Surviving Washington Rain
Written by Rebecca Andrews, Former Student on Tuesday, September 30, 2014
With this magical weather we are being dumped into because we live in the wonderful state of Washington, SHS students are finding it difficult to stay dry. The constant down-pour is drenching students as they walk to the bus, walk to class, walk to school, or even set a toe outside. To an outsider, the rain seems inescapable.
However, being used to this soaking weather, SHS students and staff have found a few tips on staying relatively not-drenched as they battle the natural elements in the name of education.
1. Bring a rain jacket. It actually keeps you dry. While it may not always be the most stylish choice, you’ll look a ton worse if you’re soaked.
2. If you are putting a lot of effort forth in your appearance (go you!), then maybe consider an umbrella. Umbrellas are cute, especially with a huge assortments of patterns to choose from. There are, however, some drawbacks. Within the hands of certain individuals, umbrellas can be deadly weapons. The carelessness that umbrellas are swung around with have resulted in many poked eyes. If you choose the umbrella, use extreme caution. They can be a handful.
3. Use alternate routes. While our campus is primarily an outdoor campus, which is wonderful on the couple of sunny weeks we have each year, and awful for the rest of the time, there are routes you can take to have minimum exposure to the gushing outdoors. To get from A building to D building, you can go down to the bottom of A, go down the path parallel to the Pause, proceed into the cafeteria, through the main entrance of the gym, up the ramp that leads away from the cafeteria, make a wild dash through the rain for the last 20 yards to D building. This route, although allows minimum exposer, will take more time. Plan accordingly, as every other one of the 1800 students here at SHS will be taking the exact same route, and you will be shoved into non-stop traffic. Because that’s how these things work.
4. Even if the desire may come to you, do not run from the rain. Girls are brilliantly wearing heels, boys are executing complex maneuvers to avoid getting their hair wet, and nobody is watching where they are going. The potential danger of running into someone and hitting them to the gross ground is a real threat. Mass panicky running in-between buildings only results in congestion, like a snotty nose, and it will take even longer to reach the required destination.
5. Waterproof mascara, girls. Enough said.
If you are new here, or if you really just suck at taking the necessary precautions to stay dry, then here is a list for surviving the great outdoors of Washington. True, it is brutal, there are casualties of outfits, hairstyles are wounded, and many friends are lost in the murky outdoors and downpour, but stay brave and positive my friends.
