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Originally Posted by Daniel_LaFleur
We, too, have lost a lot of build time to the weather. That being said, we're taking the approach that this is 'just another challange' for us and we plan to let the judges know what we had to overcome and how we did it.
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Daniel,
Excellent!! I love it when a "disadvantage" is turned on it's head.
To th OP and all others,
I truly understand your position, the weather back east has been horrendous this year. That doesn't mean I have to agree with your point of view.
Here's why. Please hear me out before you pull the trigger.
During the build season, you can expect foul weather in the mid-west and east. Now out here on the west coast, we are much more fortunate and usually do not have to deal with it. Although, out here, we never know when an earthquake may hit. It could be mild, or catastrophic! There is no way to know when it will happen.
No, let's switch roles here. Let's say you had a wonderfully mild winter, yet on Jan 18th, a magnitude 7.8 struck the San Francisco Bay area. Schools all around the bay were shut down for a full week.
Would it be realistic for us out here to beg, plead and expect FIRST to cut us some slack while the rest of the country was still on schedule? I don't think it would sit to well with you.
Now, let me apologizes to those who's feelings have been hurt. I mean no disrespect. I'm just saying, we all deal with difficulty. Some more severe than others. It's what we do in FIRST.
Take a look at Daniel's response, that exemplifies what FIRST is all about.