To extend or not to extend the ship date!

[artdutra04]

Blizzards, Nor'easters, and ice storms for the most part just don't spring out of thin air (no pun intended); usually you have at least a few days notice that these storms are coming. If you know a storm is coming, then don't just sit there and hope it misses you, act and prepare accordingly! (Especially if you know you won't be able to meet at your school/primary build location.)

If you won't be able to meet at your school on a snow day, then the night before take any and everything you can and work at a mentor's house/garage/basement the next day. If none of the mentors on your team have any sort of tools at their house, take the robot home and practice driving or coding. I'm sure your team's programmers would love to have an entire day with the robot all to themselves.

Yesterday schools across New England were closed due to the snow and ice storm. But rather sit back and hope that the ship date will be extended to accommodate for the bad weather, we went ahead with out meetings regardless of the Nor'easter. We drove through the snow and ice, and met anyway all day long, taking advantage of the fact that school was closed.

Where there is a will to get the robot done, there is a way.