Jared Rosbrugh's Blog for Tulane Pharmacolgy 2021

   Service Hours: 40 hrs   I distinctly remember sitting in my Elon Quantitative Analysis class slightly over three years ago, and watching the models of Hurricane Florence as it moved closer and closer to the mid-Atlantic. The forecast had it hitting landfall before the end of the week and the only dot of projected landfall read "Wilmington". My friends and I often referred to ourselves as "hurricane babies", and it was far from the first hurricane we had experienced in the area. With this being a normal part of our seasons, we often took the opportunity of hurricanes to surf the preceding swell, but as the reports projected it building to a cat 5 storm, this time felt different. I immediately drove home that evening, and I could feel the apprehension progressively grow as I neared my coastal hometown. Throughout the following couple days, my family and community prepared their homes for the worst with a solemn understanding that it would

Blog Post 1.  Hello and welcome to my blog,      My name is Jared and I am a 23 year old from the small beach town of Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina. I have lived there essentially my entire life, and as with everyone, I am a product of my environment. To get to know me and my perspective, it is helpful to know my background and bit about me, as everyone presents a unique perspective based on their own experiences.      I have been fortunate enough to grow up only a five minute bike ride from the beach, and due to that, the ocean has been a big part of my life. I still recall fond memories of kayak trips and exploring the marsh in my backyard as a part of my elementary school experience. Over time, that environment became a larger and more profound part of my life. I found a love for almost anything to do with the water, and now enjoy passions such as surfing, free/SCUBA diving, spearfishing, skateboarding, and video