Posts by Dylan

Summer feels like it is finally here. The weather is warm and sunny, and I feel like I want to retire from doing any more school work. I stated in a previous post that "senioritis" doesn't exist, but "summeritis" has been affecting me more than ever.

Yes, graduating sounds nice as well as the idea of going to a new school, but the smell of the growing grass and the hot sun makes me want to be out of school more than ever. Today, probably the nicest day of the year in Salt Lake, I have been dreading the idea of continuing school. "Senioritis" has not yet affected me, but the summer-like weather has just made me want to relax and stay outside. Spending my days studying and doing homework seems to be the last thing I would want to do on a nice spring day. It seems impossible for me to do well in school with the outdoors calling my name.

    With the recent upswing of earthquakes, history has shown that a "big" one is inevitable for the United States. The earthquakes in Haiti and Chile shows how devastating an earthquake can be. It can be hard to imagine a natural disaster that is so powerful and so life altering. With the seismology activity that has been recently occurring in the US, a large earthquake is bound to happen.

"It's not a matter of if, only of when an event like this strikes the people of the United States," says Marcia McNutt, director of the U.S. Geological Survey. "Shame on us if we don't prepare."

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    With the NBA all-star game airing Valentines night in the Cowboys stadium, one has to wonder how such an engineering feat was accomplished. With time, labor, and 1.5 billion dollars, the biggest dome stadium ever was created. It lies in Arlington, Texas and was completed May 27, 2009. This stadium has the biggest high definition television ever and spans from 20 yard line to 20 yard line.

Cowboys Stadium, which seats 100,000 fans, is an engineering marvel that goes to prove everything really is bigger in Texas. The sheer size of the 3 million-square-foot stadium is staggering. It boasts the most spectacular column-free room in the world, stretching a quarter-mile in length and tall enough for the Statue of Liberty to fit inside.

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    In the recent downturn of weather, I have seen constant slide outs and accidents throughout the valley. The road conditions are poor due to the accumulation of snow, and drivers don't seem to slow down. They don't take into account that their stop distance increases and also that it takes so long to slow to a stop.

     In the last snowstorm on Sunday, in Salt Lake City, I noticed that fact when I was driving to the store. The cars in front of me were traveling at a cautious speed, and I followed their actions. But as I was driving along, a car turned onto the road I was traveling on and immediately started to tail me. I tried pump my brakes to show him to slow down, but he continued to ride my bumper. I became angered that he would be so careless during a snow storm. Did he realize that if I had to stop quickly, he would rear end me? Apparently not, or he just didn't care. After a few blocks of this nuisance, he and his bright orange car finally turned.

Here are some quick tips about driving in bad conditions: