[Tom Line]

It will be very interesting to see how they handle that. Trying to give specific teams or specific areas extra season build time opens a can of worms.

Midwest and northern region teams have to deal with this on a regular basis. Yes, we have better snow removal equipment and are more used to it, but frankly we lose a lot of build time each year because the roads aren't good enough for students to drive, snowdays are called at least a couple times during the build season, and we can't get into the schools either.

Yes, we're better at moving the snow - but only on major throughfares like freeways. It's a regular occurence for the country crews to announce they aren't going to clear the side-roads and back roads where us rural folks live until well after the storm is done.

Don't get me wrong. The eastern teams this year have a raw deal with the weather. I'm just not sure how you do an equitable distribution if you were to give additional time.