Am I reading this correctly? Email from FIRST:
Hello Teams:
Due to the incredible snowstorm that has pounded our central, northeastern and southern states, we are extending the robot ship date to 5:00 pm EST Thursday, February 20th. Please note this extension is for all teams. In the event you still cannot get your robot shipped by this extended date, you must contact [email protected] or call Team Support at the number below. FIRST will review these cases individually.
Absolutely… we are getting pounded up here. WPI actually closed the university (NEVER happens). I went into class and it wasn’t snowing, came out a hour later and there was already a good 3-4 in. Now it’s snowing even harder.
There is probably no way we could get the robot out tomorrow, especially since this is just the beginning of the snow. Let’s just hope we can get people in safely to get some work done on the robot.
Everyone take a big sigh of relief 
Thank you FIRST, otherwise many teams would probably have a major shipping problem!
Thank you Mother Nature, and FIRST:p
Team Leaders check your e-mail for this exciting development.
Where can I see offical info from fist on these two extra days? I need this because my team can’t believe it!!!
Thank You,
Nicolas Shayko
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Hello Teams:
Due to the incredible snowstorm that has pounded our central, northeastern and southern states, we are extending the robot ship date to 5:00 pm EST Thursday, February 20th. Please note this extension is for all teams. In the event you still cannot get your robot shipped by this extended date, you must contact [email protected] or call Team Support at the number below. FIRST will review these cases individually.
We also want to take this opportunity to bring to your attention the other quickly approaching deadline dates, so please read the following carefully.
REVISED Robot Ship Date - February 20th. All robots must be shipped by 5:00 pm EST to the appropriate drayage company. All drayage site information can be found by going to http://www.usfirst.org/robotics/2003/rgevents.htm and selecting the “Site Info” link under the appropriate regional. Remember, you will find site and drayage addresses, directions and other critical event information including the designation as to which events will not have a Team Social here as well. We highly recommend you print these pages to put in your manual. At the end of each section you will find pages that can be printed and used as address labels for your robot crates.
IMPORTANT You must provide proof of shipping to FIRST! This can be done one of two ways. If you ship via FedEx or UPS you need to go to the Team Information Management System (my.usfirst.org) and click on the “Robot Shipment” button (available on Thursday.) You will then be able to enter the Tracking Number on your slip. Please note - Do Not mail hard copy to FIRST! Entering your number will be your proof of shipment. FIRST will verify all tracking numbers and shipments via the FedEx and UPS online systems.
If you ship by another carrier, you must mail us confirmation within 24 hours of shipping. Please read the Administrative & Shipping/Handling portion of the manual, Section 13, pages 18-19 for detailed instructions.
Team Social Numbers - February 21st. If you are attending a regional that is having a Team Social, please go into the Team Information Management System, Step 2 of 6, and make sure your numbers are accurate.
Team Yearbook Pages - February 21st.
Please go to the Team Information Management System and fill these out by 5:00 pm EST on the 21st. Please remember that due to printing constraints there will be No Extensions.
Regional Chairman’s Awards - February 21st
Please read your manual for details on submission. Go to “Awards”, Section 1, pages 3-4
Autodesk Visualization Award - February 21st
Please read your manual for details on submission. Go to “Awards”, Section 6, pages 17-24
Woodie Flowers Essays - February 28th
Please read your manual for details on submission. Go to “Awards”, Section 4, pages 9-10
Autodesk Inventor Awards - March 10th
Please read your manual for details on submission. Go to “Awards” Section 5, pages 11-16
Midwest Conference Services (MCS) and request for credit card number
If you have received a request from MCS to provide a credit card number, please note they will only use this number in the event there is an overage (weight) with your robot crate or you have an additional crate to be handled.
Hang in there teams - you are doing great!
Go Teams!
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I can confirm this report! YEAH!!!
We have 6 inches of ICE here.
*Originally posted by Hardwire *
**Where can I see offical info from fist on these two extra days? I need this because my team can’t believe it!!!Thank You,
Nicolas Shayko **
If your teacher still need convincing, let me know your e-mail address and his, and I will forward the FIRST e-mail to both of you.
can anyone say swiiiing?
maybe now it will work 
Apparently the robot gods are on our side!
Up here in New Hampshire ( That is the state north of Boston but south of Canada for all you non geography experts like myself) we are supposed to get between 10 and 20 inches of snow between now and tomorrow morning! I guess that means snow day!
*Originally posted by Hardwire *
**Where can I see offical info from fist on these two extra days? I need this because my team can’t believe it!!!Thank You,
Nicolas Shayko **
There is a link up on the official FIRST site now too –> “Revised Ship Date”](http://www.usfirst.org/robotics/news/17-02-2003.htm)
HOLY COW! They’re extending the shipping deadline?! Wow, I think that’s a first for FIRST. I’m scared! Although, as the extention will help some teams who’re a tad behind, to quote one of our mentors, “NOOOOOO!! I WANT IT TO BE OVER! I JUST WANT IT TO BE OVER!” I can’t say I disagree with him. Too many 2 AM working nights have me totally wiped out!
What does everyone else think of this?
yeah i know it took me 3 hours to get rid of our 30" on my driveway and that was with my dads plow. I dont even wanna think about what the school looks like.
Hey, now teams who are going Sunday and Monday sleepless can now go Tuesday and Wednesday sleepless trying to get everything right.
Personally, I’d consider these two extra days to be “debugging” days: testing your robot before regionals so nothing goes wrong at the competition.
Thank you, o great gods of FIRST.
Our robot is already in the box as of 2-17-03 1 pm. After 2 weeks of testing and tweaking we will probably just leave in the box or just ship it on time anyway…
(That way it will have just enough time for the snow to melt off the crate will being shipped to Arizona and sitting in Arizona)
3-4 inches… 6 inches… 30 inches… Is this supposed to be abnormal?
We have 32 inches of snow on the ground, and officially 197 inches so far this winter.
Welcome to our world, as illustrated by the picture I took from my window a few weeks ago during a particularly dreary day around noon. Notice the snowdrifts in front of the cars on the bottom; that’s what happens if you don’t use your car for a few days. 
Adam
We haven’t really gotten hit yet. This storm seems to have passed us by…
http://www.clarkson.edu/webcam/
That’s the link to the University “outdoor” webcam.
We couldn’t work on the robot Sunday and Monday: the conditions were terrible, and people couldn’t drive.
I’m glad they gave us another 2 days: we need to pack the robot up, and reassemble it.