One Cool Evacuation

It was early December, it wasn’t snowing or raining, thankfully, but the wind was cold and harsh, and Caitlin usually wore light blouses to work because underneath a lab-coat it usually was warm enough. Her boots were keeping her feet warm but at this point that was it, Caitlin standing in her thin blouse without even her jacket outside of STARlabs at eleven in the morning.So of course the fire alarm had sounded at ten that morning.Knowing there had been an evacuation exercise the year before around this time and that they'd stand outside for about ten minutes tops, after which she could go grab a coffee on her way back to warm up while looking over new data again at the computer, it had seemed like a logical and reasonable decision to leave her blazer, coat, scarf, and purse in her office.Half an hour later Caitlin couldn't agree less. Now she was freezing outside.