The University has begun preparing for Hurricane Hilary, which is expected to make landfall in Los Angeles over the weekend as a weaker system, Associate Senior Vice President Erroll Southers announced in a communitywide email Friday.
“We are closely monitoring the path of the storm, and our critical response teams are actively preparing in advance of when it arrives in the Los Angeles area,” Southers wrote.
Facilities Planning and Management, the Department of Public Safety, Fire Safety and Emergency Planning, and USC Housing are all implementing severe weather protocols.
Proactive measures currently taking place include clearing storm drains, monitoring generators, staging sandbags and securing windows, Southers wrote. The Emergency Operations Center will also be on standby, to be deployed as needed.
