Rainstorms are back, but many students may not understand the risk of flooding, mudslides and falling rocks that comes with the rain.

“I don’t think a lot of people are that concerned,” sophomore Morris Chen said about potential mudslides. “Unlike the fire, it’s not like you can see it … it doesn’t happen until it happens, and when it happens, it’s too late.”

A few semesters ago, the prediction of rain would cause Pepperdine students to anticipate a day off. Now, students prepare to make the trek to class from their dorm room up in the Drescher Campus, their freshman suite or commuting from off-campus, regardless of how gloomy it looks outside.

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Read the rest of this article I wrote for the Pepperdine Graphic for more information on preparations in place as rainstorms impacted the LA area post-Woolsey Fire.