North Eastern "Blizzard"

[Bill Moore]

Originally Posted by 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!
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We also have Winter Carnival snow statues:
Snow Statue Index

Just some ways we cope with the snow! Enjoy!

The problem out here really isn't snow, it's the small budgets for removal, and the lack of enough equipment.

You're correct, in Iowa, as well, school would not have been cancelled for this snow (16" here). But, they have the equipment and budget for its' removal, since they expect to get hit this hard on an annual basis.

I moved out here to get away from that constant expectation of snow, and the annual 50 below zero (fahrenheit) wind chill factors. Unfortunately, every three or so years we get on the edge of a cold front and a moist front, and end up getting dumped upon.

However, we had 40 degrees today, and the next three days will be 50+ degrees, followed by three more days around 40. So this 16" of snow will be pretty well gone by next week (unlike Iowa). Not much opportunity to get "cabin fever" out here!

[chinckley]

Well we are having a day or too.
last night they thought we would have an ice day and we didn't.
Tonight there were toronado warnings.

This too is Michigan. Just wait 5 minutes and the weather changes.

[NHPilot]

Up here in NH, we've had some very strong winds. We have not had power in parts of the state since Friday afternoon and the word is it may not be back at least until Monday. Last I heard, there were still over 85,000 customers in the state without power. Crews from Mass and Canada have been sent in to help our line crews. Don't know how Vermont and Maine were affected. We are really hoping for a 1 or 2 day extension on the ship date. Anyone else affected by this who is still able to post?

[Steve S.]

over here in rochester we have outages. didnt affect us any though. yesterday the weather channel actually played a clip of the winds here that knocked over a tree and killed a couple people. we had the highest winds from this clocked at 80mph

[irishninja]

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?

We were supposed to have snow on Friday, but it didn't start until Saturday. On that day we had the most snow since like the ninteenth century. Something like two feet. However, we were all already at school working on our robot, and after we had an epic battle of awesomeness.

[psycho7]

team 1831 was hoping for snow and an extension , but we got a whole 1/8 inch plus the killer winds that have knocked power out in parts of our town. but other than that we have been putting in 14 hours a day this weekend. SOMEONE SHOOT ME NOW!!! I've been staring at the robot, willing it to come work perfectly, waaaaaaaaaaay too long.

[JaneYoung]

So what is the 'rest of the story'? I've wondered throughout the last of build and into the competitions as storms and tornadoes moved across the midwest and out to the east. A few times.

Obviously, the robots were completed and shipped, and everyone competed - but how did the stories end? - Herculean efforts occur throughout the FIRST build experience - any of these have to do with the weather?
Jane

[Tetraman]

Arctic Warriors had a blizzard.

81 mile per hour winds.

This on our second to last build day.