“Other than that, I haven’t really done that much,” he added.

Anthropology professor Theodore C. Bestor and his wife prepared for Hurricane Sandy by collecting emergency supplies.

“It looks like it’s gonna be a storm that’s larger than anything that’s hit this part of the world for a while, so better safe than sorry,” Bestor said.

In an email, Professor Homi K. Bhabha wrote that the storm gave him a chance to catch up on his writing.

Bhabha wrote he also had planned a dinner party for Monday evening that would include “a dark and delicious braise of beef, pearl onions, spices and red-wine.”

When asked whether he thought canceling classes was disruptive, Bhabha said “not at all” and thought the administration’s actions were “absolutely appropriate, particularly for those who don’t live nearby.”

Government professor Daniel Carpenter wrote in an email that he found the day depressing, in part because of the inclement weather, but also because he watched his “beloved Tigers get swept by the Giants last night” in the World Series.

But Carpenter said the day off gave him a chance to spend time with his family.

“My children are home from school today, and so I got to play with them,” Carpenter said. “But then both of them humiliated me in Wii.”

—Staff writer Samuel Y. Weinstock can be reached at sweinstock@college.harvard.edu.