<p>You scared me! U of C is not on D's college list and neither is Northwestern(lol)</p>
<p>Well....It's not any different than High School. There are just certain prcedures to follow. When the sirens go off, go to the lowest floor. Not much more to do!!</p>
<p>I did think it was kind of funny though, when I checked my DePauw email and saw a message informing everyone of a tornado warning. I don't know about anyone else, but if there's bad weather, I'd be listening for tornado sirens, not checking my email!</p>
<p>pshh thats weak, it doesnt take long for your body to aclimate to it from living in california (and you have a slow gradual change since if you go to school in chicago, you will be there in warm, sunny september)</p>
<p>I went to the University of Illinois U/C for one year of graduate school. In the spring 1I got a house taken off over my head in a mean-motor-scooter F4 tornado. If I hadn't happened to be standing at the southwest door of the ranch horse barn and saw it coming , 14 people would have died (me included). You would not believe the damage, or how the basement walls shook, or the windows exploded, or the pipes burst. After that experience, I finally understood polytheism - the Tornado God hates people - you pray to him to STAY AWAY!</p>
<p>As you know, sirens do not exist in every town, the weather service is often surprised, and tornados can show up at night if the front comes through then - no warning. If you go to school in the midwest, pay heed to the threat.</p>
<p>University of Alaska Fairbanks - gets to 40 below pretty regularly in Jan-Feb, and as low as 60 below. How do we handle it? We burn LOTS of fossil fuel!;-) What's worse is the darkness!</p>
<p>I beg to differ about the mid-atlantics not having any clue about hurricanes - that area has been highly impacted from some severe storms - rain/wind/snow/ice - Hurricane Floyd, Fran, Isabel - they all left devistatio behind - maybe not like in Florida - but none the less....</p>
<p>man i cant imagine going to school in alaska. i would think that would be the most brutal, not only cold but the darkness! how do you deal with that? is depression really high up there? cus i dont think i would be able to make it through a college winter without much sunlight.</p>
<p>How many tornadoes do they actually get in Southern Indiana. Dang ... I didn't even think about that ...</p>
<p>hey, remember, Virginia had that massive Earthquake awhile ago too!</p>
<p>we are fearless of severe weather!</p>
<p>ummmm....we don't get many hurricanes...isabelle was just a hurricane on crack that wouldn't stop.....other than that...we'll have a tropical storm or 2, but it doesn't really make a difference...i'm one of those weird ppl that think thunderstorms are relaxing.</p>
<p>Weather...nah...i doubt it should affect where you go to college...i mean...if it's bad in a certain area i'm sure the school has formal procedure for student safety.</p>
<p>an earthquake in virginia is as likely as a sweltering heat wave in maine.....it can happen...but chances are...it won't</p>
<p>i've lived here all my life and the biggest problems are those damn blizzards....i mean...i've learned to drive in all of them, but they're a big hassle when going to class.........especially this year......i went to Va. Tech this year and we went on 2 hour delay one day, so all classes before 10 were cancelled....and my first class was at 10 :(...i didn't go anyways :D...but still...yeah...cold...annoying...otherwise....virginia's a great state to go to school in weatherwise</p>
<p>total overreation. chicago is not that cold. it';s the same as New York. There are not that many tornadoes in the Midwest that will come and kill you.</p>
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<p>Easy for you to say, I mean you live in Chicago. I flew out to Chicago last Christmas day and when our plane left Reagan Nat'l, it was cold, but the flights were departing on time. We landed at O'Hare about 20 minutes early, only to find that we had to sit on the tarmac for a little more than an hour because the deice machines couldn't work in the freezing temps, meaning all flights departing O'Hare were late. There were no gates open, so all of the American Airlines flights had to park on the tarmac and just wait.</p>
<p>I think that on my visit to U.Chicago the next day, I mostly had on my mind "HOW DO THESE STUDENTS POSSIBLY LIVE HERE!?!?!?!?"</p>
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<p>i used to live in the sf bay area, and i think the washington dc area is cold. </p>
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<p>UUmmm lets see here - UVA closed for a week for hurricane Fran cuz of no power - W&L move in weekend - roads closed and no power for a couple of days from Fran also - many schools in the VA/NC area were affected with that one - ECU in eastern NC evac'd and closed for 2 weeks from Floyd with HUGE damage to the school/homes/city of Greenville and 1 student death - and semi evac'd for Isabel - closed for 5 days............... and VA/NC/SC/NJ/GA/ areas along the coast are at risk for those critters.</p>
<p>In deciding on a school in a risk area - these schools have all types of emergency procedures - they are dealing with student lives - they are pretty well prepared and do a good job of notifying students what those actions are - by email, posts on their major web sites and word of mouth, local news, etc..... I would not base a choice of school on weather - it is managable - just remember if you have to evac to take your real important stuff with you - you won't be able to take it all.</p>
<p>It'd be nice if we Kansans had a week's notice before every tornado... Tis the season, you know.</p>
<p>in southern LA, they closed down a few colleges last fall when the hurricanes came near, but luckily, none sustained damage...
the only thing that would suck, though, is the possibility that they have to cancel class for weeks/months at a time if the school does sustain damage b/c then you have to go to school in the summer</p>
<p>oh man, I'm such a pansy when it comes to the cold.
Denver in November was only 25 degrees and I was hating it so bad.
but on the flip side, I bet I'm more acclimated to going out and practicing in cloudless 112 degree heat than most people here.</p>
<p>the annoying thing is that in the summer, places totally crank up the A/C. people even brought hoodies to school because it was so chilly in there. </p>
<p>isn't constantly switching from extremes of hot and cold a shock to the system, or something? a lot of people get sick around September...</p>
<p>speaking of severe weather....</p>
<p>florida and louisiana just recieved hurricane storm warnings and i'm applying to schools in those areas. yikes.</p>
<p>don't worry about louisiana...i've lived here my entire life, and the only thing that we've really had to worry about (other than the hurricane last year) was hurricane andrew in '92...they give us tons of warnings, but most of the stuff has died down or isn't really a hurricane by the time it gets here...florida, though, is a different story</p>
<p>did you know louisiana is sinking into the gulf?</p>