So, Anyone Else's Flight Canceled

[Greg Marra]

Originally Posted by Nuttyman54

I'm flying into ATL from BOS tomorrow evening. We're supposed to get a good amount of rain, sleet and snow, so here's hoping I can make my flight!

Best wishes to everyone caught in the weather and stay safe!

When are you flying out? My flight leaves at 6:07pm, and I'm worried about the weather. Traveling to the airport in slush during rush hour ought to be an adventure in itself, and I want to make sure I have all my bases covered unless I need to switch flights or something.

I should pack.

[Nuttyman54]

Originally Posted by Greg Marra

When are you flying out? My flight leaves at 6:07pm, and I'm worried about the weather. Traveling to the airport in slush during rush hour ought to be an adventure in itself, and I want to make sure I have all my bases covered unless I need to switch flights or something.

I should pack.

Flight's at 7:30 on Delta, I'm hoping to get to the airport at 5:30. We'll see how it goes

[laultima]

a good half of team 1458 had a 30 min layover in houston, but the flight was delayed for 2 and a half hours finally got into ATL at 130 in the morning.

[dangerousdave]

Sorry to hear about folks not being able to get to Atlanta today. I hope you make it soon. I am sending this from the Autodesk wireless laptops in the pits, so if you need access once you get here check it out.
Good luck with your transportation.
Dave

[AndyB]

Our first group got delayed 7 hours but eventually got there.

[Protronie]

If man was meant to fly... robots would have wings.
Wait... some do. never mind.

[Greg Marra]

Places I am right now:

• Cleveland, Ohio

My flight leaving Boston at 6:07 got delayed an hour, but supposedly my connecting flight was delayed an hour too. It turns out they changed their mind and un-delayed my connection while I was in the air. I'm arriving at ATL 9:23am tomorrow, so I'll still be there for most of tomorrow!

And all I got was a $49 Ramada room.

[artdutra04]

After watching the weather forecast, I don't think our weather and snow travel woes are over yet. According to the latest forecast I saw today, on Sunday/Monday, a huge Nor'easter with up to Category 3 hurricane-force winds is expected to hit the Northeast, bringing extreme rain, wind, ice, and you guessed it, even more snow.

// A Charlie Brown "good grief!" emoticon would be perfect here...

[Athleticgirl389]

Yeah I have the weather on in my hotel room now... and it looks like it's gonna be pretty messy down here as well. I hope people going back up to the North brought some extra clothes

[cooker52]

It wasn't a flight delay, but we did have bus problems. We left at 6PM on Wednesday. At 1 AM Thursday, our bus broke down. It wasn't until 4 AM that they decided to get us another bus. We made it there at 10 on Thursday. Then we found out that team 177 was caught up at an airport. I was definitly glad that some teams helped out 177 with driving their robot for the day. Good Job you guys.

[Protronie]

And people wonder why... I drive myself when I go somewhere.

the west coast only 64 hrs away

[DonRotolo]

Just heard from a team member in Atlanta, the flight is cancelled and the earliest they might get out is Tuesday...

They tried to get a bus- all are already taken. I suggested Amtrak. A charter plane (for 50!) is just not in the budget.

Don

[Luckyfish05]

Originally Posted by Greg Marra

And all I got was a $49 Ramada room.

Hey! That's not all you got, you got a Championship as well!


In other news, Team 292 is in the same boat as 1501 was on the way down. They were headed back this morning when the transmition on their bus went out about 6 hours from home. The company sent another bus while they spent the day hanging out at the mall. They're slated to get home around 3 am. What a weekend to travel.

[Chris_Elston]

Originally Posted by Luckyfish05

In other news, Team 292 is in the same boat as 1501 was on the way down. They were headed back this morning when the transmition on their bus went out about 6 hours from home. The company sent another bus while they spent the day hanging out at the mall. They're slated to get home around 3 am. What a weekend to travel.

I also heard 111 bus also broke down on the way down, was that true?

[Conor Ryan]

So I reported yesterday that 1403 got home on time from Newark, turns out we didn't have to go to school today anyway because the endless rains have flooded so many of the local roads.

Woot! No School!

*Edit*: Turns out that offically, yesterday we got over 4.56" of rain (that would be over 4.5' feet of snow if it was snow), but from the charts I've been reading, the heaviest rain fall didn't start until about 1am today.