Not that relevant since at UCSB the "winter" is a chilly 60 degree's... And FWIW I went to school in a similar climate to yours and was never "stuck in a room

Not that relevant since at UCSB the "winter" is a chilly 60 degree's... And FWIW I went to school in a similar climate to yours and was never "stuck in a room for days". How did you get to class? How did you get food?