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 ...
Yeah, really. 40,000 people showed up at a soccer game there the other day.
Traffic in Seattle is terrible all the time. My friend went to grocery store on Monday in Olympia and she said the shelves were getting empty, people were filling their baskets to the top with canned goods
“Ghost town” is a little strong.
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I agree with another poster that traffic is holiday light.
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Many school districts are shut down temporarily for cleaning and training and will open up next week.
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Here is the link to all the bus service changes in King County:
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https://kingcounty.gov/depts/transportation/metro/alerts-updates/service-advisories.aspx
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Nothing but normal route changes.
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Pike Place is open, usually quiet this time of year......and a lot of rain lately.
Here is another report using similar terms:
I get to downtown a couple of times a week. My favorite restaurant is in China Town...........Tai Tung.
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They are hurting, never seen so many open parking spaces on the street.
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Uwajimaya is very quiet.
I remember going to a highly popular outlet mall 3 days after 9/11. There were like 5 other people I could see at any one time, it was actually scary. I was out spending money, doing my part for the good old USA.
The first two deaths were at Harborview, they just did not know they were CnV-19 until a few days ago. The State has a declared State of Emergency, Homeland Security office in Seattle is now in quarantine, 19 first responders in Kirkland are in quarantine. Ambulance crews are being tested after every run, and they are running out of people because their crews are going into quarantine. Cases being treated at Evergreen (Kirkland), Harborview (Seattle), Valley (Renton), and Swedish (Issaquah). My company and many others have told everyone to telecommute. My mother is in Valley, so I have been going every day to visit her, and they are running out of Dr’s and Nurses because they are all testing positive and being put in quarantine. We are approaching an interesting point where we may soon be in true anarchy, with no Police, Fire, Medical Care, or Emergency Services and yet there are those that will still be saying it is just a cold.
You're most welcome. :o)
This IS a tough audience. I've seen few places with such anger and dissatisfaction than this site.
Nothing ever seems to be good enough...ever.
I remember that our good Lord has blessed me SO much. I try to show my undying gratitude for all His goodness.
I can dump the negative people in my life...and I have. I keep the positive people and count my blessings. It makes life well worth living.
Seems to me she was also quoted in a recent documentary about the homeless and crime problem in Seattle. I think she was complaining about lack of business then.
Oh wow. I hadn’t heard they shut down mass transit.
The Nordstrom Rack where I had to make some returns was open and crowded.
I remember..
Will the last person leaving Seattle pleas turn out the lights.
But I don’t remember when
Maybe 1980s
I was at the local Fred Myer today and a few predictable things are sold out - hand sanitizer, liquid hand soaps, and a few other items - but it’s far from true that the shelves of EVERYTHING are emptying. Toilet paper is also running low, but is still available. Most shelves look fairly normal. Maybe it’s worse in small towns.
I’m retired and live in Shoreline, just north of Seattle, and rarely go to the downtown area anymore. Traffic out here is normally heavy down Aurora Avenue (the main highway through this part of town) because there’s lots of new construction and the population has jumped in the last ten years. This afternoon, for the first time, I noticed that business at the local Fred Myer was down, with the parking lot maybe at 60-70% capacity of normal. Still, it’s not like the streets are deserted.
A radio talk show host said we should take a lesson from Seattle and buy supplies before we in Southern California are told to stay home for 3 weeks and there is a run on groceries. I went to the market to get a few things, and several shelves looked like they were heavily shopped - like toilet paper. But there were still plenty of items left. I just hope people won’t be worked up into a panic.
I would think that a hot cup of coffee would kill off the coronavirus.
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