2000+ suspected cases on college campus...

ONCRN84 · Sep 9, 2009

I'm a WSU alumni as well! Doesn't surprise me at all that H1N1 is spreading like wildfire through campuses. I was in a sorority and, as in most greek houses, we all slept in the same rooms ("sleeping porches") for safety reasons. In our house we had one designated bedroom in the front of the house that someone could sleep in if they were sick so as not to spread germs on the sleeping porches. I can only imagine they're probably having to shuffle sleeping arrangements to help keep it from spreading because there's probably going to be a lot more than just one sick person in the house!

Ahhh sleeping porches. I had a few friends in sororities and the idea of sleeping porch still freaks me out. HAHA

I lived in the dorms for a year and a half and I personally know how things spread through there. I had conjunctivitis (dunno if you were there the year that was a huge outbreak) and all kinds of other random illnesses that went through the dorms. It got better when I didn't have a roommate, so I'm convinced she was bringing it all home. =) I can't even imagine H1N1 in the dorms.

indigo girl · Sep 9, 2009

I have never heard of sleeping porches. Do you mean like this?

http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/dc/summer-inspiration-the-sleeping-porch-090212

ONCRN84 · Sep 9, 2009

The ones I saw were big rooms with bunk beds. Many bunkbeds. I don't know if all the houses worked like this, but in my friend's house they had one person with the glorious job of waking everyone up. You give them your wake time, they wake you up. They rotated this lovely duty. They were also usually dark and cool.

I'm sure Spotty can tell you more. My knowledge is just what I saw. lol

Spotty44 · Sep 9, 2009

I have never heard of sleeping porches. Do you mean like this?
http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/dc/summer-inspiration-the-sleeping-porch-090212

It's basically a large room with bunkbeds (usually enough to sleep 30+ people). As far as I know, every sorority on campus had them (maybe some of the fraternities too). The purpose being that if some emergency, such as a fire, happens at night everyone is in one area of the house and can be evacuated...in addition, if rescuers need to go in and look for people they know where to go and don't have to worry about getting people from a million different rooms. We also had to keep the windows open at all times to help airflow through the room.....practically everyone had electric blankets because the town I went to college in got COLD during the winter.

RuRnurse? · Sep 9, 2009

Oh, college campuses are going to be a nightmare! They are the age group that seems to be most affected. And they are so close, it will spread like crazy. Then, they'll go 'home for the holidays', and bring it to Mom and Dad...