<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" > <channel> <title>weather Archives - The Utah Statesman</title> <atom:link href="https://usustatesman.com/tag/weather/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /> <link>https://usustatesman.com/tag/weather/</link> <description>USU's Student Newspaper</description> <lastBuildDate>Thu, 19 Oct 2023 01:30:50 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en-US</language> <sy:updatePeriod> hourly </sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency> 1 </sy:updateFrequency> <generator>https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1</generator> <image> <url>https://usustatesman.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/cropped-screen-shot-2017-10-19-at-4.33.29-pm-32x32.png</url> <title>weather Archives - The Utah Statesman</title> <link>https://usustatesman.com/tag/weather/</link> <width>32</width> <height>32</height> </image> <item> <title>USU vs. the grasshopper apocalypse</title> <link>https://usustatesman.com/usu-vs-the-grasshopper-apocalypse/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Andie Allen]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 23 Oct 2023 10:30:51 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[All]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Highlander]]></category> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Biology]]></category> <category><![CDATA[bugs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[climate]]></category> <category><![CDATA[grasshoppers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[highlander]]></category> <category><![CDATA[pests]]></category> <category><![CDATA[usu extension]]></category> <category><![CDATA[USU extension youtube]]></category> <category><![CDATA[USU pest]]></category> <category><![CDATA[weather]]></category> <category><![CDATA[winter]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://usustatesman.com/?p=22126123</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>This semester, while studying outside, you may find yourself joined by frolicking grasshoppers. One even might have decided to hitch…</p> <p>The post <a href="https://usustatesman.com/usu-vs-the-grasshopper-apocalypse/">USU vs. the grasshopper apocalypse</a> appeared first on <a href="https://usustatesman.com">The Utah Statesman</a>.</p> ]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span data-contrast="auto">This semester</span><span data-contrast="auto">,</span><span data-contrast="auto"> while studying outside, you may find yourself joined by frolicking grasshoppers. One even might have decided to hitch a ride on your shoe while walking through campus. </span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":276}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">Or maybe you are like Braxton Buttars, a mechanical engineering student who had one grasshopper jump not just onto his leg, but head-on into him.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":276}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">“There does seem to be a lot of them,” he said. </span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":276}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">This upsurge in grasshoppers is not just slightly bewildering, it’s also a threat to gardeners and farmers. </span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":276}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">Utah State University’s Extension</span><span data-contrast="auto">’s</span><span data-contrast="auto"> Utah Pest Quarterly Newsletter has dubbed it “The Grasshopper Apocalypse.”</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":276}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">“Grasshoppers just by the nature of them being so highly mobile and so highly destructive, it’s a lot more noticeable,” said Nick Volesky, program associate in USU’s biology department for integrated pest management. </span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":276}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">“Flower farms have been hit hard, where the grasshoppers will feed on the leaves, the stem, the fruit of the plant or the actual flower,” Volesky said, “That can cause a lot of economic setbacks.”</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":276}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">“From what I saw this summer, the grasshoppers caused extensive damage to many of our crops—</span> <span data-contrast="auto">particularly corn, green beans, strawberries and onions.”</span> <span data-contrast="auto">said Abigail Lazier, the student organic farm manager. “They were definitely worse this season.”</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":276}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">When considering the noticeably high number of grasshoppers this season, Volesky says it is important to look at the lifecycle of grasshoppers and Logan’s recent climate. </span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":276}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">Grasshoppers lay their eggs in the late summer and fall underground, so it would be easy to assume the harsh weather would be fatal to them. Contrarily, Volesky said “Their survival is increased by snowpack that provides insulation and prevents desiccation.”</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":276}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">Last winter had the second largest amount of snowfall as recorded by Extreme Weather Watch. The website states the winter of 2022-2023 had 134.8 inches of snowfall. </span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":276}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">It would be easy to assume the harsh weather would be fatal to insects like grasshoppers. </span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":276}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">Contrarily, according to Volesky, “Their survival is increased by snowpack that provides insulation and prevents desiccation.”</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":276}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">Wet and rainy conditions, however, promote infections and contribute to population crashes, shares Utah Pest. </span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":276}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">“If the spring conditions are usually hot or dry, which we have pretty often in Utah, the eggs will hatch a lot faster,” Volesky said. </span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":276}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">These climate conditions contributed greatly to the outbreak of grasshoppers this season, according to Utah Pest.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":276}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">Volesky said gardeners have a few different options for grasshopper management. </span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":276}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">“Row covers are 100% effective,” Volesky said. They physically exclude the grasshopper from eating plants by covering them in a mesh or a spun down fabric. </span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":276}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">Volesky also recommends for garden owners to hand remove the grasshoppers. Once removed, placing insects such as grasshoppers, caterpillars and others</span><span data-contrast="auto">,</span><span data-contrast="auto"> into soap and water can help manage infestations. </span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":276}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">“Part of the challenge with grasshoppers is they’re really highly mobile,” Volesky said, “It’s hard when managing only a small space, so we usually recommend a community wide grasshopper control.”</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":276}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">The best time to hand remove insects from gardens is in the morning because cold nights make them a lot slower, Volesky said</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":276}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">Row covers and hand removal are ways to maintain grasshopper infestations for those who do not want to use chemical or pesticide control. </span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":276}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">If you do not mind these methods, Utah Pest reads, “Bait products using active ingredients such as zeta-cypermethrin + bifenthrin, malathion, permethrin, and carbaryl are labeled for grasshopper use in home gardens.”</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":276}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">If you weren’t ready for the grasshopper apocalypse this season, you can now prepare for next year. </span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":276}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">According to Volesky, 2024 will most likely bring another big grasshopper season before we see them diminish due to natural causes. So, if you weren’t ready for the grasshopper apocalypse this season, you can now prepare for next year.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":276}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">Videos with additional information can be found on USU Extension’s Youtube Channel.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":276}"> </span></p> <p>The post <a href="https://usustatesman.com/usu-vs-the-grasshopper-apocalypse/">USU vs. the grasshopper apocalypse</a> appeared first on <a href="https://usustatesman.com">The Utah Statesman</a>.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title>Utah’s historic snowfall: beneficial or detrimental?</title> <link>https://usustatesman.com/utahs-historic-snowfall-beneficial-or-detrimental/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Avery Truman]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 24 Apr 2023 14:00:09 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[All]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Lifestyles]]></category> <category><![CDATA[climate]]></category> <category><![CDATA[DNR]]></category> <category><![CDATA[excess water]]></category> <category><![CDATA[flooding]]></category> <category><![CDATA[hydrologic cycle]]></category> <category><![CDATA[snow water equivilant]]></category> <category><![CDATA[snowfall]]></category> <category><![CDATA[state of emergency]]></category> <category><![CDATA[weather]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://usustatesman.com/?p=22124481</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>Utah received 30 inches of snow water equivalent this winter. Last year, Utah received 12 inches. The average is 15.8…</p> <p>The post <a href="https://usustatesman.com/utahs-historic-snowfall-beneficial-or-detrimental/">Utah’s historic snowfall: beneficial or detrimental?</a> appeared first on <a href="https://usustatesman.com">The Utah Statesman</a>.</p> ]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="p1">Utah received 30 inches of snow water equivalent this winter. Last year, Utah received 12 inches. The average is 15.8 inches. As of April 18, Governor Cox declared a state of emergency for the state of Utah due to flooding.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p> <p class="p2">Michael Sanchez is the public information officer for the Utah Division of Water Resources.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p> <p class="p2">“We received 30 inches of snow water equivalent,” Sanchez said. “Snow water equivalent is how much water would be in the snow if it was melted down.”<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p> <p class="p2">According to David Tarboton, director of the water research lab at Utah State University, there may be a positive side to the overflow of water.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p> <p class="p2">“It’s going to take the Great Salt Lake out of its crisis,” Tarboton said. “It’s an environmental problem, and economic problem, and I think the lake’s going to go up about six feet.”<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p> <p class="p2">Tarboton said while the extra water is not going to solve all the problems, it will last for a few years and make more time to plan for the future.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p> <p class="p2">Sanchez said one positive effect of the snowfall is getting more water into reservoirs, which have been lower than usual.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p> <p class="p2">“Our reservoirs are about 10% lower than we would usually have them, so this is going to be a huge influx of water,” Sanchez said. “A lot of our reservoirs will actually fill, if not spill over.”<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p> <p class="p2">According to Sanchez, many water managers have been releasing water from reservoirs in anticipation of the access flow.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p> <p class="p2">“It’s record-breaking,” Sanchez said. “It’s more than has ever been measured in Utah. It’s really surprising — we have never recorded a year like this.”<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p> <p class="p2">Tarboton said there are negative effects of the historic snowfall, such as the risk of extreme flooding.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p> <p class="p2">“There’s already been flooding in the Salt Lake area,” Tarboton said. “It remains to be seen what flooding we’ll get in Cache Valley.”<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p> <p class="p2">Tarboton said the low-lying areas near rivers are at the most high risk for floods.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p> <p class="p2">“It remains to be seen whether the river will come up enough to cause any infrastructure damage beyond what is sort of normal,” Tarboton said. “As long as the city pays attention to clear all of the debris out of the river, I wouldn’t expect serious flooding, but there could be.”<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p> <p class="p2">Tarboton attributed part of the reason for the heightened snowfall to climate change and part to chance.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p> <p class="p2">“The hydrologic cycle is sort of expected to accelerate so you get more extremes,” Tarboton said. “You get wetter wet years, dryer dry years.”<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p> <p class="p2">According to Tarboton, the source of the water was also a factor in why there was so much of it.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p> <p class="p2">“The ocean in the Pacific controls a lot of what we get, and just happened to set itself up this year with the beginning of going from a La Niña cycle to an El Niño<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>cycle,” Tarboton said. “The atmospheric rivers were just hitting California and coming through us.”<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p> <p class="p2">Tarboton said one of the most beneficial things Utahns can do with the excess water is to let it go down to the Great Salt Lake.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p> <p class="p2">“It’ll get the salinity back to its — close to what’s optimal — for the brine shrimp,” Tarboton said. “The dry salt lakebed that was exposed was a big source of dust for the Salt Lake valley, and that’s an ecology and health concern.”<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p> <p class="p2">Tarboton said it’s important for Utahns to learn hydrology and the water cycles.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p> <p class="p2">“Recognizing that we live in a dry state means we always have to be careful about not using too much,” Tarboton said. “If we want to continue to have growth in Utah, which a lot of people seem to want, then we’re going to have to live with the water we’ve got.”<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p> <p class="p2">Sanchez said too many warm days in a row without cold ones in between could lead to more flooding.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p> <p class="p2">“A good website to check is slowtheflow.org,” Sanchez said. “You can also check out rebates for water-saving devices, both outdoor and also indoor.”<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p> <p class="p2">Slowtheflow.org provides everyday water-saving tips and simple ways to conserve, such as adding mulch to a yard to collect water before it evaporates, and adjusting lawn mowers to let the grass grow a bit longer.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p> <p class="p2">“The past couple of years, Utahns have done a really good job at conserving,” Sanchez said. “We did a sample survey from water managers, and just last year, it was about 9 billion gallons that were saved, so it’s a pretty big deal.” <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p> <p>The post <a href="https://usustatesman.com/utahs-historic-snowfall-beneficial-or-detrimental/">Utah’s historic snowfall: beneficial or detrimental?</a> appeared first on <a href="https://usustatesman.com">The Utah Statesman</a>.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title>GALLERY: Views around USU from snowstorm in Logan</title> <link>https://usustatesman.com/gallery-views-around-usu-snowstorm-logan/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Statesman Photo]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 06 Dec 2017 06:00:58 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[All]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Fall 2017]]></category> <category><![CDATA[gallery]]></category> <category><![CDATA[holley stringham]]></category> <category><![CDATA[photos]]></category> <category><![CDATA[snow]]></category> <category><![CDATA[USU]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Utah]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Utah State]]></category> <category><![CDATA[weather]]></category> <category><![CDATA[winter]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://usustatesman.com/?p=22018401</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>We captured a few shots from around campus after the first big snow storm of the late fall season hit…</p> <p>The post <a href="https://usustatesman.com/gallery-views-around-usu-snowstorm-logan/">GALLERY: Views around USU from snowstorm in Logan</a> appeared first on <a href="https://usustatesman.com">The Utah Statesman</a>.</p> ]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="metaslider-id-22018405" style="width: 100%;" class="ml-slider-3-93-0 metaslider metaslider-flex metaslider-22018405 ml-slider ms-theme-default" role="region" aria-roledescription="Slideshow" aria-label="December 4 snowfall"> <div id="metaslider_container_22018405"> <div id="metaslider_22018405" class="flexslider"> <ul class='slides'> <li style="display: block; width: 100%;" class="slide-22018416 ms-image " aria-roledescription="slide" aria-label="slide-22018416"><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" width="5184" height="3456" src="https://usustatesman.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/hs.12.4.17-1.jpg" class="slider-22018405 slide-22018416" alt="" rel="" title="" style="margin-top: 8.3333333333333%" srcset="https://usustatesman.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/hs.12.4.17-1.jpg 5184w, https://usustatesman.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/hs.12.4.17-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https://usustatesman.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/hs.12.4.17-1-1000x667.jpg 1000w, https://usustatesman.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/hs.12.4.17-1-335x223.jpg 335w, https://usustatesman.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/hs.12.4.17-1-1050x700.jpg 1050w" sizes="(max-width: 5184px) 100vw, 5184px" /><div class="caption-wrap"><div class="caption">USU Students bundle up for the first snow of the semester. December 4, 2017. (Photo: Holley Stringham/The Utah Statesman)</div></div></li> <li style="display: none; width: 100%;" class="slide-22018418 ms-image " aria-roledescription="slide" aria-label="slide-22018418"><img decoding="async" width="5184" height="3456" src="https://usustatesman.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/hs.12.4.17-6.jpg" class="slider-22018405 slide-22018418" alt="" rel="" title="" style="margin-top: 8.3333333333333%" srcset="https://usustatesman.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/hs.12.4.17-6.jpg 5184w, https://usustatesman.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/hs.12.4.17-6-300x200.jpg 300w, https://usustatesman.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/hs.12.4.17-6-1000x667.jpg 1000w, https://usustatesman.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/hs.12.4.17-6-335x223.jpg 335w, https://usustatesman.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/hs.12.4.17-6-1050x700.jpg 1050w" sizes="(max-width: 5184px) 100vw, 5184px" /><div class="caption-wrap"><div class="caption">USU Students bundle up for the first snow of the semester. December 4, 2017. (Photo: Holley Stringham/The Utah Statesman)</div></div></li> <li style="display: none; width: 100%;" class="slide-22018421 ms-image " aria-roledescription="slide" aria-label="slide-22018421"><img decoding="async" width="5184" height="3456" src="https://usustatesman.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/hs.12.4.17-18.jpg" class="slider-22018405 slide-22018421" alt="" rel="" title="" style="margin-top: 8.3333333333333%" srcset="https://usustatesman.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/hs.12.4.17-18.jpg 5184w, https://usustatesman.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/hs.12.4.17-18-300x200.jpg 300w, https://usustatesman.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/hs.12.4.17-18-1000x667.jpg 1000w, https://usustatesman.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/hs.12.4.17-18-335x223.jpg 335w, https://usustatesman.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/hs.12.4.17-18-1050x700.jpg 1050w" sizes="(max-width: 5184px) 100vw, 5184px" /><div class="caption-wrap"><div class="caption">USU Students bundle up for the first snow of the semester. December 4, 2017. (Photo: Holley Stringham/The Utah Statesman)</div></div></li> <li style="display: none; width: 100%;" class="slide-22018417 ms-image " aria-roledescription="slide" aria-label="slide-22018417"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="3456" height="5184" src="https://usustatesman.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/hs.12.4.17-3.jpg" class="slider-22018405 slide-22018417" alt="" rel="" title="" style="margin: 0 auto; width: 55.555555555556%" srcset="https://usustatesman.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/hs.12.4.17-3.jpg 3456w, https://usustatesman.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/hs.12.4.17-3-200x300.jpg 200w, https://usustatesman.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/hs.12.4.17-3-667x1000.jpg 667w, https://usustatesman.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/hs.12.4.17-3-335x503.jpg 335w, https://usustatesman.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/hs.12.4.17-3-1050x1575.jpg 1050w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 3456px) 100vw, 3456px" /><div class="caption-wrap"><div class="caption">USU Students bundle up for the first snow of the semester. December 4, 2017. (Photo: Holley Stringham/The Utah Statesman)</div></div></li> <li style="display: none; width: 100%;" class="slide-22018419 ms-image " aria-roledescription="slide" aria-label="slide-22018419"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="3456" height="5184" src="https://usustatesman.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/hs.12.4.17-14.jpg" class="slider-22018405 slide-22018419" alt="" rel="" title="" style="margin: 0 auto; width: 55.555555555556%" srcset="https://usustatesman.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/hs.12.4.17-14.jpg 3456w, https://usustatesman.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/hs.12.4.17-14-200x300.jpg 200w, https://usustatesman.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/hs.12.4.17-14-667x1000.jpg 667w, https://usustatesman.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/hs.12.4.17-14-335x503.jpg 335w, https://usustatesman.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/hs.12.4.17-14-1050x1575.jpg 1050w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 3456px) 100vw, 3456px" /><div class="caption-wrap"><div class="caption">USU Students bundle up for the first snow of the semester. December 4, 2017. (Photo: Holley Stringham/The Utah Statesman)</div></div></li> <li style="display: none; width: 100%;" class="slide-22018420 ms-image " aria-roledescription="slide" aria-label="slide-22018420"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="3456" height="5184" src="https://usustatesman.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/hs.12.4.17-17.jpg" class="slider-22018405 slide-22018420" alt="" rel="" title="" style="margin: 0 auto; width: 55.555555555556%" srcset="https://usustatesman.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/hs.12.4.17-17.jpg 3456w, https://usustatesman.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/hs.12.4.17-17-200x300.jpg 200w, https://usustatesman.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/hs.12.4.17-17-667x1000.jpg 667w, https://usustatesman.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/hs.12.4.17-17-335x503.jpg 335w, https://usustatesman.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/hs.12.4.17-17-1050x1575.jpg 1050w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 3456px) 100vw, 3456px" /><div class="caption-wrap"><div class="caption">USU Students bundle up for the first snow of the semester. December 4, 2017. (Photo: Holley Stringham/The Utah Statesman)</div></div></li> <li style="display: none; width: 100%;" class="slide-22018422 ms-image " aria-roledescription="slide" aria-label="slide-22018422"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="5184" height="3456" src="https://usustatesman.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/hs.12.4.17-20.jpg" class="slider-22018405 slide-22018422" alt="" rel="" title="" style="margin-top: 8.3333333333333%" srcset="https://usustatesman.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/hs.12.4.17-20.jpg 5184w, https://usustatesman.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/hs.12.4.17-20-300x200.jpg 300w, https://usustatesman.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/hs.12.4.17-20-1000x667.jpg 1000w, https://usustatesman.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/hs.12.4.17-20-335x223.jpg 335w, https://usustatesman.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/hs.12.4.17-20-1050x700.jpg 1050w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 5184px) 100vw, 5184px" /><div class="caption-wrap"><div class="caption">USU Students bundle up for the first snow of the semester. December 4, 2017. (Photo: Holley Stringham/The Utah Statesman)</div></div></li> <li style="display: none; width: 100%;" class="slide-22018423 ms-image " aria-roledescription="slide" aria-label="slide-22018423"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="5184" height="3456" src="https://usustatesman.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/hs.12.4.17-23.jpg" class="slider-22018405 slide-22018423" alt="" rel="" title="" style="margin-top: 8.3333333333333%" srcset="https://usustatesman.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/hs.12.4.17-23.jpg 5184w, https://usustatesman.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/hs.12.4.17-23-300x200.jpg 300w, https://usustatesman.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/hs.12.4.17-23-1000x667.jpg 1000w, https://usustatesman.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/hs.12.4.17-23-335x223.jpg 335w, https://usustatesman.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/hs.12.4.17-23-1050x700.jpg 1050w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 5184px) 100vw, 5184px" /><div class="caption-wrap"><div class="caption">USU Students bundle up for the first snow of the semester. December 4, 2017. (Photo: Holley Stringham/The Utah Statesman)</div></div></li> <li style="display: none; width: 100%;" class="slide-22018424 ms-image " aria-roledescription="slide" aria-label="slide-22018424"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="3456" height="5184" src="https://usustatesman.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/hs.12.4.17-30.jpg" class="slider-22018405 slide-22018424" alt="" rel="" title="" style="margin: 0 auto; width: 55.555555555556%" srcset="https://usustatesman.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/hs.12.4.17-30.jpg 3456w, https://usustatesman.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/hs.12.4.17-30-200x300.jpg 200w, https://usustatesman.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/hs.12.4.17-30-667x1000.jpg 667w, https://usustatesman.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/hs.12.4.17-30-335x503.jpg 335w, https://usustatesman.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/hs.12.4.17-30-1050x1575.jpg 1050w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 3456px) 100vw, 3456px" /><div class="caption-wrap"><div class="caption">USU Students bundle up for the first snow of the semester. December 4, 2017. (Photo: Holley Stringham/The Utah Statesman)</div></div></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> <p>We captured a few shots from around campus after the first big snow storm of the late fall season hit Cache Valley on Dec. 3. 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line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BcVZDf6BL7e/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading" style=" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;" target="_blank">A post shared by The Utah Statesman (@utahstatesman)</a></p> </div> </blockquote> <p><script async src="//platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js"></script><br /> <iframe loading="lazy" style="border: none; overflow: hidden;" src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FUtahStatesman%2Fposts%2F10154620820929058&width=500" width="500" height="670" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe></p> <p>The post <a href="https://usustatesman.com/gallery-views-around-usu-snowstorm-logan/">GALLERY: Views around USU from snowstorm in Logan</a> appeared first on <a href="https://usustatesman.com">The Utah Statesman</a>.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title>Life and death of Hurricane Irma: Death toll at 61 and rising in Florida</title> <link>https://usustatesman.com/life-death-hurricane-irma-death-toll-61-rising-florida/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 14 Sep 2017 16:18:50 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[All]]></category> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[death]]></category> <category><![CDATA[extreme weather]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Florida]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Hurricane]]></category> <category><![CDATA[hurricane irma]]></category> <category><![CDATA[irma]]></category> <category><![CDATA[storm]]></category> <category><![CDATA[weather]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://usustatesman.com/?p=22014669</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>By SETH BORENSTEIN, AP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Irma, which flattened some Caribbean islands and enveloped nearly all of…</p> <p>The post <a href="https://usustatesman.com/life-death-hurricane-irma-death-toll-61-rising-florida/">Life and death of Hurricane Irma: Death toll at 61 and rising in Florida</a> appeared first on <a href="https://usustatesman.com">The Utah Statesman</a>.</p> ]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>By SETH BORENSTEIN, AP Science Writer</p> <p>WASHINGTON (AP) — Irma, which flattened some Caribbean islands and enveloped nearly all of Florida in its fury, no longer exists. The open Atlantic’s most powerful hurricane on record finally sputtered out as an ordinary rainstorm over Ohio and Indiana.<br /> [LBS id=22014700]<br /> Irma’s confirmed death toll is 61 and still rising, 38 in the Caribbean and 23 in the United States. In the U.S. alone, nearly 7 million people were told to evacuate, and 13 million Floridians were left without power in hot steamy weather.<br /> This storm grew so immensely powerful over warmer-than-normal Atlantic water that it devastated the first islands in its path. Its gargantuan size — two Hurricane Andrews could fit inside it — spread so much fear that people all over the Florida peninsula upended their lives to flee.<br /> “This was a large, extremely dangerous catastrophic hurricane,” National Hurricane Center spokesman and meteorologist Dennis Feltgen said Wednesday, when he declared the storm over.<br /> Colorado State University hurricane researcher Phil Klotzbach put it simpler: “Irma was a beast.”<br /> Irma generated as much accumulated energy in a dozen days as an entire six-month hurricane season would in an average year, Klotzbach calculated.<br /> Just 30 hours after it became a tropical storm on Aug. 30, Irma was a major Category 3 hurricane. By Sept. 4 it had intensified into a Category 4, with 130 mph (210 kph) winds, and it wasn’t near done.<br /> It became a Category 5 storm the next day with top winds of 185 mph (nearly 300 kph), the highest ever recorded in the open Atlantic. Only one storm whirled faster — Hurricane Allen reached 190 mph (305 kph) in 1980 over the normally warm Gulf of Mexico — but Irma held its ferociously high speeds for 37 hours, a new global record for tropical cyclones. It beat Typhoon Haiyan, which also reached 185 mph (nearly 300 kph) before killing more than 6,000 people in the Philippines. Irma ultimately spent 78 hours as a Category 5, the longest in 85 years for Atlantic hurricanes.<br /> Irma’s entire path, from its birth off Africa to its death over the Ohio Valley, stayed within the cone of the probable track forecast by the National Hurricane Center.<br /> Irma claimed its first victim when it was still far off, sending a “monster wave” to drown a teen-aged surfer in Barbados. Then it hit the Leeward Islands in full fury, sweeping a 2-year-old boy to his death after tearing the roof from his home.<br /> Irma bullied through much of the Caribbean — Antigua, St. Martin, St. Barts, Anguilla, the U.S. and British Virgin Islands, Turks and Caicos, the Bahamas. It narrowly skirted Puerto Rico, Haiti and the Dominican Republic. It turned lush tropical playgrounds into blasted-out landscapes, littered with splintered lumber, crumpled sheet metal and shattered lives. In St. Martin, 15 people were killed.<br /> Irma was still a Category 5 when it raked Cuba’s coast, the first hurricane that size to hit the storm-prone island since 1924. At least 10 people died there, despite massive evacuations. And by moving briefly over land, it may have spared Florida a tougher punch.<br /> More importantly, the system slowed, delaying its turn north and steering its center over Florida’s west coast, which is less populated and less densely developed than the east. It also allowed dry air and high winds from the southwest to flow into Irma, taking a bite out of the storm and even tearing the southwest eyewall apart for a while.<br /> Irma was more vulnerable, but by no means weak. A Category 4 storm with 130 mph (210 kph) winds when it slammed into Cudjoe Key, it tied for history’s seventh strongest hurricane to make U.S. landfall, based on its central pressure. With Harvey’s swamping of Texas, this is the first year two Category 4 storms hit the United States.<br /> The Keys were devastated. Federal officials estimated that a quarter of the homes were destroyed, and hardly any escaped damage. Roofs seemed peeled off by can-openers; power poles were nowhere to be seen.<br /> Irma was back over water as it closed in on mainland Florida, weakening still but spreading much wider — to more than 400 miles (640 kilometers) in girth — whipping the entire peninsula with winds of 39 mph (62 kph) or more. It pushed its highest storm surge, 10 feet (more than 3 meters), onto Florida’s southwestern coast, while causing some of its worst flooding in northeast Florida, Georgia and South Carolina, far from Irma’s center.<br /> Irma’s second U.S. landfall was on Marco Island, near where Wilma hit in 2005. By then, Irma was a still-major Category 3, with 115 mph (185 kph) winds, but weakening fast. The worst of its fury somehow missed the Tampa Bay area, where homes were not nearly as flooded as those in faraway Jacksonville. Irma then sloshed through Georgia and Alabama as a tropical storm, blowing down tall trees and power lines, before dissipating Tuesday over the nation’s interior.<br /> ___<br /> HURRICANE NEWSLETTER — Get the best of the AP’s all-formats reporting on Irma and Harvey in your inbox: <a href="http://apne.ws/ahYQGtb">http://apne.ws/ahYQGtb</a></p> <p>The post <a href="https://usustatesman.com/life-death-hurricane-irma-death-toll-61-rising-florida/">Life and death of Hurricane Irma: Death toll at 61 and rising in Florida</a> appeared first on <a href="https://usustatesman.com">The Utah Statesman</a>.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title>Spring time in Logan, is the warm weather here to stay?</title> <link>https://usustatesman.com/spring-time-logan-warm-weather-stay/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Emily Shaffer]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 29 Mar 2017 22:59:17 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Lifestyles]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Student Life]]></category> <category><![CDATA[bipolar]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Cache Valley]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Logan]]></category> <category><![CDATA[snow]]></category> <category><![CDATA[spring]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sun]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Utah]]></category> <category><![CDATA[warm weather]]></category> <category><![CDATA[weather]]></category> <category><![CDATA[winter]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://usustatesman.com/?p=22012756</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>Utah’s weather has often been described as bipolar by its residents. With 80 degrees in Nov. and 30 degrees in…</p> <p>The post <a href="https://usustatesman.com/spring-time-logan-warm-weather-stay/">Spring time in Logan, is the warm weather here to stay?</a> appeared first on <a href="https://usustatesman.com">The Utah Statesman</a>.</p> ]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Utah’s weather has often been described as bipolar by its residents. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">With 80 degrees in Nov. and 30 degrees in April, people can still be found swimming in outdoor pools near the end of the year, but have to shovel their driveways for Easter.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Logan is nestled up against the beautiful mountains overlooking Cache Valley. Because of its prime mountain location and proximity to the canyon, Logan often experiences cool summers and even colder winters. The more interesting weather comes as the valley transitions into spring.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Simon Wang is an associate professor in the department of plants, soils and climates who has been studying climate variability here at Utah State University for over eight years. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“The weather here in Logan is very moody,” he said. “Over the past few decades, we have gone from a wet spell to a dry spell for about the last 15 years. Now Logan has started to receive much more precipitation.”</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The definition of spring ranges from literal definitions to cultural perceptions, Wang said. Spring could fall during March and April as temperatures rise and water run-off increases. The students and their mentality could also define spring as many pull out flip flops and boardshorts in response to the warmer weather. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In the past, Logan has received snow as late as mid-April. The department of plants, soils and climates has various weather stations across Utah, with multiple stations located in Cache Valley. Data collected from the last two years has indicated a great rise in precipitation in Logan. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In spring 2015, Logan received a little less than five inches of rain, with high temperatures of about 75 degrees. Though the temperature high did not increase in 2016, Logan experienced over 10 inches of rain by the same time as the year before. This year, March precipitation amounts are even higher with over 13 inches of rain and another five or so expected to come before the end of the month. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I can like the rain sometimes, but I just want it to be done,” said Ashleigh White, an undeclared freshman. “It’s spring time and warm and beautiful. I want to play outside and soak up the rays. I just want it to stay warm.”</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A freshman in pre-business, Tyler Bindrop, has been a devoted skier for the past few months. Bindrop had a season pass to Beaver and went almost every day. He said he thinks he averaged about at least 20 hours of skiing a week. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Even with his love for the slopes, Tyler said, “It’s been a good enough year. I’m happy enough. Spring skiing is fun too. I’m ready to let summer come. It’s been a good enough winter.” </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Many other students were quick to agree with Bindrop in an online poll.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Students were asked to simply choose one of two opinions: “Is it spring time?” or “Is there more snow to come?” Of the students who responded to the poll, 55 percent said it was time for the sun to shine and spring to be here, 45 percent of student disagreed, thinking another snowstorm could come any day. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Due to Logan’s location, most of the expected rain could easily turn into snow if a cold front crosses over the area, Wang said. Snow can be a huge possibility whether it occurs for a few moments, or snows all day long and melts the next.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"> It might not be time to hang up winter coats just yet. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">— </span><a href="mailto:--eshaffer127@aggiemail.usu.edu"><span style="font-weight: 400;">eshaffer127@aggiemail.usu.edu</span></a></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">@shaffer0127</span></p> <p>The post <a href="https://usustatesman.com/spring-time-logan-warm-weather-stay/">Spring time in Logan, is the warm weather here to stay?</a> appeared first on <a href="https://usustatesman.com">The Utah Statesman</a>.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title>Someone handle the Ray B. West’s bug problem</title> <link>https://usustatesman.com/someone-handle-ray-b-wests-bug-problem/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Logan Jones]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 24 Mar 2017 20:19:45 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[All]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Letters to Editor]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Letters to the Editor]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Accident]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Aggie]]></category> <category><![CDATA[aggie life]]></category> <category><![CDATA[aggie strife]]></category> <category><![CDATA[antiseptic]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Boisea trivittata]]></category> <category><![CDATA[box elder]]></category> <category><![CDATA[box elder bugs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[bug problem]]></category> <category><![CDATA[bugs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[cochroaches]]></category> <category><![CDATA[drawing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[English]]></category> <category><![CDATA[eridicating]]></category> <category><![CDATA[everywhere]]></category> <category><![CDATA[fan]]></category> <category><![CDATA[fly]]></category> <category><![CDATA[grounds crew]]></category> <category><![CDATA[in my face]]></category> <category><![CDATA[insects]]></category> <category><![CDATA[jumanji]]></category> <category><![CDATA[main]]></category> <category><![CDATA[moby dick]]></category> <category><![CDATA[muder]]></category> <category><![CDATA[nature]]></category> <category><![CDATA[no notice]]></category> <category><![CDATA[not venemous]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Old Main]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Old Main Hill]]></category> <category><![CDATA[outdoors]]></category> <category><![CDATA[overcast]]></category> <category><![CDATA[pesky pests]]></category> <category><![CDATA[pests]]></category> <category><![CDATA[pretty]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Professor]]></category> <category><![CDATA[rain]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ray B. West]]></category> <category><![CDATA[scary]]></category> <category><![CDATA[semester]]></category> <category><![CDATA[smash]]></category> <category><![CDATA[snowy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Someone handle the Ray B. West's bug problem]]></category> <category><![CDATA[spring 2017]]></category> <category><![CDATA[spring time]]></category> <category><![CDATA[teacher]]></category> <category><![CDATA[teachers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[terror]]></category> <category><![CDATA[USU]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Utah State]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Utah State University]]></category> <category><![CDATA[weather]]></category> <category><![CDATA[yelps]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://usustatesman.com/?p=22012703</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>I’m all for springtime. I honestly love the rain, the unpredictable overcast-no-wait-now-it’s-pretty weather, and the semi-hopeful look on my classmates’…</p> <p>The post <a href="https://usustatesman.com/someone-handle-ray-b-wests-bug-problem/">Someone handle the Ray B. West’s bug problem</a> appeared first on <a href="https://usustatesman.com">The Utah Statesman</a>.</p> ]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">I’m all for springtime.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">I honestly love the rain, the unpredictable overcast-no-wait-now-it’s-pretty weather, and the semi-hopeful look on my classmates’ faces as we collectively sense the sunny end to the semester drawing ever nearer.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">But I’m not down for the bugs.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">I spend a lot of time in the Ray B. West building. For those of you who aren’t aware, that means contending daily with the harmless yet disgusting pestilence English majors have generally agreed to term “box elder bugs.” Are they actually box elder bugs? Who knows — and who really cares? Sorry if the proper categorization of bugs is important to you, but I’m in the english department, I don’t concern myself with the proper words for things.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The name of this plague isn’t really the issue here. It’s the fact that during any given afternoon lecture, you’ve got to be on high alert for anything that maybe even a little bit feels like a bug touching you, lest one catch you by surprise later after you’ve sat down to eat lunch, or transported it back into your car. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">I’m pretty proud to be a Utah State Aggie, but there’s no way this makes for a great learning environment, right? Good luck taking that quiz on Poe and early romanticism while every minor itch makes you wonder if one found its way inside your pant leg. Occasional yelps throughout the classroom indicate students’ latest surprise encounter with what are essentially cockroaches minus the speed or decency to hide inside your kitchen cupboards.</span></p> <p>And you know what else? They fly. Your professor is racing through Emerson’s transcendental beliefs and all you’re thinking is if that thing lands on you, all your classmates will witness a grown adult crying in public. They lazily drift through the room and land on the back wall before taking off again, a pattern that commands your invested attention until you snap back into the lecture minutes later without any clue as to what Queequeg’s coffin means or what chapter of Moby Dick you’re even in.</p> <p>You might even start feeling bad for not appreciating the grandeur and renewal of nature signaled by this lovely spring season, because in your heart of hearts you’ve got designs to smash that sucker with your 2,000-page anthology of American literature the second it lands on your desk.</p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">And don’t tell me these things are a necessary evil. Have you been in the business building? You think marketing majors have to deal with this constant distraction? That place boasts more over-sanitized glass and stainless steel than a TV show hospital. It’s antiseptic. It makes you feel like the police from Gattaca will discover your thumbprint on some door handle and determine you’re too filthy to be eating at the salad bar.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">But step into your professor’s office over in Family Life and suddenly, Jumanji. Bugs everywhere. Teachers seem to not even notice them anymore. I feel bad for them sitting up there, grading essays and exams while bugs are allowed to come and go at will by virtue of a) not being cockroaches and b) not being venomous. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Look, I’m ready to enjoy spring time. And if I’m outdoors and bugs fly in my face, so be it — that’s just nature. But if it only takes like a day for our grounds crew to murder Old Main Hill by accident, maybe eradicating the pest problem shouldn’t be so hard.</span></p> <p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">— </span><a href="mailto:logantjones@aggiemail.usu.edu"><span style="font-weight: 400;">logantjones@aggiemail.usu.edu</span></a></em></p> <p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">@Logantj</span></em></p> <p>The post <a href="https://usustatesman.com/someone-handle-ray-b-wests-bug-problem/">Someone handle the Ray B. West’s bug problem</a> appeared first on <a href="https://usustatesman.com">The Utah Statesman</a>.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title>200 percent more precipitation could mean flooding for Northern Utah</title> <link>https://usustatesman.com/200-percent-precipitation-mean-flooding-northern-utah/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Shanie Howard]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 02 Mar 2017 19:49:15 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[All]]></category> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Cache Valley]]></category> <category><![CDATA[fooding]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Northern Utah]]></category> <category><![CDATA[rain]]></category> <category><![CDATA[snow]]></category> <category><![CDATA[USU]]></category> <category><![CDATA[weather]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://usustatesman.com/?p=22012367</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>Current weather patterns could lead to major flooding in Northern Utah this spring. Despite seeing small floods and sewage backup…</p> <p>The post <a href="https://usustatesman.com/200-percent-precipitation-mean-flooding-northern-utah/">200 percent more precipitation could mean flooding for Northern Utah</a> appeared first on <a href="https://usustatesman.com">The Utah Statesman</a>.</p> ]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Current weather patterns could lead to major flooding in Northern Utah this spring.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Despite seeing small floods and sewage backup in Logan over the past few weeks, the risk of major flooding in Northern Utah has yet to pass.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Over the past three months, Northern Utah received 200 percent more precipitation than normal. Much of that precipitation has already melted from the lower elevation areas but Utah State University hydrologist David Tarboton said that unless the snow starts to melt at higher elevations soon, Northern Utah could see major flooding this spring.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"> “The average snow in April at Tony Grove is 35 inches,” Tarboton said. “Right now we’ve just hit that but it’s still going to keep snowing.”</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Logan River is already flowing above its usual levels because of snowmelt at lower elevations on the mountains. Tarboton warned that if the Logan River were to overflow, houses and roads in lower elevation areas of Logan would flood.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">National Weather Service meteorologist Randy Graham said he cannot accurately predict how much more precipitation Northern Utah will see but there is definitely a serious risk that if Utah gets more precipitation, it could lead to floods in the spring.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Right now it could go either way,” Graham said. “If we keep adding snow to the snowpack we could see major flooding.” </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Cache County Environmental Analysis Manager Jim Harps reported the Cache County sewer system had exceeded capacity on Feb. 10. If the sewer system were to receive another major flood of water, sewage could start spilling over into the streets.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“If a manhole were to overflow, the raw sewage would end up in people’s basements, which would be bad,” Harps said.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Utah State University’s Utah Water Research Laboratory also expressed serious concerns about flooding in Cache and other northern counties.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“If it is snow followed by rain, especially if the rain is as intense as it was a week ago, we may again see localized flooding and flooding in rivers draining low lying areas as we experienced last week,” Tarboton said. “However, what happened last week was rain on top of about 2 feet of snow in the valley, so before we had as much local flooding as we did last week, it would need that much snow to build up before the rain.”</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">— shaniehoward214@gmail.com</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">@HowardShanie</span></p> <p>Photo by Chantelle McCall</p> <p>The post <a href="https://usustatesman.com/200-percent-precipitation-mean-flooding-northern-utah/">200 percent more precipitation could mean flooding for Northern Utah</a> appeared first on <a href="https://usustatesman.com">The Utah Statesman</a>.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title>Beating the winter blues</title> <link>https://usustatesman.com/beating-the-winter-blues/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Savannah Lund]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2017 22:32:34 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[All]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Lifestyles]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Student Life]]></category> <category><![CDATA[aggies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Bundle Up]]></category> <category><![CDATA[cold]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Frost Bite]]></category> <category><![CDATA[GIF list]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Savannah Lund]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Stay Warm]]></category> <category><![CDATA[student life]]></category> <category><![CDATA[USU]]></category> <category><![CDATA[weather]]></category> <category><![CDATA[winter]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://usustatesman.com/?p=22011481</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>It’s January and it’s freezing outside. Every year, students grow tired of the tundra that is Logan and start getting…</p> <p>The post <a href="https://usustatesman.com/beating-the-winter-blues/">Beating the winter blues</a> appeared first on <a href="https://usustatesman.com">The Utah Statesman</a>.</p> ]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">It’s January and it’s freezing outside. Every year, students grow tired of the tundra that is Logan and start getting antsy for summer to come back.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Here are some of the best ways to beat the winter blues for all the Aggies here at Utah State.</span></p> <p> </p> <ol> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Bundle yourself up as tightly as possible, so you don’t feel quite as frozen.<img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-22011471" src="https://usustatesman.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/1.gif" alt="1" width="338" height="200" /></span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Try to grasp onto every ray of sun that comes your way.<img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-22011473" src="https://usustatesman.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/2.gif" alt="2" width="370" height="200" /> </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">But make sure not to let the blinding combination of sunlight and snow hit you in the face.<img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-22011474" src="https://usustatesman.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/3.gif" alt="3" width="469" height="200" /> </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Get out and exercise! Don’t let the cold keep you indoors!<img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-22011475" src="https://usustatesman.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/4.gif" alt="4" width="315" height="200" /></span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Remember that it’s only a matter of time before summer is back in action.<img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-22011476" src="https://usustatesman.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/5.gif" alt="5" width="359" height="200" /> </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Drink every hot drink you can get your hands on. That way your insides are like the hot August sun.<img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-22011477" src="https://usustatesman.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/6.gif" alt="6" width="500" height="250" /></span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Go out and do things even though it’s cold! There are still plenty of things to do out in the snow.<img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-22011478" src="https://usustatesman.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/7.gif" alt="7" width="200" height="355" /> </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Curl up in a blanket with a good movie, book or friends.<img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-22011479" src="https://usustatesman.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/8.gif" alt="8" width="267" height="200" /> </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">And, if none of those work, just complain to anyone who will listen about how cold it is outside. That’ll make you feel better.<img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-22011480" src="https://usustatesman.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/9.gif" alt="9" width="273" height="200" /> </span></li> </ol> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">— </span><a href="mailto:savannah.lund@aggiemail.usu.edu"><span style="font-weight: 400;">savannah.lund@aggiemail.usu.edu</span></a></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">@savannah_lund</span></p> <p>The post <a href="https://usustatesman.com/beating-the-winter-blues/">Beating the winter blues</a> appeared first on <a href="https://usustatesman.com">The Utah Statesman</a>.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title>Multiple accidents on 1000 N Wednesday due to hazardous road conditions</title> <link>https://usustatesman.com/multiple-accidents-on-1000-n-wednesday-due-to-hazardous-road-conditions/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Alison Berg]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2017 05:00:39 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Parking and Transportation]]></category> <category><![CDATA[black ice]]></category> <category><![CDATA[campus police]]></category> <category><![CDATA[car accidents]]></category> <category><![CDATA[cold]]></category> <category><![CDATA[dangerous black ice]]></category> <category><![CDATA[hazardous weather]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Logan]]></category> <category><![CDATA[multiple cars]]></category> <category><![CDATA[road conditions]]></category> <category><![CDATA[snow]]></category> <category><![CDATA[USU Police Department]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Utah]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Utah State University]]></category> <category><![CDATA[weather]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://usustatesman.com/?p=22011383</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>Two car accidents occurred Wednesday around 5:30 p.m. on 1000 N in Logan. A total of five cars were involved,…</p> <p>The post <a href="https://usustatesman.com/multiple-accidents-on-1000-n-wednesday-due-to-hazardous-road-conditions/">Multiple accidents on 1000 N Wednesday due to hazardous road conditions</a> appeared first on <a href="https://usustatesman.com">The Utah Statesman</a>.</p> ]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Two car accidents occurred Wednesday around 5:30 p.m. on 1000 N in Logan. A total of five cars were involved, including a Utah State University police car.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The accidents began with a driver headed west on 1000 N after picking up her boyfriend from Utah State University’s campus. She felt her car slipping and opted to turn into a snowbank rather than lose control and continue sliding down the hill. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">However, when she turned toward the snowbank she hit a car pulled over on the side of the road parallel to Maverik Stadium. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“The roads were too slick — I just chose the wrong time to start driving,” said the driver, who asked not to be identified by name. “I thought it was going to slide into traffic and hit another car, but instead it rolled into a snowbank.” </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The woman said police instructed her boyfriend to move the car by putting it into neutral. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">As he was doing this, another car began sliding down 1000 N and ran into her vehicle. Her boyfriend immediately got out to protect himself from being injured. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In a separate incident, a USU police department vehicle was parked blocking traffic on 1000 N when a truck slid down the hill and hit the police car.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Both the driver of the truck and USU police declined to comment on the accident. However, police advised everyone to drive safely through the snow. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">For more information, the USU police department can be contacted at 435-797-1939.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">— </span><a href="mailto:aligirl123@att.net"><span style="font-weight: 400;">aligirl123@att.net</span></a></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">@AlisonBerg</span></p> <p>Photo by Tim Carpenter</p> <p>The post <a href="https://usustatesman.com/multiple-accidents-on-1000-n-wednesday-due-to-hazardous-road-conditions/">Multiple accidents on 1000 N Wednesday due to hazardous road conditions</a> appeared first on <a href="https://usustatesman.com">The Utah Statesman</a>.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title>Logan Canyon closed to avalanche</title> <link>https://usustatesman.com/logan-canyon-closed-to-avalanche/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Shanie Howard]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2017 23:23:25 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Parking and Transportation]]></category> <category><![CDATA[avalanche]]></category> <category><![CDATA[breaking news]]></category> <category><![CDATA[extreme weather]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Logan News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[road conditions]]></category> <category><![CDATA[road delays]]></category> <category><![CDATA[snow]]></category> <category><![CDATA[transportation]]></category> <category><![CDATA[UDOT]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Utah State University]]></category> <category><![CDATA[weather]]></category> <category><![CDATA[winter]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://usustatesman.com/?p=22011376</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>The Utah Department of Transportation has closed Logan Canyon because of an avalanche this afternoon. “We have had one or…</p> <p>The post <a href="https://usustatesman.com/logan-canyon-closed-to-avalanche/">Logan Canyon closed to avalanche</a> appeared first on <a href="https://usustatesman.com">The Utah Statesman</a>.</p> ]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Utah Department of Transportation has closed Logan Canyon because of an avalanche this afternoon. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“We have had one or two small avalanches every winter but nothing like this,” said UDOT spokesman Vic Saunders. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">According to UDOT, Logan Canyon has never in known record had an avalanche of this scale. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“This area has never had an avalanche this big before,” Saunders said. “We don’t know if any more like this will happen in the valley.” </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">UDOT is still unsure if anyone was injured in the avalanche because of poor cell phone and radio service in the canyon. Alan Anderson, the Utah State University executive director of dining services, was driving through the canyon this morning and reported that some truck drivers were forced to stop along the canyon road due to poor road conditions. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I was driving through the the canyon this morning and there were a lot of diesel trucks pulled off on the side of the road,” Anderson said.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Saunders predicts the canyon will be open again tomorrow night at the earliest.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“The avalanche crew will blast it tonight to get the rest of the snow off the mountain then they’ll clean it up,” Saunders said. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Before clearing the snow from the road, avalanche crews use explosives to clear unstable snow in order to prevent further avalanches. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Until the snow is cleared, UDOT advises drivers to use State Road 30, State Road 16, and</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Interstate 84 at Evanston, Wyoming to travel to and from the area east of the avalanche. Traffic is currently backed up on these roads, but expected to clear by tomorrow morning. Updates will be posted on Twitter @utahstatesman.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">— </span><a href="mailto:shaniehoward214@gmail.com"><span style="font-weight: 400;">shaniehoward214@gmail.com</span></a></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">@HowardShanie</span></p> <p>The post <a href="https://usustatesman.com/logan-canyon-closed-to-avalanche/">Logan Canyon closed to avalanche</a> appeared first on <a href="https://usustatesman.com">The Utah Statesman</a>.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> </channel> </rss>