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.
WOW! Here is Australia the weather has been pretty good. We have had a bunch of days over 90 degrees (F), and a bunch of rain. The trains had to shut down their inter city line due to a mud-slide last week, but no one was injured. I have an Aussie friend that got stuck in Washington DC for a day due to the bad weather.
I hope you all get enough time to finish your robots. As someone who used to live (and do FLL and FRC) in New England, I know how much the weather can be a problem. Good luck!
Is weather shippable to the states?
:rolleyes:
What’s even sadder is that since my site never closes, I will be forced to take vacation today. That’s vacation that should be spent on the robot.
Here in New England the snow’s no big deal. Even a foot or two isn’t cause for alarm, maybe a day off school if the plows haven’t gotten to back roads yet.
I feel bad for the mid atlantic teams- those areas don’t have snow plows and stockpiles of sand and salt for the roads!
I bet when I see the Patriots play and it is snowing the audience dont seem affect by it.
Lord is my Shepherd I shall not want-Psalms 23