{"id":16,"date":"2019-07-22T16:34:43","date_gmt":"2019-07-22T16:34:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wcsu.wpengine.com\/alert\/?page_id=16"},"modified":"2025-11-19T15:26:30","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T20:26:30","slug":"information","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/alert\/information\/","title":{"rendered":"Emergency \/ Weather Alert Information"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the event of a severe weather situation or an emergency, the Emergency \/ Weather Alert banner will appear at the top of the WestConn homepage to provide the university community with easy access to the details of the weather event or emergency.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Example of a\u00a0Emergency \/ Weather Alert on the WestConn Homepage:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-17\" src=\"http:\/\/wcsu.wpengine.com\/alert\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/191\/2019\/07\/example-of-alert-1024x537.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"589\" height=\"309\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/alert\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/191\/2019\/07\/example-of-alert-1024x537.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/alert\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/191\/2019\/07\/example-of-alert-300x157.png 300w, https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/alert\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/191\/2019\/07\/example-of-alert-768x403.png 768w, https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/alert\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/191\/2019\/07\/example-of-alert.png 1832w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 589px) 100vw, 589px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Snow restrictions:<\/strong>\u00a0students, faculty, and staff must move their vehicles from all surface lots including University Boulevard during snow storms. This restriction is for the facilitation of the snow removal process.\u00a0<u><strong>Failure to move vehicles from these areas may result in towing<\/strong>.<\/u><\/p>\n<p>The emergency \/ weather alert is the official notification of a closing or delay at the university.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Weather Resources:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Emergency \/ Weather Alert URL:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/wcsu.edu\/alert\/\">www.wcsu.edu\/alert<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wcsu.edu\/weather\/\">WCSU Weather Center<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Police services phone number: (203) 837-9300 (24\/7) or 911<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>A delay, cancellation or closing also will be announced on the following media:<\/strong><\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"95%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<h4>TV Stations:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>WVIT TV 30 Hartford, CT<\/li>\n<li>WFSB TV 3 Hartford, CT<\/li>\n<li>WTNH TV 8 New Haven, CT<\/li>\n<li>WTIC-TV Fox 61 Hartford, CT<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>AM Stations:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>WLAD 800 Danbury, CT<\/li>\n<li>WCBS AM 880 New York, NY<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<h4>Websites:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ctweather.com\/ian-school-cancellations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CTWeather.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>FM Stations:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>WXCI FM 91.7 W.C.S.U.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Social Media:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/yourusername\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@WESTCONN<\/a>\u00a0(Instagram)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/westconn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@WestConn<\/a>\u00a0 (Facebook)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the event of a severe weather situation or an emergency, the Emergency \/ Weather Alert banner will appear at the top of the WestConn homepage to provide the university community with easy access to the details of the weather &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":324,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-16","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-16 03:36:24","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/alert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/alert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/alert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/alert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/324"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/alert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/alert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/alert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}