North Eastern "Blizzard"

[hoag]

I'm kind of sad that Syracuse is missing out on a lot of snow this year, we're only at 85" (We're still the snowiest though )

[Dan Petrovic]

Gah! We're already behind as it is!

We can't afford a snowstorm!

[Hunter Levesque]

Our team got lucky. Our meeting finished on Saturday before any snow hit the ground and we don't have another meeting until Wednesday. We got around 20 inches here, so I'm glad we didn't have a meeting today.

[Loki1989]

well I'm here form the Arctic Ice bears and we got our roller for our collector but its kinda hard to got our launcher going.

[dtengineering]

Isn't it funny that when we go down to Portland there is always someone (usually a spectator, or non-FIRST person) who assumes that because we are from Canada that we've had a cold winter? Right now the daffodils and crocuses are blooming and the tulips are well on their way.

Perhaps it is because we say things like, "No, not at all... it got up to FIFTEEN degrees the other day."

A considerably different statement in celsius than farenheit. Or perhaps it is because the GTR has conveniently arranged for snow to fall on competition weekend the past two years.

Of course some of them are just joking... like the guy last year (again, not a graciously professional FIRSTer) who wanted to know "If we had cellphones in Canada yet?" (Credit to the student on our team who answered "Yeah, but they're ROTARY DIAL.")

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.

Jason

[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...

[spadercool]

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