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San Francisco Bay Area "Shelter In Place" - In the trenches
Various | March 22, 2020 | ProtectOurFreedome

Posted on 03/22/2020 10:50:37 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom

I've been monitoring a lot of local San Francisco Bay Area boards for what people are doing during the "Shelter In Place" order. Turns out the outdoor trails are full with crowds not seen in years. It's like people are treating this as an unexpected paid holiday. Here is a sampling of what I've found...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Health/Medicine; Local News
KEYWORDS: anotherdamnedvanity; bayarea; covid; shelterinplace
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To: BenLurkin

San Francisco became a beautiful city AFTER it burned to the ground in 1906. I am not making any suggestions.


21 posted on 03/22/2020 11:16:30 AM PDT by forgotten man
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To: olivia3boys

Well, here in Midwest, it’s been, you know, winter. And Spring is itch’n to, well, Spring. If I can get a half way warm dry day, I’m getting on my cycle on going for a ride!

IM GOING STIR CRAZY HERE!

I figure I’ll head downtown and see how deserted it is.


22 posted on 03/22/2020 11:16:58 AM PDT by AFreeBird
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Kids and grandkids went on a nice bike ride around Moraga. Beautiful day. What are ya gonna do?


23 posted on 03/22/2020 11:20:17 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

i’m in the bay now too and it’s stupid. i heard about the panhandle and it makes you wonder what people are thinking. i’ve just been walking around neighborhoods and they’re uniformly empty. if people keep failing at distancing the gov’t is going to step in more and i’m dreading that.


24 posted on 03/22/2020 11:25:22 AM PDT by socalgop
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

probably but they’re doing it wronger :)


25 posted on 03/22/2020 11:27:38 AM PDT by xp38
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To: hanamizu

Or, if you become a couch potato, you’ll get a heart attack and be in the same hospital bed. Damed if you do...


26 posted on 03/22/2020 11:28:23 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: olivia3boys

It’s generally easy to avoid crowds on trails, especially once you get past the half-mile point where the herd thins out a lot.


27 posted on 03/22/2020 11:29:11 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: AFreeBird

I spent from before Christmas to March 1 at our North Idaho house doing improvement projects. I spend about ten weeks with cloud cover, a few good snowstorms, and hardly any sunshine. I came back to the SF Bay Area just in time for “Shelter in Place.” My wife hopped in her car with the dog and took off for Idaho this past Tuesday and reports every day has been close to 60 with brilliant sunshine! She and the dog are out hiking the mountains and lakes with friends every day.

It just ain’t fair!!


28 posted on 03/22/2020 11:32:08 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I say GO FOR IT! Fresh air, sunshine, exercise and I’m sure you are PLENTY far enough away from other people.


29 posted on 03/22/2020 11:32:53 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: socalgop

Our gyms closed, so my son was exercising on the equipment at the local school yesterday. A few others were out on the sports field working their dogs. People were separated by 50 to 200 feet.

Police came by and said “School is closed - you have to leave.”

Technically the cop was right and just doing his job, but it seems we’ve taken leave of our common senses.


30 posted on 03/22/2020 11:35:02 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

bug chasing


31 posted on 03/22/2020 11:55:32 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Everyone knows Hillary was corrupt, lied, destroyed documents, and influenced witnesses. Rat crime.)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

No way we’re getting out of this life alive.


32 posted on 03/22/2020 11:59:38 AM PDT by hanamizu
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To: hanamizu

...and taxes, too.


33 posted on 03/22/2020 12:04:25 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: ProtectOurFreedom
If only you have the income to live here and can tolerate the absolutely idiotic governance and public policies.

No on both counts, and I feel no deprivation or regret whatsoever.

You can have my share, and good riddance to it.

34 posted on 03/22/2020 12:12:07 PM PDT by tomkat
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To: forgotten man
I am not making any suggestions.

And yet, your double post has subliminally planted a burning sensation in my mind...😝

35 posted on 03/22/2020 12:12:30 PM PDT by Magnum44 (My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them.)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

get yourself back to Idaho!


36 posted on 03/22/2020 12:30:59 PM PDT by Chickensoup (Voter ID for 2020!! Leftists totalitarian fascists appear to be planning to eradicate conservatives)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom
Thankfully, people are getting outside. When living in Berkeley for many years, I went surfing at Ocean Beach 2x month and Inverness 1x month. Taking Fell Street to the beach was always 45 minutes. My father complained about the small freeways and constant traffic in San Francisco in 1980. Good to see the San Francisco map today full of green roads. Just like Los Angeles today.


37 posted on 03/22/2020 12:37:50 PM PDT by Falconspeed
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Part of the problem is we have had several weeks if rain in addition to the shelter-in-place. I’ve been going to on open preserve between San Jose and Morgan Hill. Today was crowded. I don’t think I’ll go in the weekend again.

I’m afraid they will issue a real stay at home order because there are too many big groups.


38 posted on 03/22/2020 12:40:43 PM PDT by luckystarmom
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To: forgotten man

Here’s a famous film shot just a few days before the earthquake/fire. They’ve added sound, like horse hooves, car engines...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Q5Nur642BU


39 posted on 03/22/2020 12:41:37 PM PDT by hanamizu
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To: ProtectOurFreedom
My daughter is a senior nursing student and Army ROTC Cadet at the University of San Francisco. The week before last, during Spring Break the students were told all classes would be taught on-line til the end of March. She was doing nursing clinicals, so stayed up there until last Saturday. As she was driving home (to our home in SoCal) she received an email from the school stating that school would be on-line until the end of the semester and oh, by the way, all students must move out of the dorms by noon on March 21st.

Since she was halfway home, she continued on vice turning back to empty out her dorm.

We drove back to SF this past Friday morning, took the 5/405/101--a straight shot through LA with so little traffic at a time when it normally would be bumper-to-bumper. Made it into the city in 9 hours. Got her stuff packed and into my car in about 2 hours, and left. I did see people walking around, lots of joggers/runners.

We spent the night in Salinas Friday night and drove home yesterday. Again, little traffic. As we neared Santa Barbara, could see quite a few cars parked at the beaches, thought the state beaches/campgrounds were closed.

North of Ventura, at Sea Cliff, pretty crowded with campers along the PCH there.

40 posted on 03/22/2020 12:43:38 PM PDT by Mrs.Liberty
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