North Eastern "Blizzard"

[Rick TYler]

Originally Posted by dtengineering

In any case, hope the snow clears soon.... I'm sure Murphy is going to find some way to impose his laws on us out here on the wet coast, too.

Yeah, there could always be a world shortage of overpriced coffee, for example... See you in Portland.

[coastertux]

Well, our school is closed today (but the administrative offices are opening on a delay) so maybe, just maybe, we will be able to work today!

[mrs. p]

well, i feel for all the teams experiencing the wrath of mother nature. hopefully there will either be an extension of time or you will be able to get things completed on time. on a side note, we're going to the boston regional and really hope that the next snowstorm(not too bad but enough to play with) will occur during that weekend. so many kids have never had a snowball fight, or made a snowman, or snowangel....

we were under a freeze warning this weekend - bringing in the pets and plants even had to turn on the heat!

9 more days of insanity

[spadercool]

you could send the south some of that snow. it's cold enough our high is in the mid to upper 40's.

[David Brinza]

Has anyone converted their ball collector into a snow blower?

You could raise some $$ clearing sidewalks. (I hear that kids really do shovel sidewalks for cash - that's something the kids here in SoCal don't get to do !)

[BobC]

Originally Posted by spadercool

you could send the south some of that snow. it's cold enough our high is in the mid to upper 40's.

WOW 40's??? where is my t-shirt and shorts??

[Andy A.]

I've been in New York city all weekend attending Toy Fair.

I'll tell ya, 29" of snow falls and the city just shuts down. Its amazing, but this is being called "The Blizzard of '06". Blizzard? it wasn't even 29 inches! Less on the streets, since it all melts as soon as it touches the ground (subways = warm streets)

Oh well, I guess I'll keep my mouth shut as long as I'm in the city. Everyone seems proud of it, so who am I to remind them that it's just not that much snow.


From Javitz-
-Andy A.

[Rich Wong]

Originally Posted by Andy A.

I've been in New York city all weekend attending Toy Fair.

I'll tell ya, 29" of snow falls and the city just shuts down. Its amazing, but this is being called "The Blizzard of '06". Blizzard? it wasn't even 29 inches! Less on the streets, since it all melts as soon as it touches the ground (subways = warm streets)

Oh well, I guess I'll keep my mouth shut as long as I'm in the city. Everyone seems proud of it, so who am I to remind them that it's just not that much snow.


From Javitz-
-Andy A.

Anything over a couple of inches is a lot to New Yorkers.

Wow. How did you get a nice job visiting the Toy Fair in NYC?

[IraJason]

All I know is that School is Closed! Sure, its one less day to work on the robot so close to ship, but luckily for us all pretty much everything mechanical and electrical is complete.

Looks like our programming guys are going to need to step it up though...

[paulcd2000]

we don't get out today we missed two days of robotics.

[artdutra04]

We didn't have school today, which worked to our advantage. Since we were shorted of yesterday's meeting, this meant that we could start working on the robot at 9 AM and get a 12 hour workday in (instead of 2-9 PM if there was school today).

At this point in the build season, if it ain't a snowing more than a foot a day, we gotta build ourselves a robot.

[Schneidie]

Originally Posted by Nitroxextreme

As in years past...there is yet another snow storm that will hinder in the building process of robots.

This year it hits at the beginning of week 6 and comes with the promises of 8-12 inches (in NJ according to Weather Channel).

What do you think will happen...will it hit us...how much will we get?

Most importantly how will it affect your robot?

It really didn't matter, as we usually don't meet full force on Sunday, and we'll finish on time ... We hope.

[spadercool]

Are y'all back in school yet?? No fair I want to see snow down South.

[kaye]

Hey, All,

Well, we're working a little too hard to hang out at the beach, but on the tails of all the "this is why we work in...." posts, here's one of the best reasons to work in ISRAEL!!

BeachCam

It's incredibly beautiful today, about 68 degress and sunny. I'm actually writing this from my roof terrace.....but I'll be back down in the dungeo...I mean LAB...in a couple of hours.

[indimay15]

Have you guys ever heard of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan aka the U.P.?? Sometimes we get 2 feet of snow and still have school!! You guys are just getting some light flurries lol jk. Hope the snow doesn't hamper you guys too bad!! Best of Luck to everyone!


Check this out! 3 Guinness World Records!!

• Biggest Snowball!!
• Most Snow Angels!!
• Biggest Snowball Fight!!

We also have Winter Carnival snow statues:
Snow Statue Index

Just some ways we cope with the snow! Enjoy!