Posted on 03/08/2020 3:05:23 PM PDT by Vermont Lt
Continuation of the thread.
Good morning, world.
I ventured out into the nearest suburbs (I live way out in the sticks) and checked out the nearest N. CT Walmart.
My mission: See what it is like out there and then top off on some stuff. I came in just after rush hour was over so traffic was light. My theory was that Walmart would have had time to restock after the normal weekend rush.
The only totally empty aisle was the toilet paper/paper towel aisle. Not good. I have plenty so no big deal here, but still..
They were very low on garbage bags, but I did find a large package of tall kitchen bags (there was only one) so I grabbed that.
The canned food area was picked through heavily, but I did pick up some more tuna fish.
No issues in the dog food aisle—grabbed some more for man’s best friend. He now has enough food to outlast any zombie apocalypse at this point.
Most of the rest of the store looked normal.
(end of field report)
BREAKING: A D.C. priest has Coronavirus. He offered communion and shook hands with more than 500 worshippers last week and on February 24th. All worshippers who visited the Christ Church in Georgetown must self-quarantine. Church is cancelled for the first time since the 1800’s
JAPAN
New virus: 508 people infected in Japan (excluding cruise ships)
March 9, 2020 23:07
According to local governments and the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, 28 new cases were announced on the 9th, and as of 10:30 pm, the total number of people infected in Japan was 508. In addition, cruise ships have 696 passengers and crew members, and 14 have returned home on charter aircraft, for a total of 1,218 people.
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20200308/k10012319761000.html?utm_int=news_contents_news-main_004
Not good
Sounds perfect. I’m tugged by wanting to move where it’s warmer too.
(Don’t worry, I won’t take any typical Northeasterner voting when I go!)
I heard the number of new cases dropping in South Korea. That is good news if so.
Does anybody have a link to a chart that show this?
TIME
@TIME
Two immediate relatives of a Missouri woman who has tested positive for coronavirus broke the quarantine her family had been placed under to attend a school dance
As of 9am on 9 March 2020, 24,960 people have been tested in the UK, of which 24,641 were confirmed negative and 319 were confirmed as positive. Three patients who tested positive for COVID-19 have died. Cases identified in England
Change between chart and table
East of England 24
London 61
Midlands 31
North East and Yorkshire 22
North West 35
South East 43
South West 38
To be determined 26
Total 280
Cases
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-information-for-the-public#number-of-cases
He better be. If he goes down, we’re really screwed.
Trump holding a fundraiser in FL today
This US by state data set has been updated (see the tabs—as of this moment the latest was updated on midnight).
It looks like some of the data that was corrected here (KY and VA info) has now been updated and matches what was discussed here last night:
This is the latest international data I see—could be outdated but shows S. Korea with new cases:
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/
That’s about how my walmert is here.
It’s not at hurricane about to make landfall levels, but people are stocking up, which is a smart thing to do.
Even out here in podunville, little local churches have a website with live services. No need to create noise disturbance for the neighborhood.
Former Masshole here, then spent 25 years in Ctrl FL, then moved to rural Missouri in the Ozarks because I wanted to get away from the heat, see hills again and four seasons. First two years here, heat wave with temps over 100 and we didn’t have electric which means no air conditioning. I said to the wife a few days ago, “well, moving out to the boonies is finally paying off”. LOL
I’ve always wanted some land. Always loved working in the yard. Got sick of fixing up other people’s property aka rentals and could never afford to buy in FL so here we are. No shortages on anything here yet. It’s like c-virus doesn’t exist. Business as usual. We have no TV so if we didn’t get on the web, we wouldn’t even know about it.
Adding - they’ve been doing living streaming for years so nothing new.
My idiot cousin returned from a 10 day cruise 2 weeks ago, worked at Rodeo Houston for a week, and just left 2 days ago on another cruise with her kids for spring break.
I can’t bring myself to respond to her Facebook posts anymore.
I listened to the local news/talk radio station (WTIC—Hartford,CT).
The local conservative talk show host was a hard core “just the flu bro” guy.
I really like him, too. He does not know what he does not know. I would like take a few days and go live in his world—I really would...
“I can’t bring myself to respond to her Facebook posts anymore.”
I suspect she won’t be posting for a while...if not longer.
Sounds glorious!!
Just curious....who’s your internet provider, out in those boonies?
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