SEVERE STORMS HIT COLUMBIA
Reminding a dozen college students to bring their umbrellas with the slightest chance of rain

The storm that hit last night was definitely treacherous, as the Missourian reported it to be.
A bunch of people from my dorm, Cramer, went to eat at Rollins last night around 5:30, and I asked if they thought we needed umbrellas. "Nah." So, we went, and after we got inside and sat down to eat our food, it started storming. After we finished eating, we sat and talked for awhile, hoping to wait out the storm. Eventually, we decided to go for it, and one guy grabbed us newspapers to have at least a little cover. A river had already been created on Virginia Ave., so we had to go up to the crosswalk by Plaza to cross it. As we were running into the Virginia Ave. Garage to seek a little shelter, the wind picked up, and I thought we were going to be blown over. We got inside, tried to see if it would calm down a little - it didn't - and then ran the last 20 feet to Cramer. I was soaked. I had to change clothes only to go back out into the elements about 45 minutes later for a Statistics test all the way in Middlebush. Luckily, it wasn't raining when I was walking to my test, but when I left, it was pouring. I brought my umbrella, but it didn't help much. The walkway between Arts & Sciences and GCB was flooded. I had to wade through water up to my ankles pretty much all of the way back to the dorm.

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