s tornado sirens, immediately proceed to your building’s designated shelter area. Do not delay.

Once inside the shelter:

• Get under a sturdy piece of furniture, such as a desk or bed, and use your arms to protect your head and neck.

• Stay away from windows and unsecured objects that could become hazards.

• Remain sheltered until the wind has clearly subsided. Oberlin does not issue an “all clear” signal.

   

Do not leave the building during a tornado.
If someone insists on leaving, make sure they understand they do so at their own risk.

Tornado Shelter Areas by Building:

• 137 Elm: Basement

• Allencroft: Basement

• Bailey: First floor hallway away from windows & exterior doors

• Baldwin: Basement

• Barnard: First floor hallway away from windows & exterior doors

• Barrows: First floor hallway away from windows & exterior doors

• Burton: Basement

• East: First floor hallway away from windows & exterior doors

• Fairchild: Basement hallway

• Firelands: Basement

• Harkness: Basement, away from exterior doors & windows

• Harvey: First floor hallway away from windows & exterior doors

• Johnson: Basement

• Kade: Hallway near Old Dining Room

• Kahn: Basement

• Keep: First floor hallway away from windows & doors

• Langston: First floor, east hallway away from exterior doors

• Lord: First floor hallway away from windows & exterior doors

• Noah: Basement

• Old Barrows: First floor away from windows & exterior doors

• Price: Hallway near Old Dining Room

• Quadrangle: Basement

• Saunders: First floor hallway away from windows & exterior doors

• South: Basement or first floor hallway away from windows & exterior doors

• Talcott: Basement

• Tank: Basement

• Woodland: TBD (watch for posted signs)

• Zechiel: First floor hallway away from windows & exterior doors

Stay alert and prepared; your safety depends on it.

If you have questions or concerns about tornado safety on campus, contact Campus Safety at (440) 775-8444.