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With the extreme climate inflicting umbrellas to flip over and roads to flood, UH ought to have canceled class or not less than supplied a digital choice for college students.
Twister warnings have been issued in Harris, Chambers and Liberty counties with a twister touching the bottom in Pasadena and heading towards Baytown.
Pasadena police are working to respond to a number of calls from folks affected by the twister.
Houston may see wind speeds from 30 to 50 mph with heavy rainfall reaching 6 inches in some areas.
With a majority of scholars unable to overlook class or unaware of the extreme climate situations, they must head dwelling with doable flooding in roads and highways.
ABC 13 has issued a warning for Houston drivers to be cautious when on the highway as a number of vehicles have already been seen stranded as roads overflow with water.
Houston has been identified to flood easily due to its low terrain and insufficient sewer techniques. It’s not shocking to face these climate situations however it’s upsetting to see not a lot has been performed to fight these points.
“I believe the storm right now simply makes it really feel like UH doesn’t care very a lot about college students past the schooling. We knew the storm was coming and (it) was gonna be fairly tough,” stated electrical engineer junior Aud Hieronymus. “Even when we didn’t, canceling issues as quickly as stuff acquired dangerous would’ve been ok.”
Many college students have voiced their frustrations with UH as their garments and belongings ended up soaked as they tried to make it to their lessons. Some have even identified the inaccessibility of navigating on campus with sidewalks stuffed with water. Others are anxious about driving dwelling.
“I believe it’s insane that we’ve made every thing on-line throughout COVID and it was greater than purposeful, then abandon the thought of COVID in addition to on-line lessons when on-line expertise is greater than helpful, particularly on days like these,” stated psychology sophomore Jocey Jimenez.
UH has the instruments to make attending lessons safer for college students however a majority of the time, the College doesn’t benefit from its instruments.
“I really love this climate but it surely’s extraordinarily harmful climate. It was exhausting to see and the winds have been actually blowing me away,” stated public well being junior Katelyn Teran. “I slipped so many instances making an attempt to get to class.”
The College ought to take scholar security into consideration every time extreme climate situations could cause hazards for college students on campus. With Houston’s notorious historical past of floods, applicable measures must be taken to minimize the variety of accidents and casualties.
Cindy Rivas Alfaro is a sophomore journalism main who will be reached at [email protected]
