Winter Storm Nemo

[Rick]

Winter Storm Nemo is on its way with record setting snowfall, guaranteed to make this weekend tough for many northeast FRC teams.

Info on Nemo: http://www.weather.com/news/weather-...-nemo-20130206

The Navy base where our build site is located will close tomorrow at noon. We have no indication as to when it will open again. It's tough to lose build time so close to bag day.

How do you expect your team to be impacted?

[Hallry]

We're in north-east N.J. We're have been planning on meeting after school today and tomorrow until 10, Saturday from 9am-5pm, and Sunday from 12pm-6pm. No updates due to the storm yet, but I'm hoping that it doesn't snow much, and that the janitors at our high school are able to clean up the parking lot quickly. Even if we have a snow day for school, if the janitors are present and the roads/parking lot are clear, we can come in to work. So, it could be a good thing...I hope

As of right now, they're saying 4-8 inches for us.

P.S. Since when do they name snow storms? 0.o

[pfreivald]

We're only expecting about a foot of snow, so it shouldn't impact us.

[Samwaldo]

our robot this year has many precise parts, and ALOT of them. This means that we need every hour right now. In the words of one of our mentors, "were in deep doo-doo." our school will most likely not allow anyone at the school Friday and we don't know about Saturday. We might be forced to start working on Sundays now.

[Cuog]

Originally Posted by Hallry

P.S. Since when do they name snow storms? 0.o

Its something forecasters have been doing the past year or so, they're trying to get people to take snow storms a bit more seriously.

[Miss157]

We're in Central Massachusetts and we're expecting 18-24 inches. There is a huge chance that we won't have school tomorrow and are likely not going to be able to go into school on Saturday either. So we're going to lose one day and swap Saturday for Sunday. Since it's crunch time, we have meetings everyday but Sunday, so we're just swapping those days this week, I guess. c:

[Andrew Schreiber]

I'm in sunny Florida and expecting 0-0 inches of the white stuff.

In the past (when I lived somewhere with weather) when faced with snow delays we took the time to focus on other aspects that didn't require access to our facility. We also developed action plans on how to move forward given the change in circumstances.

[Brandon Holley]

Boston is 'supposed' to be getting the worst of this storm which is not great news for us. I've seen forecasts for between 24-36" over tomorrow and Saturday.

Obviously this is not ideal with build season winding down.... we'll find a way though, always do.

-Brando

[mega900997]

We are on Long Island and expect anywhere from 6" to 18". Right now, we can't go into our workshop since our school district is not letting us so we have to find something else to make this work otherwise we lose 2 days of build.

[PVCpirate]

Originally Posted by Hallry

P.S. Since when do they name snow storms? 0.o

Blame the Weather Channel http://www.weather.com/news/why-we-n...torms-20121001

[connor.worley]

We're in San Diego and what's snow?

[synth3tk]

Originally Posted by PVCpirate

Blame the Weather Channel http://www.weather.com/news/why-we-n...torms-20121001

I think it's a good thing, in my opinion. It'll help bring awareness to what can be some very dangerous conditions.

[Brandon Holley]

Originally Posted by synth3tk

I think it's a good thing, in my opinion. It'll help bring awareness to what can be some very dangerous conditions.

and of course they don't mind the website and tv hit spikes when a big storm with a name comes rolling through....

[Jon Stratis]

The return of the Feb 2010 Snowmageddon?

[nikeairmancurry]

We aren't planning for much snow (3-6 inches) but just in case, we may take the robot to a mentors house for the weekend.