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Red Capsule

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      This is the first capsule of all for the 2021-2022 school year. sunset of the day after IDA      We had a rather unusual opening of the semester with hurricane Ida that came at the end of first week. It was my first time experiencing a hurricane, given that I just moved here in the end of June. Everyone around who had been living here for years told me that I did not have to worry because downtown is usually the first place with restored electricity, and I live near Tulane hospital. So I was quite confident that I did not need to evacuate, and I would stay home and study for the upcoming exam next Monday.      Well, turned out I was so so wrong about this one. My apartment lost electricity even before the landfall of Ida, and it did not come back for about a week. After 3 days of no power and eating cold food, I decided to evacuate with Tulane's shuttle to Houston. Most people were in a restless and anxious state, and it wasn't until when the bus drove out of New Orleans