If you are not able to fully vacate your room when an emergency closing of your residence hall is announced, at a minimum please assure that within 24-48 hours you:

• Take your valuables and other important property and any items you may need during the emergency closing; you will not have access to your room during the closing
• Dispose of perishable food and unplug your refrigerator, leaving its door open
• Remove trash, recyclables, and debris from your room
• Leave your bed clean and clear of all belongings
• Move all personal property off the floor and into your desk, dresser or closet shelves (in case of pipe break, flooding)
• Unplug all electrical appliances
• Close and lock doors and windows before you leave
• Return keys to your Service Desk, if so instructed

In the aftermath of an emergency closing of residence halls:

• Keep informed about the University's status and plans for reopening by bookmarking the University's home page www.umd.edu and www.resnet.umd.edu on your computer, asking your family and friends to do the same, and monitoring media reports
• Act on your financial contingency plans, including how you will respond to bills that are due, obtain pay that is owed to you by an employer, meet your living expenses, meet any special expenses associated with travel and relocation, etc.
• Keep all of your contact information up-to-date by making any changes or corrections at www.testudo.umd.edu.
• During an extreme emergency and at the direction of state or federal authorities, the University may provide temporary lodging for displaced individuals in campus buildings, including the residence halls. Given this potential, it is best that you remove all your property at the time you leave campus. The University can make no guarantees that belongings you leave behind can be relocated to storage.