clarion.brevard.edu
Volume 84, Issue 14 Web Edition
SERVING BREVARD COLLEGE SINCE 1935
December 12, 2018
Snowmania 2018
Winter Storm Diego leaves its mark
By Jeni Welch
Editor in Chief
After recovering from a foot of snow, the Brevard College campus has
nearly returned to normalcy. Students enjoyed the break from studying
for finals to have snowball fights and to go sledding.
The snow from Winter Storm Diego started on Saturday, Dec. 8 at around
3 p.m. and did not stop until noon on Sunday. During the snowfall, BC
experienced campus wide power outages along with the rest of the county.
Power was back on for most of the upper portion of campus by early
Sunday morning with the rest of campus regaining power not long after.
Along with the issue of the power outages, students also had to work
around problems with IT and the internet being down. The large amount
of snow left the library closed through Monday.
A campus wide email read, “Remember that Library resources are
available 24/7 through our website. Librarians are available through email
and chat, as well (when we aren’t out playing in the snow).”
With finals looming around the snow day fun, IT worked to restore
internet access and important sites like MyBC and Sakai quickly.
The school made plans for the rescheduling of finals and sent out emails
with information about where students needed to go if power was lost
to their building.
Email, phone call and text alerts were used to update students regarding
power outages and exam rescheduling.
Finals were cancelled for Sunday and Monday due to the bad weather
conditions. Those finals were rescheduled for later in the week.
Some areas of Transylvania County experienced power outages until
Tuesday and saw snow accumulations of up to 18 inches.
Mount Mitchell received the largest amount of snow from the storm
with 34 inches, according to The Weather Channel.
Fallen trees and downed power lines made the waiting times longer as
the power companies worked around the clock to fix the problems.
According to the Asheville Citizen-Times, “At midday Sunday, more
than 76,000 Duke Energy customers were without electricity in WNC,
and Duke Energy had some 9,000 workers out in the Carolinas to restore
power.”
The storm first left snow in California at the Alpine Meadows Ski
Resort and then moved across the lower Midwest gaining moisture from
the Gulf of Mexico before dumping snow on Arkansas, South Carolina,
North Carolina and then up through Kentucky and Maryland.
This is the first snow of the winter season in WNC and with warmer
temperatures and rain in the future forecast it will not be long until it
melts away.
Above: Students huddled together in an ingloo they built outside the
Villages on campus Sunday. (From left to right) Nathan Boepple, Hannah
Arensman, Sam Schaer, Emilie Abbott, Malynne Petoia, Gabe Neckolaishen,
Duncan McWllllam-Grench, Ivy Blanton, Abi Fuesler, Matt Stephens, Taylor
Everard and Danielle Brown.
Left: Brevard College’s campus was transformed into a winter wonderland
after over a foot of snow poured down Saturday and Sunday. Downed limbs
were seen In many areas on campus, as were picturesque winter views,
such as this one just outside of Green Hall