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qwertyuiop[]\ 05-02-2010 10:43

How many days have you lost to snow or other inclement weather?
 
Well the snow just started to come down in northern Virginia(again) and the fairfax county has locked us out of the school! im just wondering how other teams are dealing or have dealt with the increased amount of winter weather this year

Vikesrock 05-02-2010 11:04

Re: How many days have you lost to snow or other inclement weather?
 
*Doesn't see 0 as an option*

Up here in Minnesota, and particularly in Woodbury, where my team is located its pretty hard to get a snow day.

Koko Ed 05-02-2010 11:13

Re: How many days have you lost to snow or other inclement weather?
 
none.
Snow does not deter us.

Alan Anderson 05-02-2010 11:24

Re: How many days have you lost to snow or other inclement weather?
 
Our shop is not on school property. Until last year, the team made good use of snow days, with some dedicated students spending the extra time working on the robot. Our facilities sponsor now considers that to be inappropriate -- if the weather is bad enough to close the school, they don't want anyone showing up at the shop either.

We do finesse the issue on occasion, keeping a scheduled afternoon or evening work session if the weather has improved since the morning decision to close the school. We also try not to cancel weekend sessions, though we won't count it against the students' attendance if they don't show up due to weather.

So far, we haven't lost any time to snow this year, but we're closely watching the situation for tomorrow.

KC1AJT 05-02-2010 11:37

Re: How many days have you lost to snow or other inclement weather?
 
this is a normal occurance in the northeast, some extra cramming near ship is inevitable, so far we havnt seen a snow day this season (i probably just jinxed it) but we work through it by pulling kids out of class during school

thefro526 05-02-2010 11:53

Re: How many days have you lost to snow or other inclement weather?
 
I'm not entirely sure if we've missed any days of build this season due to weather, I don't believe we have, but we were told by one of the custodians "If it's snowing on Saturday (Tomorrow) we will have a path plowed to our door so we come in an work".

Sometimes, having someone on the maintenance staff as a friend comes in handy.

KC1AJT 05-02-2010 11:57

Re: How many days have you lost to snow or other inclement weather?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by thefro526 (Post 913942)
I'm not entirely sure if we've missed any days of build this season due to weather, I don't believe we have, but we were told by one of the custodians "If it's snowing on Saturday (Tomorrow) we will have a path plowed to our door so we come in an work".

Sometimes, having someone on the maintenance staff as a friend comes in handy.

i agree one of the parents on our team is the facilities administrator for the school

Chath Maral 05-02-2010 13:18

Re: How many days have you lost to snow or other inclement weather?
 
We usually brave the snow, but the library got flooded with a loose water pipe that froze and broke... ^^; so robotics got canceled that day.

1986titans 05-02-2010 13:37

Re: How many days have you lost to snow or other inclement weather?
 
We haven't missed any either, but the week before kickoff was really bad around here.

Racer26 05-02-2010 13:57

Re: How many days have you lost to snow or other inclement weather?
 
Not only do we brave the snow days, and go in to work on our robot anyway (I guess our school board is not the norm, in allowing us to do so.), and not only do we rarely get them (its Canada, we get snow alot, every winter, we're used to it, so we need like 12" in one night before they'll close our schools), but this year, we havent even got more than about 5" of snow for the WHOLE SEASON so far. It's been REALLY mild, -1C outside today (thats about 28-30F). I'm half expecting to get slammed with 2-3 feet in March.

EDIT: A couple weeks ago we got RAIN, and the ski hills in the area had to close because it decimated their base.

BrendanB 05-02-2010 14:03

Re: How many days have you lost to snow or other inclement weather?
 
None so far. The only times in which we close down shop are if there is no power (in 2007 we missed 2 days) and if the roads are really bad (several inches +ice). But whenever it snows or is icy it is left up to the students if they want to drive out in the weather if not, no big deal.

Good luck! Lets just hope that there is no snow during ship week!;)

wilsonmw04 05-02-2010 15:07

Re: How many days have you lost to snow or other inclement weather?
 
I've met for 6 hours with my team since last Friday. Snowing now and more snow next week. I don't know when I will have a normal meeting in the near future. I feel we are being put behind the eight ball because my team is small and is working out of a school. getting frustrated here.

KC1AJT 05-02-2010 16:00

Re: How many days have you lost to snow or other inclement weather?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by wilsonmw04 (Post 914042)
I've met for 6 hours with my team since last Friday. Snowing now and more snow next week. I don't know when I will have a normal meeting in the near future. I feel we are being put behind the eight ball because my team is small and is working out of a school. getting frustrated here.

see if administration will allow you to get out of classes to work

Tasha H 05-02-2010 16:05

Re: How many days have you lost to snow or other inclement weather?
 
Well we haven't lost any day of work yet... Horray!! I just feel bad for all the people who did loose days which means they have to work harder to get the robot done.

wilsonmw04 05-02-2010 16:16

Re: How many days have you lost to snow or other inclement weather?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by computerteen643 (Post 914089)
see if administration will allow you to get out of classes to work

I teach. We work in my classroom. Wish that would work, but it won't :(


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