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news from UNC by the sea
NOVEMBER, 1984
UNCW remembers Hurricane Diana
Advance preparations by many depart
ments, along with positive and cooperative
teamwork of support services, aided to mini
mize Hurricane Diana’s damage to UNCW.
As classes and campus activities came to a
halt on September 11, physical plant and
campus police staffs, along with UNCW
ROTC cadets, put into action disaster preven
tion measures planned at least a full day
before.
Pre-cut pieces of plyboard for window pro
tection and an adequate supply of food were
two valuable aids readily available due to ad
vance planning by campus staff.
As the storm reached the Wilmington coast,
campus police and physical plant personnel,
assisted by ROTC volunteers, worked dili
gently to control campus damages from high
winds and heavy rains.
When telephone service and electrical
power faded, campus police maintained vital
outside communications through police
radios, and cafeteria personnel heated meals
on gas stoves and sterno burners.
Approximately 1200 students remained in
on-campus housing during the hurricane.
Tree loss and water damage in some
buildings were the most visible scars of
Diana’s force. Hinton James building,
undergoing renovation at the time of Diana,
Trask Coliseum and Morton and Hoggard
halls suffered water leakage. Belk and
Galloway residence halls also had some water
damage.
Physical plant personnel assess campus
damages to total approximately $26,000.
Campus cleanup is now underway and
classes are back on schedule; nonetheless, the
efforts of those working beyond the call of
duty during Hurricane Diana will long be
remembered.
M. CunnlngKan
“When it rains, it pours” proved true with Hurricane Diana dropping gallons of water on
the campus. Combined with high winds, the rain left puddles and uprooted trees for students
to dodge.
P. Larrick
Physical plant crews work to eliminate
Diana’s debris from over 70 uprooted trees.
M. Cunningham
Tennis court fences bend to the force of
Diana’s high winds.
M. Cunningham
UNCW ROTC cadets, serving as volunteers,
control flooding In campus buildings.