The worst snow story I had at ASU:
I was taking Public Speaking on a lark. It was in Walker Hall. I lived in Coffey. Our teacher was a native of the Appalachians and told us on the first day of class that she never, ever missed for snow, that she had a Wagoneer and a Blazer and snow tires and one or the other would always get her to class. So show up no matter what.
One day, it snowed and iced and was bitter bitter cold. The winds were gusting as hard as 30, 35mph, and the wind chill was something like 20 below zero. Ass cold. So when time for her class came that day, I
bundled up and started walking. I stopped in the Student Union, in the library, and in the business building along the way to keep myself from shattering in my best imitation of a human ice cube. The worst was that parking lot between the COB and Walker Hall. The wind was just whistling through and there was nothing to break it and nowhere to hide from it, and my tears froze on my cheeks as I fought my way across.
Finally, I get to Walker and whaddaya know, my teacher couldn't make it. I was so pissed off. I think I waited a half hour to really warm up and then did the campus tour circuit on my way back to the dorm 'cause I couldn't spend more than a couple minutes outside.
Marlena's response:
The worst snow story I had at ASU:
Isn't a really bad story, but it is absolutely the coldest whether I have ever experienced. Remember that really bad storm our sophmore year? It was snow and ice on a weekend. Weather conditions sounded about like those in your previous story. I covered every square inch of my body I possibly could with as much warm clothing as I possibly could (ala the scene in a Christmas Story where the mom is dressing the kid to go out) and no, I could not put my arms down either.
I had cabin fever and McLean was feeling nervous about being alone in the storm so I went over to her place. At one point, I was in the parking lot between Whitener and Chappell-Wilson when I realized 3 things:
1. EVERYTHING I could see was absolutely frozen
2. I could easily mistake my surroundings for the Planet Hoth in Empire Strikes Back.
3. I was the only idiot outside.
Only for Mclean. (You would have told me to stay home.)