Bad Weather Again!!!!

[thatoneguy23]

Really heavy snow is different in Minnasota and Oklahoma...

It has to be pretty bad up there.

[keehun]

Originally Posted by thatoneguy23

Really heavy snow is different in Minnasota and Oklahoma...

It has to be pretty bad up there.

I hear it's really worse in the eastern states.

[artdutra04]

Originally Posted by keehun

I hear it's really worse in the eastern states.

Yup. We even have shock waves from exploding power plants that rattle our build sites.

[Trying to Help]

Originally Posted by artdutra04

Yup. We even have shock waves from exploding power plants that rattle our build sites.

If our welder had been given overtime this past weekend, he would have been in that plant when it exploded. It kind of puts everything in perspective.

Trying to Help

[Racer26]

in the past, FIRST has been known to extend build season due to widespread extreme weather. they've also been known not to. i'm interested to see what becomes of this.

[Ryan Dognaux]

Originally Posted by 1075guy

in the past, FIRST has been known to extend build season due to widespread extreme weather. they've also been known not to. i'm interested to see what becomes of this.

I'm hoping for an extension, even if it's just a few days. Our school was closed for the entire weekend after getting around 18 inches of snow. If the reports are right, we'll probably lose a few days this week as well with another snow storm on its way.

[Engineer]

We hear the same thing every year, snow or weather causing school closings/delays. With a January and February build season, you have to expect these things. Maybe we can talk FIRST into having snow instead of carpet on the playing field. LOL

[dtengineering]

"Bad" weather is all in the interpretation.

Here in Vancouver we've been having one of the warmest "winters" ever.

Which is great... unless you happen to be hosting the Winter Olympics. Whistler has plenty of snow, but on the local mountains they have to truck it in! I'm sure the snowboarders and freestyle skiers competing on the local mountains wouldn't describe your weather as "bad".

Jason

[nitneylion452]

Here in Philadelphia, we got 28.5" of snow Friday into Saturday. Now, Tuesday into Wednesday, we are expecting to be pounded with an addition 12-18" of snow with potential to be up to 2' of snow. We will most likely lose this week after Tuesday, into the weekend and maybe even Monday of next week.

(A grand total of 52.5" of snow is not the best for robot building, especially since we're a rookie team.)

[JaneYoung]

Originally Posted by nitneylion452

Here in Philadelphia, we got 28.5" of snow Friday into Saturday. Now, Tuesday into Wednesday, we are expecting to be pounded with an addition 12-18" of snow with potential to be up to 2' of snow. We will most likely lose this week after Tuesday, into the weekend and maybe even Monday of next week.

(A grand total of 52.5" of snow is not the best for robot building, especially since we're a rookie team.)

I'm glad to see that you remembered the emoticons.

What are you guys talking about regarding the exploding power plant?

[Daniel_LaFleur]

Originally Posted by JaneYoung

What are you guys talking about regarding the exploding power plant?

http://www.tcetoday.com/tcetoday/New...aspx?nid=12503

If our welder had overtime he would have been inside the building at the time of the explosion.

[Jones571]

Originally Posted by JaneYoung

I'm glad to see that you remembered the emoticons.

What are you guys talking about regarding the exploding power plant?

this:

http://www.wfsb.com/news/22491310/detail.html

[JoshD]

Originally Posted by Ryan Dognaux

I'm hoping for an extension, even if it's just a few days. Our school was closed for the entire weekend after getting around 18 inches of snow. If the reports are right, we'll probably lose a few days this week as well with another snow storm on its way.

We've only met twice in the last 11 days, not exactly an ideal build season here, but we've had an abnormal amount of snow this winter, something no one was prepared for. Hopefully the weather hold off until after ship date now.

[CrashOverride]

This is something that our Team 1831 - Screaming Eagles from Gilford, New Hampshire has had to deal with on a regular basis. During the 2007 season we lost an entire week of build time. This year we have only lost 4 days so far, which is about average for the north country. We know your pain all to well.

Good luck.

[sanddrag]

Earlier in the season I lost 3 days due to having to evacuate for fear of mud flows. In a recent storm a couple days ago, over a dozen houses just two or three miles from me were lost. The debris basins have all reached their capacities, filled with dirt, mud, ash, brush etc from the recent fire that wiped out the entire mountain range. There has been an endless convoy of dump trucks 24 hours a day carrying out as much debris as they can before the next rain, which actually started about 20 minutes ago. Personally, I have not really been affected yet, but my house does sit about 1 block downhill from a debris basin, directly in front of it. The scary part about it is a good downpour can happen a mile away up in the hills, and you'd never know it until the rush of mud hit you.