In Case Paralyzing Snowstorm

[JamesCH95]

Originally Posted by MechEng83

I "get it." I have made the call to cancel team meetings because it's unsafe to travel during the weekend, when the school doesn't dictate closures. I'm the one who is responsible for the kids' safety when they're in the shop. I "get it" and take great offense that you think I don't.

Your injury example is quite the hyperbole. Injuries are possible when slicing a bagel and making coffee at home, so I guess we should only eat luke-warm, soft foods during a snow storm... Certainly there's a risk-reward calculation. We all have different tolerances for risks. Building a robot is not worth credible life-threatening risks, and while I don't wish to speak directly for the OP, it doesn't seem like that is his intent.

I'll reiterate, the OP isn't planning on getting stuck. He's stated that multiple times. He's preparing for getting stuck as an unplanned occurance. I applaud the willingness to be prepared.

I meant that you didn't seem to understand the point I was trying to make, not that you don't understand team safety. I'm sorry if it seemed that way.

Do you understand how the risk of being stranded compounds the inherent risk of working in a shop? They know there is severe weather coming in. Why chance it at all? That is what I'm trying to get at.

If they are planning on carrying all that stuff around with them proactively, that's great, but it didn't sound that way from the OP. The hypothetical situation OP was addressing is 'if school is cancelled' (i.e. there is bad weather) and 'the district lets us work'. Why not cancel robotics when school is cancelled?

You are trivializing the nature of my example, using your own hyperbole. Using shop equipment is NOT equivalent to slicing a bagel. My example is an unlikely occurrence, but it is possible. I'm sure a number of teams can provide examples of similar injuries during build season: http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=35877 and all that is required for my example to become fact is timing.

Again, I'm sorry if it seemed like I was insulting you, that was not my intent. I was trying to get you to appreciate that the consequences of not being able to seek professional medical attention can be devastating. I don't think any team should be using shop equipment when they know that getting to a hospital will be very difficult, if not impossible. We all take risks, but we can choose to be intelligent about how we mitigate those risks. I strongly believe that keeping everyone on a team at home under the threat of severe weather is something we should all do.