7,000 Students. 68 Very Expensive Airplanes. A Dog Named Jasper. How a University Evacuated Before Hurricane Dorian Hit.

More than a week ago, Randell Barry began seeing indications that a powerful storm might affect Daytona Beach, Fla. He alerted colleagues at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University: Might need to move the planes. In the days that followed, he and other faculty members in the meteorology department helped school officials plan for Hurricane Dorian, trying to gauge the storm’s path, strength and timing.