[artdutra04]

It snows every build season, and every year this issue comes up. White frozen precipitation falling from the sky is not the end of the world. The only year build season was ever expanded due to snow was when a major Nor'easter blizzard hit the entire East Coast right before/on Ship Date, and Fedex trucks physically could not get to locations to pick up the robot crates.

When snow is forecasted, plan ahead and delegate tasks out to members that can be completed from home if school is canceled and you cannot meet. For actual robot work, use a CAD modeling software of your choice to fully design your robot in. During the design phase, it's just as easy to work on CAD models from your house as it is in your school. Then when it comes to fabricating all the parts, you can ask team members what kind of tools they have at their homes, and if they have appropriate tools, give them part drawings and have them make parts at home.

They key thing though is to plan ahead for how your locality deals with snow. Whether you're in the South and 3" of snow means the state is closed for a week or you're in the North and 18" of snow might mean a single missed day, if you plan ahead you'll be fine. Engineering projects always tend to expand and fill whatever time is available.