[goldenglove002]

In regards to the weather possibly playing a factor into interference with the WiFi:

I'm by no means a radio-frequency or weather expert so I just had a conversation with some guys in the meteorology department at my school and they were skeptical about the storm being a factor. Lightning strikes do produce radio waves called sferics which would make their way into the building, however they are usually in AM frequency range, and shouldn't cause interference with the devices that FIRST uses on the field.

They participate in storm chasing during the spring and use plenty of wireless networks during the process, so they have plenty of experience with wireless devices in the middle of large thunderstorms. While I'm sure there are some equipment differences, they haven't ever had interference problems in the middle of a storm, nor heard of anyone else having those issues. Of course this isn't a 100% comparable situation, but it's relatively close IMO.