Monday, November 13, 2017

Weather story Ryan Sahlin

As the alarm echoes off the walls of his room, Corey Joergens reaches for it, quickly shutting it off while checking the weather app on his phone. He begrudgingly rolls out of bed and stares at his open closet. 

He grabs shorts than pants than shorts again.
Finally, he decides on sweatpants and begins to get ready for the rest of his day. Unfortunately, this decision to wear pants usually backfires leaving Joergens sweating throughout the day. 

 

November has brought with it some unpredictable weather, fluctuating between extremely warm and cold temperatures, sometimes within the same day.
Although the weather may seem like a minute and unimportant detail for some, for students who are out and going to class, the fluctuating temperatures can be frustrating.

It's inconvenient. It’s warm when it should be cold” Joergens states explaining that when it is seventy degrees outside he can’t decide if it is fall or still summer.

  This is what makes figuring out what to wear challenging for students that are always moving around campus. Not only do you have to plan for the temperature outside of the classroom but you also have to take into account the temperature of the buildings that you will be spending your time in.

According to Joergens, the lecture halls can get hot especially if there are no windows.

“This is probably the worst part, it takes a week or so for the school to transition between the hot and cold weather.” Joergens says. For students, this can mean that they can be freezing when they get to class, but hot while they are inside the classroom.

The change in the weather isn’t just an inconvenience.  For some students, the weather can also take a toll on their health. Anna Convery explains that this type of weather always makes her sick.

“When it’s hot one day and cold the next, it messes with my sinuses and I always end up getting a cold.”  Whenever the seasons change, Convery can tell that she is going to get sick because she will start to feel like she always wants to sleep. Then she starts to feel “crummy”. The worst part is, she knows she must continue doing the things she needs to do and can’t afford to take a break.

 She explains that even though she would like to be able to plan for each day’s changing weather, most of the time she ends up winging it leaving her uncomfortable most of the time. If she dresses for warm weather she is cold and if she dresses for cold weather she is hot .

The answer to dealing with the changing temperature may be a lot easier than one would think. Frank Maguire explains that when the weather is like this, he is always in a sweatshirt and shorts. This way he is still comfortable.

This allows him to throw a sweatshirt on if he is cold and put it in his backpack if he is warm.  This may be the simplest solution when it comes to dealing with the weather in November. 


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