Lost 1/6th of build season...

[Enigma's puzzle]

How about Houghton, Michigan, we are already have seen 100 inches of snow, and we just started January, 41 inches this month. I dont see the big problem?
http://www.mtukrc.org/weather.htm

[jamie_1930]

Originally Posted by nighterfighter

Weather sucks!

Down here in Georgia, we have recently been having huge snowstorms/ice storms. Unlike up north, Georgia is completely unprepared for winter weather. Because of this, all school (and after school activities) have been closed since Sunday...

Lame.

How do other teams work around this? Just work extra hard? =/

My advice would be to move to Rochester. Snow doesn't stop anything, especially school

[tim-tim]

Last year we had a very similar scenario occur in Maryland. We found communicating a lot through e-mail and several phone calls worked for us. After the season was over, we decided to build our own team forum in case something like this was to happen again. Losing two weeks last year was bad at the time, but I feel it made the team stronger.

My advice to you: It is still early in the season. Do not hang your head in disappointment. Take this time to have a really good understanding of the game and how you think it is going to be played. Develop sketches and mock-ups of proposed robot designs. E-mail or talk with other team members about your ideas and see what they think. There is plenty of time to build a robot!

Good luck, and hope it warms up

[BACONDUDE1902]

just to let you all know its cold down here in florida to. LOL
(btw it 33 downhere today)

[demosthenes2k8]

Oh, BRRRR! 33 Degrees? HOW do you EVER manage?
(Really doesn't enjoy shoveling instead of going to FIRST)

[Bryan Herbst]

Originally Posted by BACONDUDE1902

just to let you all know its cold down here in florida to. LOL
(btw it 33 downhere today)

My car hasn't been giving me anything above 5 degrees for a few weeks.

Minnesota is also home to Embarrass, which has reported temperatures as low as -57.

[Chris is me]

Okay, NOW we've lost 1/6th of build season....

Since Kickoff, we have had 5 meetings.

We haven't met in 5 days. Argh.

[Dancin103]

We have lost 1.5 days thus far. We got 3 inches of snow on the day of kick off, forcing us to leave our school early on kick off day. We had yesterday off due to 8 inches of snow. We are expected to get snow Saturday and Tuesday now as well. Due to liability issues with the school, students are NOT permitted to come into the school and work. Thus, students work on projects and brainstorming from home.

I know personally for me and our PR/Marketing group, one big thing is the award writing. I can say this, we utilize Google docs to its fullest capability.

Snow days are awesome, but during build season, they can put a damper on a lot of things and delay schedules. I remember one build season in which we had at least 10 snow days and FIRST actually delayed ship day for all teams. That was a rare circumstance.

In any regard, good luck to all teams dealing with the winter weather and have a happy and safe build season. If anyone needs help with anything please let me know.

Cassie