Posted on 03/04/2020 8:03:36 AM PST by DannyTN
... "I've never seen downtown so empty," she said, referring to the streets, not just the shelves. ... Francisco's store has been in the same small corner for 43 years, she said. Before that, her mother owned a novelty shop in another spot of the usually bustling shopping area. Millions of people visit Pike Place Market annually.
But the stalls are empty this week. Vendors aren't flinging fish to one another; instead, they're checking their phones or reading a book.
"It's like a ghost town," Francisco said. ...
(Excerpt) Read more at twnews.us ...
So far she says it’s been a calm rational response. Very expensive, but a good model to observe as things proceed.
Trump donates this quarters salary https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8071331/Donald-Trump-donates-fourth-quarter-salary-HHS-help-coronavirus-efforts.html?fbclid=IwAR204BdDmNJyQ0yMdD5jz6z5zuG5wVXSl3apRSM7sPB8RscudkTnvyK5Zd8
When I left Pike Place Market on Monday everything was still bustling. Maybe a little less crowding is a good idea. Tourists who come specifically to see the market will still come and locals will stay away for now.
Bands won’t play no more.
I assume Texas has the same anti texting laws as TN, so that you now have to hold your phone below the dashboard to freep instead of on top of the steering wheel where you can keep an eye on what's going on.
Is the Link shut down, or just buses?
I checked both the Seattle Times and the Metro Bus website, and there’s nothing about mass transit being shut down in Seattle. I think it’s a misunderstanding by someone, or fake news.
Wasnt life so much simpler before the cell phone?
So, who gives a damn about Seattle? Seattle seceded from America
I thought it was Kirkland. That’s on the other side of the lake.
My daughter lives northeast of the U district by a couple dozen blocks. Same...
BINGO. Noice all rallies have no sterile gloves or mask.
None in grocery store. Only place they are in use is the Store’s clinic personnel. Had to go Monday, new med took 17 days to break me out in a bad case of HIVES. Called the ENDO to report it, still not heard back. Januvia is a Type 2 Diabetic med, BS is running crazy.
I know. Insanity.
She rides bus, so not sure about link?
https://web6.seattle.gov/travelers/
see for yourself. remember they are on Pacific time. click the camera icons along the waterfront: Alaskan Way - Pike is as close as they go
One Tweet:
“This is the story of a neighborhood that built an informal wall around its real estate to keep them out.”
Them being the low-lifes.
The writer probably visited at 9 am Sunday, too.
I kind of figure that would be the case. The UK was trying to say there was a run on the stores across America, I have not seen any runs in my area.
I don’t know what Seattle looks like on a normal day. But it’s 8:44am there. And I’m thinking that traffic looks really thin.
Construction maybe?...ignore the pm
I just cruised from Tacoma to the Northgate area of Seattle on I-5. Traffic is holiday light.
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