Campus Closed at 5 pm 8/4/2008

DATE: August 04, 2008 15:16:33 CST

Document Number: 286

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

The University of Houston will close the campus at 5 p.m. today. Classes that begin at 5 p.m. or later are canceled this evening.

The UH Emergency Management Team is convening at 4 p.m. today to decide whether the university will be open Tuesday. Information will be posted on the home page at http://www.uh.edu/ and an email and/or voice message will be sent to students, faculty and staff beginning at 5 p.m.

If you have not updated your emergency contact information, please do so immediately by going to:

Students:

http://piersystem.com/go/doc/1093/155709/

Faculty/Staff:

http://piersystem.com/go/doc/1093/155718/

A hurricane watch for Tropical Storm Edouard remains in effect for the Upper Texas Gulf Coast down to Port O'Connor, an area that includes Houston. Current predictions call for the center of the storm to be very near the coast of Southwestern Louisiana or the Upper Texas coast early Tuesday morning. Some increase in strength is expected and Edouard may reach hurricane status as it reaches the coastline.

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