Hurricane Floyd, now just a tropical storm, passed through the Boston area yesterday, leaving flooded streets and a few inundated basements and courtyards.
According to the National Weather Service, Massachusetts was expecting 5 to 7 inches of rain by midnight last night, with conditions to improve by this morning. Wind speeds were projected at up to 45 to 50 miles per hour, with harder gusts possible.
Although the minor flooding on the Harvard campus does not approach the damage further south, the storm has not left the University unscathed.
"We're getting a little water in the basement...and I imagine we're going to get some more," said Matt P. Stec, superintendent of Leverett House.
Last night saw several inches of standing water in the courtyards of Quincy and Kirkland Houses and the lower-lying areas of the Quad.
The Freshman Dean's office was forced to cancel several of the "Through the Gates" excursions it offers for first-years yesterday due to the storm, according to Elizabeth S. Nathans, dean of freshmen. "We fear that several more may meet the same fate on Friday."
The storm will also force the annual President's Barbecue indoors.
"The format and venue of the President's Barbecues on Saturday and Sunday evenings will change, again because holding a large event in the Radcliffe Yard following so severe a storm would cause damage to the grass," Nathans said.
"President Rudenstine will come to Annenberg on both Saturday and Sunday evenings, to meet and talk with first year students," she said.
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