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Leaves are falling just as fast as the temperature is dropping. Fall is here. For basic sorority girls, this means we get to break out the big sweaters, scarves, leggings, fuzzy socks, and riding boots, along with our holiday Starbucks specialties. For any guy, this just means any type of long sleeve and pants, nothing too special. 

As the temperature starts to drop, for some it’s as if the world is ending; for others, it’s as if things are finally starting to look up. With many out-of-state students, Alabama’s weather leaves them with mixed emotions. Getting the view of freshmen who have yet to experience Alabama weather, north, south, east, and west natives all have different opinions of the climate changes.  

North 

Being from the Midwest -- Chicago specifically -- Alabama’s weather has been completely different than what I am used to. Now that fall weather is making an appearance, I feel like I am home again. As a northerner, it is amusing to see people reacting to this weather as if it’s about to snow. Back home, this weather is prayed for. It is a good year when there is fall weather and we don’t automatically skip to the frigid winters with negative temperatures and 10 feet of snow. I love these breezy temperatures and can’t wait until it becomes a consistent thing, which often rewards me with people looking at me like I’m crazy for wanting the cold. 

South 

Yes, there are states even more south of Alabama that are not adjusting well to the temperature change. “It’s ridiculous that Alabama is so cold already,” freshman Kenzie Mayock said. “I should not have to break out my parka in October. I believe it should be in the 90s year round!” 

Being from Texas, Mayock is used to warm weather all the time and is finding it difficult to adjust to the lower temperatures. As the leaves start to fall, she will realize she’s in for an interesting few months as the temperature drops to new lows for her –- especially if it decides to snow again, like last year.  

East 

“What cold?” freshman Anna Duffy asked. With Massachusetts being her home state, this cooler fall weather doesn’t faze Duffy. “I don’t think it’s been cold at all. This, now, is the perfect weather. Not too hot, not too cold; I can walk around campus and neither sweat nor shiver. While the leaves may not be changing colors as much as I’d like, the weather is still hotter than I am used to for fall,” she said. 

The east coast normally faces a cold fall season followed by a freezing winter just the like north, especially if you live in one of the northern states of the east, in the New England area.

West 

“The weather is finally nice again,” freshman Sarah Rasmussen said. “Coming from California, summer has always been my favorite season, but that was before I found out what humidity was. I couldn’t be happier that it’s getting cold again. Who knew that heat and humidity were two different things?” 

Used to beaches and more of a dry heat, Rasmussen embraces the temperature drops as they become more and more evident in opposition to the heat we faced in the first few months of the semester.      

While the north finds this fall weather desirable, the south finds it appalling. The east finds it abnormal -- in a good way, and the west finds it feeling like home. When the temperatures drop even more, it will be clear where some people are from,  by how they dress. 

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