This just in from Frances Dare, '82 (in response to the "final word... on hot" posting): she's remembering her own arrival in a very interesting, very welcoming, and very HOT Columbia (and just fyi, I am assuming that this doesn't count as yet another blog by me about weather since it's from Frances):
It's
ok to whine. Hot is hot. When I moved to Columbia in August, 1978 they
were setting heat and humidity records. There I was, the wide-eyed
freshman from northern New Mexico. . . I'm talking living at 7000 feet
elevation. Clear skies. Cool breezes. Hot was 82 degrees. Who knew the
Farenheit thermometer went above 100 degrees? Then, we had our first
tornado practice drill (put on shoes, take a flashlight and radio to
the basement). Tornado? What's a tornado? I knew I had moved to another
planet. I'm not sure you ever get used to the weather, but for Stephens
it's worth it. And, Octobers in Missouri are gorgeous. Welcome to
Columbia!
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