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We got back into school today, but were not allowed to have a robotics meeting due to afterschool activities being cancelled because of the weather. We have met twice: once on kickoff, and once yesterday.

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So, perhaps the weather problems are part of "Getting It"?

Localized weather problems, even as large as half the USA freezing up for a week, do not generally affect market pressures on product development. In a 35 year career, I lost work days in Hartford CT, Dallas TX, Colorado Springs CO and Atlanta GA over the years (plus college days in Golden CO and Stony Brook NY). Nearly half of my career has been in Chandler AZ, where I have never lost a day to weather.

It's part of the lesson. If your fabs don't shake because you built them somewhere that is geologically stable, your yields are higher and you make more money. If people can either get to work no matter what, or tele-cooperate with desktop sharing over reliable communications networks, you will make more money.

TJ

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Ok, Ill admit, its the one advantage us Hawaii people have.
Cant imagine how frustrating it is not being able to meet when you want to.

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To top it all off, today, some of our school's pipes broke, so we no longer have heating in the building for an indefinite amount of time. If the whole thing freezes due to the cold weather outside, that amount of time will lengthen. We cannot get into the building until it is fixed.

I can admit that my frustration is slowly growing :mad: .

Well, thank goodness I put Autodesk Inventor on my laptop.

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Looks like another lost work day for our team and many others in Minnesota tomorrow...

Temps down to -25 degrees up here and windchills to -50 degrees.

...and we choose to live here.

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Wow we had our first snow Friday and we only got 3 inches.....can't imagine what it's like up North

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We have had our 4th snow day last week for this 2014 season in western Michigan, and the weather looks like Monday and Tuesday will be canceled as well. 6 days lost in a 6 week build season is hard to make up. Last year we lost 5 days and we didn't get our robot tweaked in until the third competition and lost our chances to qualify for state. It is definitely an obstacle to get around.

I don't like excuses, but I will whine about it :)

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Zeeland and Holland get a little more snow than Muskegon, but we are in the same boat. I can't think of the last time we had four snow days at this point in the year. If it gets really bad, and we miss much more, we plan to pack as much as we can and get some work done in a heated garage if needed... I'm still trying my best to not work weekends if we can.

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i know we are trying to increase are working days. last week we had three days of snow and missed all three because robotics is a school activity,and guess what we are about to have a snow storm :yikes:

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Yeah, tomorrow is the fourth snow day this build season. Skipped meeting the first two (polar vortex, was right after kickoff anyway). Third, the weather wasn't that bad, so meeting was non-mandatory. Waiting to see what tomorrow is like.

Wish Michigan Tech would close...

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At my school the the robotics team is trusted and we can pretty much do whatever we want so we come in all day :p . So during snow days we keep to the lab and work through the whole day gotta love it :) .

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Well, Schools are closing throughout the Midwest due to the Polar Vortex riding in for another blast. Windchills to -30 coming in the next few days. School in the suburbs has been called off including all activities for tomorrow and Tuesday's status will be determined tomorrow. Snow is due overnight, on top of the 4-6 we have received since Friday. It looks like Chicago Public Schools will also be closed. Tueday temps well below zero with winds over 20 MPH.

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They cancelled school fir today and tomorrow. Up to 5 lost days now. Between school closings and back orders from VexPro, this is turning into the build season from hell.

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-2 at my house this morning, with wind chill at -20. This may be the high for today with real temps headed to -19 overnight.

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School was cancelled for us today as well (fourth time this season!). However, one of our captains wrote an empassioned plea to the school board and got permission for the team to meet anyway, mostly using the logic that students won't be standing out for a bus - they'll be driven in by their parents. Usually we meet for 2 hours on week days... Today it's closer to 6!