Wacky weather | My Climate Story

Some people had to swim out of their second story windows in the middle of night, while others went on rescue missions in the boats they kept in their garages.

Justine’s Story

Feb 1, 2023 | Angry, Anxious, Helpless, How humans are affected, Overwhelmed, Sad, Scared, Too much water, Wacky weather, Water, Worried

As subway stations swelled with water and cars floated down the streets, the hustle and bustle of the fast-paced roads quieted to an eerie silence; it felt as if the gray clouds of the regularly scheduled rainy season had come back on their own accord.

Jonathan’s Story

Feb 1, 2023 | Anxious, How humans are affected, Temperature, Too cold, Too hot, Too much water, Wacky weather, Water, Worried

However, last year when I returned home for Winter Break from Penn and walked outside of Union Station, the first thing I noticed was how warm it was outside. It felt like spring and I was very concerned right away because I thought about how hot it was the past summer.

Sarah’s Story

Feb 1, 2023 | Anxious, Confused, Helpless, Wacky weather

The turn of the seasons only an hour from the place I’d spent my eighteen years was unpredictable and mysterious to me.

Liesl’s Story

Feb 1, 2023 | Anxious, Frustrated, Helpless, How humans are affected, Nostalgic, Overwhelmed, Wacky weather

This situation makes me really concerned and fearful for older people who do not have loved ones to help them stay safe or rebuild after a natural disaster like this.

Talyah’s Story

Feb 1, 2023 | Helpless, How humans are affected, Nostalgic, Overwhelmed, Wacky weather, Worried

I fell witness to the slow destruction of my neighborhood, watching stray animals die, houses and trees collapse, and cars on the road crash all because of Hurricane Ike.

Timothy’s Story

Feb 1, 2023 | Nostalgic, Sad, Temperature, Too hot, Wacky weather, Worried

When I was the same age as Daniel, I remember blizzards that would cancel school for a week, snow so high that my dad and I would make igloos out of them, snow so heavy I could sink waist deep. Core memories that don’t just pale in comparison, they hurt.

Grace’s Story

Feb 1, 2023 | Anxious, Confused, How humans are affected, Overwhelmed, Sad, Too much water, Wacky weather, Water, Worried

As I drove around my hometown, I noticed many stores closed for repairs and tons of damaged cars resulting from tornadoes that struck this area during the storm.

Khue’s Story

Feb 1, 2023 | Air quality, Frustrated, Helpless, How humans are affected, Overwhelmed, Temperature, Too hot, Wacky weather, Wildfires, Worried

For what seemed like forever, the skies became orange and hazy and it became normal to see smoke somewhere. The smell of burning wood and building materials permeated the air.

Amir’s Story

Feb 1, 2023 | Anxious, Confused, Frustrated, Helpless, Hopeful, Overwhelmed, Wacky weather, Worried

The day prior I strolled the streets in flip flops and shorts, then – like an emergency tsunami – a mere 24 hours later the streets are white and the Christmas songs have begun to top the charts once more.

Allyonna’s Story

Jan 31, 2023 | Confused, Frustrated, Overwhelmed, Temperature, Too cold, Too hot, Wacky weather, Worried

I don’t know if I should dress warmly or wear something that won’t make me sweat all day.

Kimora’s Story

Jan 31, 2023 | Anxious, Helpless, Scared, Temperature, Too hot, Wacky weather, Worried

Just knowing that something like this is possible is horrifying.

Adrienne’s Story

Jan 31, 2023 | Confused, Frustrated, How humans are affected, Wacky weather, Worried

I get frustrated because I know that the weather is not like how it used to be.

Isabella’s Story

Jan 30, 2023 | Air quality, Anxious, Hopeful, Nostalgic, Wacky weather

Or we can use our mistakes and clean the air of its smoky waste. We have little time as humans, but our world has more.

Rosa’s Story

Jan 30, 2023 | Confused, Nostalgic, Sad, Temperature, Too hot, Wacky weather, Worried

In the early month of June, however, England was facing record-high heat.

Owen’s Story

Jan 29, 2023 | Confused, Frustrated, Ice and Snow, Scared, Temperature, Too hot, Too Little Snow, Wacky weather, Worried

As Christmas came closer and closer, I waited for the first bit of snow to arrive. I waited and waited, but not one flake of snow fell down from the sky that December.

Evan’s Story

Jan 29, 2023 | Helpless, Scared, Wacky weather, Worried

The violent winds lifted me up into the air. It would’ve succeeded if it wasn’t for my dad anchoring me down. “Let go of the umbrella”, he screamed. I watched as my umbrella flew away.

Tomas’s Story

Jan 29, 2023 | Grief, Helpless, How nonhumans are affected, Temperature, Too cold, Too hot, Wacky weather

Suddenly a thought comes unbidden.
This will be gone soon too.

Every year it feels like I’m seeing the trees change later, and when spring comes around and I see either dead trees or trees that have been green for a while I just think about how I might be one of the last generations to experience this.

Sarah’s Story

Jan 29, 2023 | Anxious, Helpless, How humans are affected, Nostalgic, Overwhelmed, Sad, Scared, Temperature, Too hot, Wacky weather, Worried

As the years ticked by, snow has made less and less frequent appearances. Maybe this is just a side effect of childhood nostalgia—the feeling that every weather event, holiday, and outing was just a bit more dramatic and exciting when I was younger—but part of me tells me it isn’t.

Sayaka’s Story

Jan 29, 2023 | How humans are affected, Nostalgic, Sad, Wacky weather, Worried

As the weather becomes more extreme I worry for my family who live so far away.

Anne’s Story

Jan 29, 2023 | Angry, Anxious, Frustrated, Grief, Helpless, Nostalgic, Overwhelmed, Sad, Too hot, Wacky weather

It’s place in me will always exist and I hope that I will have places I can go to with it for years to come.

Evan & Sydney’s Story

Jan 29, 2023 | Air quality, Angry, Helpless, How humans are affected, Nostalgic, Overwhelmed, Sad, Scared, Wacky weather, Worried

As these problems remain unresolved, the impact will grow exponentially.

Jacqueline’s Story

Jan 29, 2023 | Anxious, Frustrated, Grief, Helpless, How humans are affected, Sad, Too much water, Wacky weather, Water, Worried

Some paths along the water, usually 10 or so feet from the shore, were being threatened by the encroaching waves.

Daniella’s Story

Jan 29, 2023 | Air quality, Angry, Anxious, Confused, Frustrated, Grief, Helpless, How humans are affected, How nonhumans are affected, Overwhelmed, Sad, Scared, Temperature, Too cold, Too hot, Wacky weather, Worried

Mainly, the sounds of animals have diminished

Faye’s Story

Jan 27, 2023 | Wacky weather

There’s an increasing contrast between periods of snow and no snow, periods of warm and cold.

Evan’s Story

Oct 26, 2022 | Helpless, Scared, Wacky weather, Worried

The violent winds lifted me up into the air. It would’ve succeeded if it wasn’t for my dad anchoring me down.

Emma’s Story

Jun 17, 2022 | Anxious, Helpless, How humans are affected, Scared, Temperature, Too hot, Wacky weather, Worried

Holding infant-me, my parents huddled on the kitchen floor in order to avoid the windows. Because of the raging hurricanes in the summer of 2004…

Rachel’s Story

Jun 10, 2022 | Grief, Helpless, Scared, Temperature, Too cold, Too hot, Wacky weather, Worried

Ohio was home for the first eighteen years of my life. Since leaving it, however, it has become refuge.

Emma’s Story

Jun 10, 2022 | Angry, Anxious, Confused, Frustrated, Helpless, How humans are affected, Not enough water, Overwhelmed, Sad, Scared, Wacky weather, Water, Wildfires, Worried

When I awoke on the morning of September 9, 2020. I was extremely confused. My bedroom was almost completely dark, which was, of course, very unusual…