Assistant Editor's Two Cents: Handling The Snow

Welcome back Bowie State University students. I hope all is well and you enjoyed your winter break if you had one. Hopefully, everyone is taking safety precautions due to the snow storm/blizzard. It has been a hectic week, and I know getting snowed in does not quite help out as much because in a way you are snowed in and it does ruin your plans for the weekend.

Snow was predicted for early last week and I thought that we would be out for a few days. But school ended up being closed for an entire week. Guaranteed there was a lot of school activities cancelled due to the inclement weather. There has not been snow like this since the ‘90s. During the blizzard it was sad that not a lot of people had any food, power or heat. The lines at the supermarket were packed as if they were going to be stuck in the house for days. There were lines to the back of the stores. Due to the power outage a lot of people were very unlucky.

I wonder how the professors are planning to handle this situation. Hmmm. As long as there are not any pop quizzes, I'm cool. Mother Nature is weird. No sooner are we back in school for the new semester that we are out for an extended vacation because of a blizzard. They can't take away our Spring Break or can they? Well the good news is that it there will not be any more snow that will keep us in the house but there will be some light snow.

Other people who were stuck in the house had to find a reason to come out because they were bored. If you are required to stay in the house for safety reasons then stay home because going out only can be hazardous. You could hit some black ice and mess up your front end and have to get new tie rods, ball joints, bearings etc.

In other news, people from the around the world are lending a helping hand to the people in Haiti. For those of you who do not know and whom are oblivious to the news. There was an earthquake in Haiti on Jan. 12. This disaster was a terrible experience that shook the nation and turned many heads across the globe. Many citizens of Haiti were injured or killed; a lot of people do not have homes or places to go. The magnitude of the quake was 7.0 and centered at about 10 miles and was the most powerful to hit Haiti in a century. It was a catastrophe and a terrible loss; the quake itself took place at about miles underground according to USGS and had 10 aftershocks following the quake. A lot of people lost a lot of materialistic things, and life will never be the same.

My heart goes out to all in Haiti and for those of you who are lending a helping hand, thank you and you are in our prayers. Thank you for those whom are trying and willing to help, because it does make a difference in our community and around the world.