{"id":128,"date":"2024-12-30T16:43:19","date_gmt":"2024-12-30T16:43:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/simran\/?p=128"},"modified":"2024-12-30T16:43:19","modified_gmt":"2024-12-30T16:43:19","slug":"surviving-my-first-ice-storm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/simran\/2024\/12\/30\/surviving-my-first-ice-storm\/","title":{"rendered":"Surviving My First Ice Storm"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p>At the end of my first semester, I experienced what t is apparently classic Midwest weather: an ice storm. This is when it rains, but the temperatures are below freezing, so it immediately turns to ice when it hits the ground. This turned campus into a giant ice rink. While this sounds like fun, nobody had a pair of ice skates, so it was really just an inconvenience. Crossing the street between my dorm and Burge Market Place, which usually takes 30 seconds, took me a few minutes because I was scared of falling. I was eventually able to successfully make it to the other side (unlike some other people I saw). I think the real trick to surviving an ice storm is minimizing how much you go outside (stock up on microwaveable meals) and having a good pair of boots!<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the end of my first semester, I experienced what t is apparently classic Midwest weather: an ice storm. This is when it rains, but the temperatures are below freezing, so it immediately turns to ice when it hits the ground. This turned campus into a giant ice rink. While this sounds like fun, nobody had a pair of ice skates, so it was really just an inconvenience. Crossing the street between my dorm and &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":162,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/simran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/simran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/simran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/simran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/162"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/simran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/simran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":133,"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/simran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128\/revisions\/133"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/simran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/simran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/simran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}