Team RUSH FRC27 Looking for Mentors

[its da PAT!!!]

Originally Posted by Calvin Hartley

2B) ...and they are salt-free, which makes them drinkable, (but you should still filter it) and it's easy to open your eyes underwater.

Expect it's always cold....

I mean sure 80 degrees weather and cold water is nice but water that is 45 degrees, now that's not cool. Ha

[cbale2000]

Originally Posted by team4384

3C) And they don't spawn thunderstorms and severe weather

3C-2) In fact they actually act as a sort of a buffer to most severe weather.

Originally Posted by its da PAT!!!

Expect it's always cold....

I mean sure 80 degrees weather and cold water is nice but water that is 45 degrees, now that's not cool. Ha

You just have to wait till August - September for them to be warmer (except Lake Superior, which is always cold). And of course it's not like we have a shortage of warmer inland lakes.

[FrankJ]

I hear that it is a great place to have a picnic if summer falls on a weekend.

[kaliken]

Originally Posted by cbale2000

3C-2) In fact they actually act as a sort of a buffer to most severe weather.

Unless you live in Buffalo, or other lake effect snow areas... then its quite a different story

[Tungrus]

FYI: Buffalo is not in MI

If you really love snow, MI upper peninsula is the place, especially around Houghton (home to Michigan Tech), which receives around 350" snow every year! In summer its like heaven!

[kwotremb]

Originally Posted by Tungrus

FYI: Buffalo is not in MI

If you really love snow, MI upper peninsula is the place, especially around Houghton (home to Michigan Tech), which receives around 350" snow every year! In summer its like heaven!

My freshman year up there (winter of 03/04) it snowed for 33 days straight. Plus I think its closer to 280 inches on average, unless you go further up the peninsula.

4) Only state east of the Mississippi where you can drive for 14 hours (at 60 mph) and still be in the same state.

[Ed Law]

Okay Michiganders, let's concentrate on the positives. We are trying to convince FRC mentors to move here, not scare them away with snow stories. Come on, I am sure there are more than 3 reasons. How about these

4) You got to play with or against teams (depending on your luck) like 33, 67 and 469 and many other good teams a lot.

5) MSC is insane, enough said. You don't have to travel to Michigan just to watch it. You can be part of it.

6) Just got this from FIRST in Michigan. This year 249 people volunteered at more than one competition event.

7) Just in case you need a day job to pay the bills so you can do what you really like, there are plenty of good paying engineering jobs in Michigan.

[Craig Roys]

Originally Posted by Ed Law

Okay Michiganders, let's concentrate on the positives. We are trying to convince FRC mentors to move here, not scare them away with snow stories. Come on, I am sure there are more than 3 reasons. How about these

4) You got to play with or against teams (depending on your luck) like 33, 67 and 469 and many other good teams a lot.

5) MSC is insane, enough said. You don't have to travel to Michigan just to watch it. You can be part of it.

6) Just got this from FIRST in Michigan. This year 249 people volunteered at more than one competition event.

7) Just in case you need a day job to pay the bills so you can do what you really like, there are plenty of good paying engineering jobs in Michigan.

Not to mention that RUSH is a great team to work with! I had the privilege of being a mentor with RUSH for a few years before I was able to start my own team, and I had a great time while I was with them. I learned so much about what it means to be a FIRST Robotics team from them...so much of the success of my current team can be attributed to things I learned while working with RUSH.