Hey thanks Bob, made my day a little.
Hard to say anything can make my day right now - it isn’t really all that great to have been banging a gong for 7 weeks, and see that today crap is exploding everywhere - because all of us who’ve been on this thread a while know where this is going, and that is a really ugly place. I’ve got my 3 kids and hub isolated. My 70+ mother in Seattle is also pretty much isolated in her condo, which is good. But I’ve got 2 brothers in Atlanta who are both pretty big “life my life no matter what” kind of deniers - and 1 is 63 yrs old, very active in community and work, and he is far more worried about his bank account - and thinks the way to ensure the good times keep rolling it to keep traveling and eating out.
And I’m not ready to see him hooked up to a ventilator, but arguing with him won’t help a bit.
So I feel pretty gloomy!
But Alaska has stepped up - they declared emergency yesterday before 1st case (which came today) - they closed Anchorage schools today, and UAA also went online. So I know our community is finally taking measures - even if people still think we’re nutso for isolating. They’ll see in 2 weeks exactly why - hopefully by watching elsewhere, maybe we’ll get the good beat and things don’t go south fast here!
Nice to hear regarding Alaska, but sorry about your family. As for mine, I didn’t even bother to try...I just let them know what I spent on this, which is well over $10k - but still most was simply pushing up purchases (computer and phone acting up...replace now, when still available). I did buy some stuff I may not use, like wipes and sanitizer, as I don’t expect to be in public much - but then you never know. And I spent a bit on ‘insurance’ for long term - mainly rice. I have throttled-down from this spree, but have no regrets at all for doing this level of prepping...since it was obvious what was on the way!
Hopefully our families make it through, but no, I won’t be surprised if that’s not the case for mine...sadly.