North Eastern "Blizzard"

[Bemis]

We have the luckiness of liveiong on the other sid eof the Appalachians, so we won't get hit unless that storm is really strong. Unfortunately, we get lake effect off lake erie, so we still get the lost time.

[Elgin Clock]

Actually, the most hindering part of the build so far for us in CT has been the fact that we knew there was no school on the last 2 days of build. Presidents day holiday and all.
That's annoying.

As for the snow, it hasn't hit CT yet, but we are expected as of a few hours ago to get hit around 1am and get 10-12" of the white junk.
We will know by 11am tomorrow whether or not we can build.

I thought we were done with winter.

Groundhog.. I hate you.

[Matt Krass]

It's not too bad here, just a about a quarter inch and it's slowing, we're gonna be here a while...

[Matt Krass]

Originally Posted by Matt Krass

It's not too bad here, just a about a quarter inch and it's slowing, we're gonna be here a while...

I stand corrected...in several feet of cold, vehicle blocking snow. Guess I'm not debugging those interrupts today! To be honest I don't know if anyone made it to the shop, we're pretty much shut down.

[Tom Bottiglieri]

22" and counting...

[Conor Ryan]

I just measured 26". And we have 4'3" snow drifts in my back yard.

Snow weighs about 20 pounds per cubic foot, my driveway is about 30 feet long and about 12 feet wide. At roughly 2 feet, that leaves me, if my math is correct, 14,400 pounds to shovel....Not accounting for snow drifts. Better get to work.

[Rick TYler]

Inscrutably, western Washington is experiencing its third day of sunshine in a row. Unfortunately, the school will only let us use its shop with a teacher present, and none are available until Wednesday. So, the week before ship, we have three days when the shop isn't open. We have work teams in garages all over town. Sigh.

[Rohith Surampudi]

its still snowing here in Hillsborough NJ, there is between 12-16 inches on the ground, and WE ARE NOT ALLOWED to go to the warehouse today, even though the roads are cleared


i hate the snow... it was in the sixties and the fifties like two weeks ago

[akshar]

well here in pawtucket, ri snow started around 3 am and we have about 9inches and its still coming down!!! supposed to stop by 7pm..lets hope so, so i can get back to college...usually Cooley (our sponsor) is closed on sunday, the one sunday they decide to open up, IT SNOWS, hopefully if the snow clears up in time the team will get a chance to work on the bot

[Mark McLeod]

Originally Posted by Matt Krass

To be honest I don't know if anyone made it to the shop, we're pretty much shut down.

Are you kidding it's crowded here!
The sled dogs take up a lot of room though!

We're getting ready for a food run now.

[K.Shaw]

this storm is crazy! we are heading into the 2 foot range on snow and the weathermen are predicting it to taper off after 6pm soo 4 more hours of this. there's a rumor that there may not be school tomorrow which will really affect our build, but luckily we will be able to go and take our stuff off site if need be.

good luck to all the north eastern teams with the snow.... remember your health is more important than a days worth of work on a robot!

[Matt Krass]

Originally Posted by Mark McLeod

Are you kidding it's crowded here!
The sled dogs take up a lot of room though!

We're getting ready for a food run now.

I'm still stuck on this side of the snow, take a look at my interrupt code for me ;-)

[Freddy Schurr]

It very annoying done here in South Jersey, we are still battling the storm and we can not get a break. I am shoveling like crazy and can not get any help. Why now?

[Rich Wong]

I woke up with 18+ inches of snow outside.

This is crunch week for most teams!
Today’s snowstorm is going to be a big setback for teams in the northeastern region.
The NYC schools are not going to open for any teams today.
Tomorrow is also questionable.

All I can do today is chat, email and post on CD.....
(Let's all pray for an extension like 2 years ago)

[KathieK]

Many schools (build shops) up this way are closed to teams today due to snow; tomorrow due to snow and/or Lincoln's Birthday; closed to teams after 2/17 due to school vacation weeks... it never ends!