Twice this month now, we're having flood warnings here at Rice. Houston has a great drainage system to remove water from the city- namely, by creating mini-river systems in all the streets. Rice gets it's fair share of this- with streets and sidewalks pooling enough water to wade ankle deep through on the way to class. And I'm not even going to mention West Lot...
On the other hand, we're still in really good shape. Sure, we get wet, a few cars get stuck, we create our own tidal system in the inner loop. But after a few hours, it all goes away, and nobody is much the worse for wear.
Compare this flooding to Thailand last fall.
Almost 10 million people had their homes and livelihoods damaged. 657 people lost their lives. A quarter of the country's rice crop was destroyed. (Thailand provides 30% of the global supply of rice, to put that in perspective).
So really, is getting wet on the way to class that bad?
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