Something I have noticed as time goes on is the amount of times I have been caught in the rain. Although it is a common occurrence, I feel as though recently the climate and precipitation has changed in how often and how severe it is. Specifically looking at my time in college, there have been countless times where there would be rain for days on end or sudden sprinkles out of seemingly nowhere. This has become increasingly obvious and concerning due to the fact that I walk to get to most places. This realization and this assignment caused me to look into this issue more and investigate climate changes' effect on precipitation. According to NASA’s Global Precipitation Measurement, it is predicted that the rising temperatures cause the water cycle to intensify. More heat means more evaporation, which leads to more precipitation in some areas. This coincides with the amount of precipitation that I have witnessed not only in Delaware, but in other states as well. Being on the east coast puts us close to a large body of water, and with the uptake in evaporation resulting in more precipitation can only mean that all of these things are connected. Circling back to mobility, this can all have a dramatic effect on the safety of mobility in various forms. For individuals who drive cars, the risk of getting in an accident while any sort of precipitation is occurring is about 34% more likely to occur. Statistics on how likely bikers are to get into an accident is unclear, but hazards do increase dramatically. For walking, from personal experience I know the effects precipitation can have because I have had to endure it countless times over the entirety of my time at college. At times I will walk to class with clear blue skies, and then by the conclusion of the lecture the weather will take a huge turn and all of a sudden it is pouring rain and I am not prepared because rain was not in the forecast. Precipitation has proven to affect one's ability to get to places safely and effectively, or to even get to where they need to go at all. 

-Giselle Ruiz