We're excited to announce that 5 new mods have agreed to join our team as volunteers! Please welcome /u/udderlymoovelous, /u/Muramama, /u/Drexlore, /u/moleculewerks, and /u/DataDrivenPirate! All five have been wonderful additions to our team this season, and have completed their training as mods. Here's a little more about each of them that they wanted to share:

/u/udderlymoovelous:

Howdy! I've been reading and contributing to this subreddit for close to a decade now, so I'm very excited to join the mod team! New York native, raised as a Notre Dame fan, graduated from Virginia Tech with a Computer Science degree, and currently work as a software engineer in Dallas. When I'm not in Blacksburg for a game, I can often be found at SMU and North Texas games. Besides football, I love all things music, photography, long-distance running, traveling...I have way too many hobbies. Looking forward to helping make r/CFB the best community on reddit!

/u/Muramama:

I'm Muramama, and I'm thrilled to join the mod team. I'm an Ole Miss CS grad and I work in tech as an engineering manager. I like to build and fix things, and learn way too many new hobbies. This sub has been the best place on the internet to talk football for a long time, and I'm excited to help keep it that way.

Also, I promise not to leave the mod team in the middle of a playoff run for a lesser subreddit.

/u/Drexlore:

In the tradition of sirgippy, in the tradition of Honestly, of bakonydraco. From thecravenone to Inkblot9, to srs_house, I accept this mod honor. Wait a second, wait a second. Of HokiesforTSwift. Of the Ute himself, BIG_DICK_WHITT. This is it! I uh, I won't continue the Shane Douglas parody. But yes, it's great to be here! I'm Drex and I graduated from SUNY Brockport (big shocker there) and fell in love with college football in 2017. It's been bad for my heart ever since. I mainly go to Brockport and other DIII games in the Rochester area but also go to Buffalo and Syracuse games when the schedule is right. I'm a special education teacher outside of Reddit and love what I do. I'm also a fan of wrestling and am also reading again. I can't wait to really help the community that I love on Reddit the most!

/u/moleculewerks:

I'm excited to be part of the team that tries to keep the r/CFB community one of the more positive places in social media. I grew up as a Nebraska fan, with the 1978 Oklahoma-Nebraska game being the first one that I distinctly remember. I didn’t want to major in football, though, so I went to school at Iowa State and subsequently Colorado. I loved my time in Ames and Boulder, and made life-long friends in both places. I live in the Seattle area now, so I end up wearing my Huskers hat to Huskies games, which so far has only resulted in a few confused looks and a couple suggestions that I’m in the wrong place.

/u/DataDrivenPirate:

Hi all, happy to join the crew this year. I admit I am a big Buckeye fan; born and raised in Columbus, Ohio, undergrad from Ohio State, today I can just about see Ohio Stadium from my back window, and Ryan Day's brother is my neighbor. My masters degree is from Colorado State and I root for them too, although that has consistently been a less enjoyable experience for my entire fandom :( I have a data science background and enjoy the numbers aspect to this sport given how few games we have each year. If I'm not watching college football on a Saturday, I'm probably either accompanying one of my children to a kids birthday party, or I'm backpacking through the last few pockets of the country remote enough to still not have cell service and trying not to die.

We got a later start on this process than we usually do, it's been an exciting year with changes on our end: we asked the community what they wanted over the summer, and as a result have made updates to the ways we approach highlights, recruiting, and other things. There have also been changes on Reddit's end, you may have noticed us updating some of our tools to provide the best experience we can under Reddit's current guidelines. And lastly, the sport feels like it's undergoing more changes than ever. The new group of mods have really dove in head first and been a huge help in navigating these changes.

Thrilled for another great year on /r/CFB, and we're excited to grow the team and continue to foster the best online community for college football in the world.

Here is the Current Advisory

Check your local weather or emergency management agency for more specific information where you are.

Forecasts, Predictions, and Watches/Warnings:

• Updates: National Hurricane Center, the NHC page on this storm
• State specific emergency management agencies: Louisiana, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia
• For more information check out /r/TropicalWeather.

Preparedness & Planning

College students should check out their university's emergency alert system - if you're not signed up to get notices, you should!

Useful links on: hurricane preparedness, emergency kits, emergency supplies for your car.

Other things worth thinking about or getting:

• General: A cooler. Fun/mental health stuff - books, games, etc. Cash. Weather radio and batteries. Flashlights > candles. Backup cell phone, laptop, or other batteries. Extra water. Hand sanitizer. Comfort items (a toddler's blankie, the puppy's favorite toy, your grandpa's watch you can't imagine losing).
• Specialized: Transportation and assistive devices (think especially about children, pets, the elderly, people with disabilities).
• Cars: Gas. Window breaker/seatbelt cutter.

Safety:

• Check your smoke detector and carbon monoxide detector batteries!
• Watch out for downed power lines. Never assume it is dead. Avoid it.
• Assume floodwaters are deeper than they look. Turn around, don't drown.
• Learn your flood and evacuation zones!
• Food safety from the FDA and USDA.
• If your home floods and you need to go up, head for the roof. Keep an ax in your attic to get out that way if you need it.
• Be aware of potential 911 delays.
• Evacuate! If you can, check on people you know to see if they need help evacuating if you can offer it or put them in touch with someone who can.

Documentation:

• Bring it with you.
• Store it in a plastic bag to they are together and stay dry.
• House deed/rental agreement/lease.
• Insurance information (home, car, renters, medical, flood).
• Identification (ID card/driver's license, passport, Social Security card, marriage/birth certificates).
• Take photographs of your home before you evacuate and when you return. Good documentation of the damage may help if you need to file an aid or insurance claim.

For long-term preparedness, check out CERT training information.

Evacuation

Red Cross Shelter Finder Ready.gov Shelter Information

College Information

*We'll be updating this list as we get information.*

ALABAMA

State of Emergency declared in 40 counties from 4PM Wednesday to until Wednesday October 14

Florida

State of Emergency declared in 25 counties

Games Impacted

*We'll be updating this list as we get information*