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Tomorrow looks infinitely better though.

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I'm more worried about the teams that flew out today

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Hey Everyone, our flight was cancelled today and the earliest we can get in there is late in the day tomorrow (let's hope no further delays/cancellations). We sure are going to miss that crucial Thursday inspection/practice time, but hopefully we can get up and running quickly once we arrive.

I know we aren't the only ones held up by the storm. How's everyone's travel situation?

Storm or not, Denver is still an awesome regional and I'm sure we'll make the most of it. Look forward to seeing you all there sooner or later.

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Hi there...team 4499 has you covered... What can we do to help? Since we already have lunch planned we will come up with plan b for your team... Is there anything we can do to help with your robot? Did you ship it? My internet/email is down so until they fix it communicating with me on cd is probably best. Do you have my cell phone number?

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CRUSH 1011 had our flight canceled. We are now making the drive up to Denver since we could not book a flight to Denver until Tuesday (yeah, really).

I know 1108 is held up at the border on the east side, too.

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1108 made it to Goodland, KS. I-70 is closed from here to Denver but we managed to find hotel rooms. We are hoping that the highway will be open by morning so that we can join the fun as soon possible!

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1108 is in Goodland Kansas. We were able to secure that last rooms at the Comfort Inn before the highway was closed at Goodland. The teams from Wyoming and South Dakota were probably not able to get past the Colorado Wyoming border. It was closed before 8AM today. We received word that there are about 27 volunteers setting up the field without the FTA whose flight to Denver was cancelled.

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Any out of state teams have any requests or need any help from locals?

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You folks are so amazing. This is one reason we love coming to the Colorado Regional!

Our crate with our robot, batteries, one bumper and minimal supplies is there. Everything else is flying in with us tomorrow. If I could get the inspectors to approve my lockup form via emailed PDF then it might be possible that some of you there could uncrate, unbag and at least get the measure and weigh portion of inspection started for us. I wouldn't want to take anything away from your preparations though, so only if you have the people and time to do it.

Maybe this sort of thing could work for other delayed teams who had their robot shipped. As soon as we arrive we will gladly pitch in to help any of the others who need help.

I don't know if it's cool to post my personal contact info here but I can text/email Debbie from the Highlanders with my info if anyone is up for pitching in with such a huge favor.

I am so moved by everyone's generosity. And Highlanders, you guys set a new standard for gracious professionalism. I don't know how we could ever make it up to you.

THANKS!

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I wonder if it is legal to bring in a Keurig and hot cocoa into the pit.

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Tommy,
No worries at all we are here for you guys. Can you text me a picture of the robot lock up form. I will talk with them tonight/in the morning... We are arriving in about an hour at the venue. Also we will charge up your batteries and have them ready. We will have food for you guys too! We got this! You guys are the best and we will have some extra kids and alumni that will be able to help all day! The roads are looking much better already so you guys should be good for your arrival tomorrow! When do you arrive? Let me know if you need my number and ill pm it to you. Travel safe!

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All of us are struggling but we will do everything we can tomorrow to help other teams from out of town. Please send me a PM requesting my phone number if you need help with anything; I will send it to you and we can connect you with someone from my team or another local group that can help.

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Will definitely be rooting for 1011 back in Phoenix. They had arguably the best if not one of the best low goal scoring machines at Arizona North. Would not surprise me to see them rank one in Colorado. Is there a webcast confirmed?

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Yes, you can find it here.

http://coloradofirst.org/COFIRST/pro...rado-regional/

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I've been driving around in both my 4wd and my minivan tonight, and the roads are 80% passable with average front wheel drive, if you are careful.