Hurricane Preparedness
AUC has taken the highest precautionary measures to ensure the safety and well being of all those on its medical campus in St. Maarten.
The AUC campus and buildings:
- Are designed by a leading South Florida architectural firm
- Built to withstand a category 4 hurricane
- Have been constructed with 12” thick reinforced roof concrete slabs (industry standard is 6”)
- Are designed to use impact resistant glass windows to withstand hurricane winds
- Are provided with electricity by an on-campus power generator that operates 24 hours per day
- Are provided with water by a desalination plant that produces up to 50,000 gallons per day
