As Alabamians prepare for Tropical Storm Nate, U-Haul is preemptively offering residents free self-storage for 30 days in facilities across the state to residents who stand to be impacted by the storm and the flooding it is expected to cause.
“At this point, we are uncertain about where the storm will strike,” said Chadwick Rome, U-Haul Company of South Alabama president. “We want to proactively offer 30 days of free self-storage so that everyone is prepared. This is one way U-Haul can be a good neighbor to the communities we serve.”
Tropical Storm Nate is currently making its way through the southwestern Caribbean and is forecast to strengthen into a hurricane that could affect the U.S. Gulf Coast.
According to the National Hurricane Center, Nate could reach hurricane status as early as Saturday when it’s expected to enter the Gulf of Mexico. Its projected track shows it will make landfall as a weak Category 1 hurricane, with winds of about 80 mph, somewhere between New Orleans, and Mobile, Ala., sometime between Saturday night and Sunday morning.
The U-Haul Companies of South Alabama, Central Alabama and Northern Alabama have made 26 facilities across 14 cities available to help. Families seeking self-storage assistance should contact the nearest participating facility (locations alphabetized by city):
- U-Haul Moving & Storage of Auburn
1301 Opelika Road
Auburn, Ala. 36830
(334) 887-3412 - U-Haul Moving & Storage of Birmingham
540 Valley Ave.
Birmingham, Ala. 35209
(205) 942-6833 - U-Haul Moving & Storage at Center Point
1636 Center Point Parkway
Birmingham, Ala. 35215
(205) 854-7763 - U-Haul Moving & Storage of East Lake
7733 First Ave. N.
Birmingham, Ala. 35206
(205) 833-1208 - U-Haul Moving & Storage of Fairgrounds
3028 Bessemer Road
Birmingham, Ala. 35208
(205) 785-1524 - U-Haul Moving & Storage of Mountainbrook
3195 Hwy. 280
Birmingham, Ala. 35243
(205) 262-9115 - U-Haul Moving & Storage at Uptown
800 28th St. N.
Birmingham, Ala. 35203
(205) 730-7821 - U-Haul Moving & Storage at 6th Ave.
1802 6th Ave. SE
Decatur, Ala. 35601
(256) 350-2955 - U-Haul Moving & Storage at Montgomery Hwy.
1402 Montgomery Hwy.
Dothan, Ala. 36301
(334) 794-6681 - U-Haul Moving & Storage of Fultondale
1588 Carson Road
Fultondale, Ala. 35217
(205) 608-1103 - U-Haul Moving & Storage of Gadsden
1707 Kyle Ave.
Gadsden, Ala. 35901
(256) 543-9502 - U-Haul Moving & Storage at Putman Drive
4400 University Drive NW
Huntsville, Ala. 35816
(256) 837-0203 - U-Haul Moving & Storage at Sparkman Drive
1903 Sparkman Drive NW
Huntsville, Ala. 35816
(256) 830-6464 - U-Haul Moving & Storage at UAH Campus
4440 University Drive
Huntsville, Ala. 35816
(256) 721-6995 - U-Haul Moving & Storage of Bel Air
200 W. I-65 Service Road S.
Mobile, Ala. 36608
(251) 343-7101 - U-Haul Moving & Storage of Downtown Mobile
970 ½ Springhill Ave.
Mobile, Ala. 36604
(251) 433-1548 - U-Haul Moving & Storage of Springdale
3755 Airport Blvd.
Mobile, Ala. 36608
(251) 344-0661 - U-Haul Moving & Storage at The Loop
2507 Government St.
Mobile, Ala. 36606
(251) 476-6548 - U-Haul Moving & Storage of West End Montgomery
3138 Mobile Hwy.
Montgomery, Ala. 36108
(334) 262-7701 - U-Haul Moving & Storage of Woodmere
2525 Eastern Blvd.
Montgomery, Ala. 36117
(334) 239-0471 - U-Haul Moving & Storage of Oxford
523 Hamric Drive W
Oxford, Ala. 36203
(256) 835-9152 - U-Haul Moving & Storage at Pelham
2797 Pelham Parkway
Pelham, Ala. 35124
(205) 663-3220 - U-Haul Moving & Storage of Prattville
1221 S. Memorial Drive
Prattville, Ala. 36067
(334) 380-4348 - U-Haul Moving & Storage at Skyland Blvd.
124 Skyland Blvd. E.
Tuscaloosa, Ala. 35405
(205) 349-1353 - U-Haul Moving & Storage of Vestavia
1024 Montgomery Hwy.
Vestavia Hills, Ala. 35216
(205) 822-4932 - U-Haul Moving & Storage of Vestavia Hills
1420 Montgomery Hwy.
Vestavia Hills, Ala. 35216
(205) 978-7587
