Wednesday, January 17, 2024
Welcome students
Payton Little Stillwater’s recent winter weather will keep students indoors to avoid the cold.
Boredom busters
Indoor activities to keep you entertained Kennedy Thomason News & Lifestyle Editor
Freezing temperatures iced
Stillwater over during the three-day weekend, encouraging students to stay inside. The low temperatures are predicted to hang around for the rest of the week, and students will spend more time indoors to avoid the cold. If you don’t get swamped with
homework, here are some indoor activities to keep the cabin fever at bay. 1. Pick up a book I know, it might seem a bit retro. But sitting down with a book can give you an entertaining story while cutting down on your screen time. Make a coffee or hot chocolate,
find a cozy, well-lit spot and get to reading. Even if you are already a reader, pick up that book you’ve been meaning to get to, or switch it up and read a new genre. See Activities on 6
Is the extreme cold bad for your lungs? Deb Balzer Mayo Clinic News
tion from breathing in those bitter cold temperatures. That’s common. Network “Our bodies are very well designed to adapt to cold air coming in. There are many mechanisms that allow for warming and humidification From frostbite to hypo thermia, extremely cold can be of the air before it actually hits your lungs where a gas exchange dangerous. happens,” explains Dr. Shiari. The cold also can affect “What happens is that cold air your lungs. is generally drier, and your body Can freezing temperaworks to humidify this. In that tures freeze your lungs? process, it can cause irritation “Our body does its best to the airways, which results in to keep our core temperature a process called bronchospasm, about 37 degrees (celsius), and where those airways narrow and our lungs are encased within our thoracic cavity. Unless your tighten, and you get that feeling of shortness of breath.” whole body is at risk, freezing People with chronic lung your lungs should not be at risk,” disease says Dr. Aryan Shiari, a pulmonThe extreme cold air can ologist with Mayo Clinic Health be dangerous for anyone, but for System. those with chronic lung diseases, He says the cold dry air such as chronic obstructive can enter your lungs and cause pulmonary disease (COPD), the irritation, leading to broncho cold can make things feel worse. spasm that could cause that tightening sensation of the chest. With emphysema, for instance, Your lungs themselves will un- the cold air can cause spasms of the bronchial passage, making it likely freeze. more difficult to breathe. You may experience discomfort or even a burning sensa-
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Tribune Content Agency An American Airlines plane goes through deicing procedures at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport on Monday, Jan. 15, 2024.
Travel delays pile up with cold temperatures at DFW Airport, Dallas Love Field Alexandra Skores The Dallas Morning News
tions on 5%. Two cold fronts that rolled through North Texas last week left the region feeling the cold weather through Tuesday and sub-freezing temperatures and icy roads caused schools to close, Delays and some cancelations are piling on at ERCOT to call for energy use conservation and garbage DFW International Airport and Dallas Love Field for the pickup to be delayed. The maximum temperature was third straight day, as winter weather continues into Tues- 26 degrees at DFW Airport Monday, making it the lowest day over North Texas. At 10 a.m. on Tuesday, maximum temperature ever DFW Airport saw delays on recorded for Jan. 15. The old record was 31 degrees set in 14% of flights leaving and cancellations on 2%, accord- 1917, historical data shows. Southwest and Ameriing to FlightAware. Love can both issued travel alerts Field saw delays on 7% of for D-FW passengers dealing flights leaving and cancella-
with the flying uncertainty in the cold weather. Nationwide, Southwest delayed 10% of its flights and canceled another 10% Tuesday and American delayed 19% and canceled 4% as of 10 a.m, according to FlightAware. In Dallas, the low Wednesday is expected to be 18 with a high of 42, according to the KXAS (NBC5) forecast. Thursday’s low is forecasted at 33 with a high of 53, and temperatures dip again Friday with a low of 26 and high of 37. Wednesday through Friday should be sunny, the forecast shows. news.ed@ocolly.com