Raincoats/Umbrellas

greentshirt
Sun, 07 Aug 2011 13:01:22 +0000

I’ve lived in the New Orleans area for years, and I’m attending Tulane in the fall. I never see people wearing ponchos, raincoats in the city or suburbs. I’ve never been on campus while it was raining, so I don’t know what the students on campus do (especially students who had previously lived in dry climates). But, I imagine that it should be the same. In my opinion, it’s too hot and humid to be wearing ponchos or coats during July-October. I would simply suggest an umbrella. You could buy rain boots, I guess. But I never really see anyone wearing those either.
You’ll mostly be using the umbrella in September. It doesn’t rain too much after that.
Heavy rain is mostly a problem during the summer. This year it was pretty bad. We had a one week drought in June. July was a month long monsoon. Literally rained almost everyday.
In the winter, I always wear hoodies. And If it rains, I just cover my head with my hood. However, the winter rain is never as frequent or as heavy as the summer rain.
An umbrella would suffice in my opinion.

If you come and you feel you need more than just an umbrella, then simply buy your poncho/rain coat/boots here.
Good Luck :)