{"success":true,"data":{"pressRelease":{"id":"163640","rtpr_id":"nBw86X43Za-20261007","ticker":"UHAL","exchange":"NYSE","all_tickers":["UHAL"],"title":"U-Haul Offers Disaster Relief in 4 States Ahead of Projected Hurricane Isaias","author":"Business Wire","published_at":"2026-10-07T21:06:00.102Z","article_body":"U-Haul Offers Disaster Relief in 4 States Ahead of Projected Hurricane Isaias\n\nSix U-Haul(®) Companies spanning the northern Gulf Coast and all of Alabama\nand Mississippi are proactively offering 30 days of free self-storage and\nU-Box(®) container use at 93 stores in Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, and\nMississippi to residents in the path of Isaias, an intensifying tropical storm\nthat is expected to make landfall as a hurricane.\n\nThis press release features multimedia. View the full release here:\nhttps://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20261007067521/en/\n(https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20261007067521/en/)\n\nU-Haul is proactively offering 30 days of free self-storage and U-Box®\ncontainer use to residents in the path of projected Hurricane Isaias.\n\nForecast models indicate Isaias could become a Category 2 storm and impact\ncoastal cities beginning Friday with severe storm surge, winds in excess of\n100 mph, torrential rainfall, and widespread flooding. Alabama and Mississippi\nare expected to see heavy rain inland throughout those states.\n\nResidents and businesses often need storage as they prepare for these storms\nor deal with clean-up and recovery afterward. Access to self-storage units and\nportable storage containers is critical to communities when natural disasters\nstrike.\n\nU-Haul is ready to help anyone who needs a dry, secure storage solution at no\ncost for one month.\n\nThe 30 days free offer applies to new self-storage\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.uhaul.com%2FStorage%2F&esheet=54618142&newsitemid=20261007067521&lan=en-US&anchor=self-storage&index=1&md5=7015480bcef96f8a066655f96fef738d)\nand U-Box rentals and is based on availability. The U-Box offer is for on-site\nstorage at participating facilities; delivery is available for a modest fee.\n\nPlease reference the list below for cities where U-Haul locations\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.uhaul.com%2FLocations%2F&esheet=54618142&newsitemid=20261007067521&lan=en-US&anchor=U-Haul+locations&index=2&md5=e32a9bc2446d29612c11097d59fef384)\nare offering the disaster relief program. Stop by any U-Haul-owned and\n-operated facility in these cities or call the nearest regional office to\narrange 30 days of free storage.\n\nALABAMA\n\nU-Haul Co. of Central Alabama\n\nStore locations (16): Auburn, Birmingham, Dothan, Enterprise, Montgomery,\nPelham, Prattville, Vestavia Hills\n\n(205) 979-3013\n\nU-Haul Co. of Northern Alabama\n\nStore locations (17): Birmingham, Cottondale, Decatur, Florence, Fultondale,\nGadsden, Guntersville, Huntsville, Madison, Oxford, Tuscaloosa\n\n(256) 217-9696\n\nU-Haul Co. of Southern Alabama\n\nStore locations (17): Elberta, Fort Walton Beach (Fla.), Milton (Fla.),\nMobile, Panama City (Fla.), Panama City Beach (Fla.), Pensacola (Fla.),\nRobertsdale\n\n(800) 633-6819\n\nFLORIDA\n\nU-Haul Co. of Tallahassee\n\nStore locations (15): Jacksonville, Lake City, Middleburg, Orange Park,\nTallahassee\n\n(866) 723-3056\n\nLOUISIANA\n\nU-Haul Co. of Southern Louisiana\n\nStore locations (16): Gretna, Hammond, Harvey, Houma, Kenner, Marrero,\nMetairie, New Orleans, Slidell\n\n(504) 245-1282\n\nMISSISSIPPI\n\nU-Haul Co. of Mississippi\n\nStore locations (12): Biloxi, Gulfport, Hattiesburg, Jackson, Meridian,\nPascagoula, Pearl, Tupelo\n\n(601) 352-2602\n\nIn addition to its 30 days free self-storage disaster relief program, U-Haul\nis proud to be at the forefront of aiding communities in times of need as an\nofficial American Red Cross Disaster Responder.\n\nFor customers needing storage beyond the free period, the U-Haul 1-Year Price\nLock is now available at 2,100 Company-owned facilities across the U.S. and\nCanada. Fixed-rate storage ensures at least 12 months with no price increase\non your rental unit, and U-Haul never charges admin fees or deposits. Learn\nmore at uhaul.com/Storage/1-Year-Price-Lock\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.uhaul.com%2FStorage%2F1-Year-Price-Lock&esheet=54618142&newsitemid=20261007067521&lan=en-US&anchor=uhaul.com%2FStorage%2F1-Year-Price-Lock&index=3&md5=a59cb591f812faa7d2108ae0ea4c14d0)\n.\n\nAbout U-HAUL\n\nFounded in 1945, U-Haul is the No. 1 choice of do-it-yourself movers with more\nthan 25,000 rental locations across all 50 states and 10 Canadian provinces.\nThe U-Haul app makes it easy for customers to use U-Haul Truck Share 24/7 to\naccess trucks anytime through the self-dispatch and -return options on their\nsmartphones with our patented Live Verify technology. Our customers’\npatronage has enabled the U-Haul fleet to grow to approximately 207,600\ntrucks, 136,500 trailers and 43,200 towing devices. U-Haul, which offers rate\ntransparency to self-storage customers through its 1-Year Price Lock, is the\nthird largest storage operator in North America with 1,147,300 rentable\nstorage units and 100.3 million square feet of self-storage space at owned and\nmanaged facilities. U-Haul is the top retailer of propane in the U.S. and the\nlargest installer of permanent trailer hitches in the automotive aftermarket\nindustry. Get the U-Haul app from the App Store\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fapps.apple.com%2Fus%2Fapp%2Fu-haul-moving-made-easier%2Fid989307692&esheet=54618142&newsitemid=20261007067521&lan=en-US&anchor=App+Store&index=4&md5=0206078f2b3c28ad99f956b994665460)\nor Google Play\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fplay.google.com%2Fstore%2Fapps%2Fdetails%3Fid%3Dcom.uhaul.android.myuhaul%26hl%3Den_US&esheet=54618142&newsitemid=20261007067521&lan=en-US&anchor=Google+Play&index=5&md5=28fff59a6cdbb4c60e0bc5e0a656d9d9)\n.\n\n\n\nView source version on businesswire.com:\nhttps://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20261007067521/en/\n(https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20261007067521/en/)\n\nDillon Rosenblatt\n\nE-mail: publicrelations@uhaul.com \n(mailto:publicrelations@uhaul.com) \nPhone: 602-263-6194\n\nWebsite: uhaul.com\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.uhaul.com%2F&esheet=54618142&newsitemid=20261007067521&lan=en-US&anchor=uhaul.com&index=6&md5=e46a8a7ab5f71e0c8fbafcbf2f4b4819)\n\n\nCopyright Business Wire 2026","article_body_html":"","raw_payload":{"data":{"id":"nBw86X43Za-20261007","title":"U-Haul Offers Disaster Relief in 4 States Ahead of Projected Hurricane Isaias","author":"Business Wire","ticker":"UHAL","created":"2026-10-07T21:06:00.102Z","tickers":["UHAL"],"exchange":"NYSE","article_body":"U-Haul Offers Disaster Relief in 4 States Ahead of Projected Hurricane Isaias\n\nSix U-Haul(®) Companies spanning the northern Gulf Coast and all of Alabama\nand Mississippi are proactively offering 30 days of free self-storage and\nU-Box(®) container use at 93 stores in Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, and\nMississippi to residents in the path of Isaias, an intensifying tropical storm\nthat is expected to make landfall as a hurricane.\n\nThis press release features multimedia. View the full release here:\nhttps://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20261007067521/en/\n(https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20261007067521/en/)\n\nU-Haul is proactively offering 30 days of free self-storage and U-Box®\ncontainer use to residents in the path of projected Hurricane Isaias.\n\nForecast models indicate Isaias could become a Category 2 storm and impact\ncoastal cities beginning Friday with severe storm surge, winds in excess of\n100 mph, torrential rainfall, and widespread flooding. Alabama and Mississippi\nare expected to see heavy rain inland throughout those states.\n\nResidents and businesses often need storage as they prepare for these storms\nor deal with clean-up and recovery afterward. Access to self-storage units and\nportable storage containers is critical to communities when natural disasters\nstrike.\n\nU-Haul is ready to help anyone who needs a dry, secure storage solution at no\ncost for one month.\n\nThe 30 days free offer applies to new self-storage\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.uhaul.com%2FStorage%2F&esheet=54618142&newsitemid=20261007067521&lan=en-US&anchor=self-storage&index=1&md5=7015480bcef96f8a066655f96fef738d)\nand U-Box rentals and is based on availability. The U-Box offer is for on-site\nstorage at participating facilities; delivery is available for a modest fee.\n\nPlease reference the list below for cities where U-Haul locations\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.uhaul.com%2FLocations%2F&esheet=54618142&newsitemid=20261007067521&lan=en-US&anchor=U-Haul+locations&index=2&md5=e32a9bc2446d29612c11097d59fef384)\nare offering the disaster relief program. Stop by any U-Haul-owned and\n-operated facility in these cities or call the nearest regional office to\narrange 30 days of free storage.\n\nALABAMA\n\nU-Haul Co. of Central Alabama\n\nStore locations (16): Auburn, Birmingham, Dothan, Enterprise, Montgomery,\nPelham, Prattville, Vestavia Hills\n\n(205) 979-3013\n\nU-Haul Co. of Northern Alabama\n\nStore locations (17): Birmingham, Cottondale, Decatur, Florence, Fultondale,\nGadsden, Guntersville, Huntsville, Madison, Oxford, Tuscaloosa\n\n(256) 217-9696\n\nU-Haul Co. of Southern Alabama\n\nStore locations (17): Elberta, Fort Walton Beach (Fla.), Milton (Fla.),\nMobile, Panama City (Fla.), Panama City Beach (Fla.), Pensacola (Fla.),\nRobertsdale\n\n(800) 633-6819\n\nFLORIDA\n\nU-Haul Co. of Tallahassee\n\nStore locations (15): Jacksonville, Lake City, Middleburg, Orange Park,\nTallahassee\n\n(866) 723-3056\n\nLOUISIANA\n\nU-Haul Co. of Southern Louisiana\n\nStore locations (16): Gretna, Hammond, Harvey, Houma, Kenner, Marrero,\nMetairie, New Orleans, Slidell\n\n(504) 245-1282\n\nMISSISSIPPI\n\nU-Haul Co. of Mississippi\n\nStore locations (12): Biloxi, Gulfport, Hattiesburg, Jackson, Meridian,\nPascagoula, Pearl, Tupelo\n\n(601) 352-2602\n\nIn addition to its 30 days free self-storage disaster relief program, U-Haul\nis proud to be at the forefront of aiding communities in times of need as an\nofficial American Red Cross Disaster Responder.\n\nFor customers needing storage beyond the free period, the U-Haul 1-Year Price\nLock is now available at 2,100 Company-owned facilities across the U.S. and\nCanada. Fixed-rate storage ensures at least 12 months with no price increase\non your rental unit, and U-Haul never charges admin fees or deposits. Learn\nmore at uhaul.com/Storage/1-Year-Price-Lock\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.uhaul.com%2FStorage%2F1-Year-Price-Lock&esheet=54618142&newsitemid=20261007067521&lan=en-US&anchor=uhaul.com%2FStorage%2F1-Year-Price-Lock&index=3&md5=a59cb591f812faa7d2108ae0ea4c14d0)\n.\n\nAbout U-HAUL\n\nFounded in 1945, U-Haul is the No. 1 choice of do-it-yourself movers with more\nthan 25,000 rental locations across all 50 states and 10 Canadian provinces.\nThe U-Haul app makes it easy for customers to use U-Haul Truck Share 24/7 to\naccess trucks anytime through the self-dispatch and -return options on their\nsmartphones with our patented Live Verify technology. Our customers’\npatronage has enabled the U-Haul fleet to grow to approximately 207,600\ntrucks, 136,500 trailers and 43,200 towing devices. U-Haul, which offers rate\ntransparency to self-storage customers through its 1-Year Price Lock, is the\nthird largest storage operator in North America with 1,147,300 rentable\nstorage units and 100.3 million square feet of self-storage space at owned and\nmanaged facilities. U-Haul is the top retailer of propane in the U.S. and the\nlargest installer of permanent trailer hitches in the automotive aftermarket\nindustry. Get the U-Haul app from the App Store\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fapps.apple.com%2Fus%2Fapp%2Fu-haul-moving-made-easier%2Fid989307692&esheet=54618142&newsitemid=20261007067521&lan=en-US&anchor=App+Store&index=4&md5=0206078f2b3c28ad99f956b994665460)\nor Google Play\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fplay.google.com%2Fstore%2Fapps%2Fdetails%3Fid%3Dcom.uhaul.android.myuhaul%26hl%3Den_US&esheet=54618142&newsitemid=20261007067521&lan=en-US&anchor=Google+Play&index=5&md5=28fff59a6cdbb4c60e0bc5e0a656d9d9)\n.\n\n\n\nView source version on businesswire.com:\nhttps://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20261007067521/en/\n(https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20261007067521/en/)\n\nDillon Rosenblatt\n\nE-mail: publicrelations@uhaul.com \n(mailto:publicrelations@uhaul.com) \nPhone: 602-263-6194\n\nWebsite: uhaul.com\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.uhaul.com%2F&esheet=54618142&newsitemid=20261007067521&lan=en-US&anchor=uhaul.com&index=6&md5=e46a8a7ab5f71e0c8fbafcbf2f4b4819)\n\n\nCopyright Business Wire 2026"},"type":"article","timestamp":"2026-10-07T21:06:00.149256546Z","server_sent_at_ms":1791407160149},"received_at":"2026-10-07T21:06:00.201Z","source_url":"https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20261007067521/en/"},"analysis":{"id":"152091","press_release_id":"163640","analysis_json":{"industry":{"label":"Passenger Ground Transportation","sector":"Industrials"},"redFlags":[],"eventType":"other","narrative":"U-Haul is offering 30 days of free self-storage and U-Box container use at 93 stores across Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, and Mississippi ahead of projected Hurricane Isaias.\n\nThe storm is forecast to reach Category 2 strength with winds over 100 mph and widespread flooding beginning Friday.\n\nThe release is primarily a brand-goodwill and community-relations announcement; U-Haul also notes it is an official American Red Cross Disaster Responder and is promoting its 1-Year Price Lock program.","sentiment":"neutral","agentHooks":{"shouldPost":false,"suggestedAngle":"Hurricane disaster-relief goodwill program -- brand signal only, no financial impact disclosed."},"keyFigures":{"customDimensions":{"states":["Alabama","Florida","Louisiana","Mississippi"],"free_days":30,"stores_offering_relief":93}},"namedEntities":{"people":[{"name":"Dillon Rosenblatt","role":"public relations contact"}],"products":["U-Box","1-Year Price Lock","U-Haul Truck Share 24/7"],"companies":[{"name":"U-Haul","ticker":"UHAL","relationship":"filer"},{"name":"American Red Cross","relationship":"disaster response partner"}],"dollarAmounts":[]},"materialImpact":{"score":1,"reasoning":"Community-relations/brand goodwill announcement offering free storage ahead of a hurricane; no financial figures, guidance, or material business events disclosed."},"tickerRelevance":{"others":[],"primary":"UHAL"},"globalImportance":10,"audienceRelevance":30,"eventTypeSecondary":[],"importanceComponents":{"tickerTier":"mid-cap","eventGravity":"community-relations-announcement","householdBrandBoost":true}},"event_type":"other","event_type_secondary":null,"sentiment":"neutral","material_impact_score":1,"narrative":"U-Haul is offering 30 days of free self-storage and U-Box container use at 93 stores across Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, and Mississippi ahead of projected Hurricane Isaias.\n\nThe storm is forecast to reach Category 2 strength with winds over 100 mph and widespread flooding beginning Friday.\n\nThe release is primarily a brand-goodwill and community-relations announcement; U-Haul also notes it is an official American Red Cross Disaster Responder and is promoting its 1-Year Price Lock program.","key_figures":{"customDimensions":{"states":["Alabama","Florida","Louisiana","Mississippi"],"free_days":30,"stores_offering_relief":93}},"named_entities":{"people":[{"name":"Dillon Rosenblatt","role":"public relations contact"}],"products":["U-Box","1-Year Price Lock","U-Haul Truck Share 24/7"],"companies":[{"name":"U-Haul","ticker":"UHAL","relationship":"filer"},{"name":"American Red Cross","relationship":"disaster response partner"}],"dollarAmounts":[]},"model_name":"glm-5.3-flashx","prompt_hash":"sha256:5c812bd9e28b810d","schema_hash":"sha256:05005c02d9cffac9","created_at":"2026-10-07T21:06:04.035Z","global_importance":10,"audience_relevance":30,"importance_components":{"tickerTier":"mid-cap","eventGravity":"community-relations-announcement","householdBrandBoost":true}},"durationMs":3815,"modelName":"glm-5.3-flashx"}}