On January 12th the return of the semester comes blazing in, Garden City is facing freezing temperatures that might be a little hard to adjust to for the students who are not used to these temperatures. Garden City received its lowest temperature of -13 degrees on Tuesday the 16th. The rest of the public school districts lucked out by class being canceled on both the 12th and 13th due to dangerously cold weather. Even with the long start to the season, we all now feel the full force of winter. Not even a full week before these disgusting temperatures, Garden City among the states up north received above 8 inches of snow over the course. Media Student Kallista Rhoades states “I hate the snow. The ice caused the CV shaft in my car to now bump into the brakes.” The snow and cold temperatures have not been kind to our students here at GC3. Most of the staff and students were hoping to follow the steps of the school district and cancel school. At least some students can find a positive in these temperatures, student Mya Delacruz says “I like my sweatpants because it’s my style, but rather than that, I hate it.” Obviously, the winter isn’t quite the favorite season at the moment.
Around the cities, these same conditions are affecting the whole town. On the day of the blizzard, there were cars piled up around the skirts of town. The next day many of the citizens of Garden City dedicated their days to digging themselves out of their houses and retrieving their cars. Our local Tyson Food plant stayed open the day of the blizzard causing a massive pile-up of cars which made it nearly impossible to go home that night leaving them to stay at Tyson with no power. Like Tyson, many businesses refused to close down forcing their workers to go out into dangerous situations to provide for their families. Some companies go as far as to not expect an absence due to bad weather conditions. This is why there are so many casualties when it comes to traveling in bad weather because it is not suitable to travel threw but life does always give us a choice. If it comes down to traveling to work in a storm to not lose your job versus staying home the majority of people will tell you it’s not a question, they will go to work. For young people who are part-timers in jobs, it might not be as big an issue as it is for adults which is why we are seeing a bigger threat to safety from companies like Tyson because providers have no other choice.
