snowlurker Posted March 28, 2020 Report Share Posted March 28, 2020 Since fewer of us are following weather and probably following the pandemic, I thought I'd start a thread for members to check in with one another. Let's please keep politics out of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowlurker Posted March 28, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2020 This week started really rough for me and I had to take a couple of days off for mental health reasons and for prepping the house/family to stay isolated/tend to anyone that might get sick. Getting a computer desk set up seemed to provide some normalcy by the end of the week. I even looked forward to the weekly video conference with my manager and coworkers hahaha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tombo82685 Posted March 28, 2020 Report Share Posted March 28, 2020 Nothing has changed for me, work every day here. Biggest impact for me has been just the closure of other things like the gym number 1. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowlurker Posted March 28, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2020 10 minutes ago, tombo82685 said: Nothing has changed for me, work every day here. Biggest impact for me has been just the closure of other things like the gym number 1. I gotta ask: are you enjoying working on the course without any golfers to ruin it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbelke Posted March 28, 2020 Report Share Posted March 28, 2020 I work from home so nothing changed for me. Other than my school teacher wife is home right now, and she is trying to setup remote learning for her students. Not an easy thing to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tombo82685 Posted March 28, 2020 Report Share Posted March 28, 2020 16 minutes ago, snowlurker said: I gotta ask: are you enjoying working on the course without any golfers to ruin it? Yes, it’s been very peaceful. Normally I would be working weekends right now. Due to no golfers it’s a normal m-f schedule, kind of loving that aspect 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iceman56 Posted March 28, 2020 Report Share Posted March 28, 2020 Business as usual, told to work from home. Only go in the office for essentials. We are essential for military support so we're told. Leaving NH tomorrow morning. 2-4 sloppy inches tomorrow through Monday. Will be stopping for gas only, pumping with gloves, and paying at the pump. And the very occasional TP search continues... And I forgot to mention, I'm missing baseball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harbourton Posted March 28, 2020 Report Share Posted March 28, 2020 In 2008 Obama bailed out GM. Now Trump has to use the War Powers Act to get them to build ventilators. Ford jumped in immediately. I will never buy a GM product again.!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rainshadow Posted March 28, 2020 Report Share Posted March 28, 2020 We are higher risk enough that Wegmans granted us leave thru April 30th. So I am spending way too much time refreshing the worldometer hoping to see the curve flattening. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rainshadow Posted March 28, 2020 Report Share Posted March 28, 2020 BTW from Cuomo’s press conference the number of ICU admissions in NYC was cut in half from yesterday. They are going to make a new daily number of cases number today. I am hoping the former is related to the malaria drug. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rainshadow Posted March 28, 2020 Report Share Posted March 28, 2020 Speaking of no politics (Brian might have read some of this), I was actually bashed (repeatedly on this person’s personal feed) by a “friend” of mine (who is politically on the same side of the aisle as me no less) because I wanted to leave politics out of the discussion. So yes I have always appreciated the no politics policy of this forum. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harbourton Posted March 28, 2020 Report Share Posted March 28, 2020 6 minutes ago, Rainshadow5.8 said: BTW from Cuomo’s press conference the number of ICU admissions in NYC was cut in half from yesterday. They are going to make a new daily number of cases number today. I am hoping the former is related to the malaria drug. Cuomo said yesterday that they had a stockpile of supplies that weren't distributed. All the while crying for more supplies. He is grandstanding. I will shut up from now on out to preserve the no politics doctrine, but it is tough. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowlurker Posted March 28, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2020 32 minutes ago, Harbourton said: In 2008 Obama bailed out GM. Now Trump has to use the War Powers Act to get them to build ventilators. Ford jumped in immediately. I will never buy a GM product again.!!!!! GM is building them, too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rainshadow Posted March 28, 2020 Report Share Posted March 28, 2020 9 minutes ago, Harbourton said: Cuomo said yesterday that they had a stockpile of supplies that weren't distributed. All the while crying for more supplies. He is grandstanding. Just about 50% of NYC hospital cases are COVID positive. They are running models (we know how that goes) of how much they need. Their peak need is suppose to be 14-21 days away. I can’t blame any governor to get as much as he/she can. Might have to roll that equipment to other places as NYC is the canary in the coal mine, probably peak first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
talonsmith Posted March 28, 2020 Report Share Posted March 28, 2020 I also mostly already worked from home. It hasn't been much change for me but getting execs who never wanted to work from home set up has been a challenge. Some people just can't adapt. The hardest part has been the nice weekdays and crappy weekends so far, twice as hard not to go play when there are no eyes on you! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harbourton Posted March 28, 2020 Report Share Posted March 28, 2020 I am worried about the mental health aspect of this pandemic. If people are shut up for another 4-6 weeks there is no histrionics to determine what will happen. The cure may be the internet. So with that in mind after washing your hands be sure to get some humor in your life. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rainshadow Posted March 28, 2020 Report Share Posted March 28, 2020 Speaking of models, I have no idea if this is the Euro, NAM or GFS: 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowlurker Posted March 28, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2020 4 minutes ago, Rainshadow5.8 said: Speaking of models, I have no idea if this is the Euro, NAM or GFS: Good job making the connection to weather models. I don't know if I should barricade myself and start raising livestock or go halvsies on a hotel room with Heisy up north. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rainshadow Posted March 28, 2020 Report Share Posted March 28, 2020 8 minutes ago, snowlurker said: Good job making the connection to weather models. I don't know if I should barricade myself and start raising livestock or go halvsies on a hotel room with Heisy up north. I think it depends on how great the 18z NAM is. He might not be able to keep 6 feet (probably the NAM forecast snow) away from anything. 😉 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
susqushawn Posted March 28, 2020 Report Share Posted March 28, 2020 Working from home has been great, being a real estate guy deemed non-essential it's been interesting working around the mandated restrictions to still make a living. I know I'm not alone. It's all good, I'm enjoying it, virtual happy hours with the neighborhood most nights make it fun too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irishbri74 Posted March 29, 2020 Report Share Posted March 29, 2020 7 hours ago, Rainshadow5.8 said: Speaking of no politics (Brian might have read some of this), I was actually bashed (repeatedly on this person’s personal feed) by a “friend” of mine (who is politically on the same side of the aisle as me no less) because I wanted to leave politics out of the discussion. So yes I have always appreciated the no politics policy of this forum. I did catch some of that, which is unfortunate. You’re trying to post relevant info and keep people informed and it turned into.. well, the usual political bs. Keep posting the graphs and info Tony, don’t let it deter you. Anyhow, all is well here. Things are a little weird in the FD right now. None of our usual activities are going on, such as building inspections, fire prevention etc... lots of social distancing measures. It’s def here in Delco. Wife works in an independent living facility, and she’s struggling to keep her sanity. Between exposure control and trying to do her job, (sous chef/dining services manager), it’s been tough for her. She’s pushing for harder measures, which she finally is getting. (Shutting down their dining room finally and just doing door delivery to the apartments) today is our 1 year wedding anniversary. Not how we imagined celebrating it, But to put in context, we’re healthy, both have our jobs, and we made it a year without killing each other 😅😂. stay safe everyone, feel like we’re just getting started with the bad part of this. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbelke Posted March 29, 2020 Report Share Posted March 29, 2020 13 hours ago, Harbourton said: I am worried about the mental health aspect of this pandemic. If people are shut up for another 4-6 weeks there is no histrionics to determine what will happen. The cure may be the internet. So with that in mind after washing your hands be sure to get some humor in your life. I don't know about NJ, but the wine and spirits stores are closed. Basically a shelter in place and there is no alcohol to help pass the time. I already finished Netflix. 😆 Might have to watch it all again. You are spot on, take it seriously, wash your hands before you pick your nose, you know, the simple things and above all, look for the humor and laugh at something. We'll all go nuts if there is no laughter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbelke Posted March 29, 2020 Report Share Posted March 29, 2020 12 hours ago, Rainshadow5.8 said: Speaking of models, I have no idea if this is the Euro, NAM or GFS: You that bored you are generating these graphs?? What site is this from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chubbs Posted March 29, 2020 Report Share Posted March 29, 2020 Nice video on modeling epidemics. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowlurker Posted March 29, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 29, 2020 13 hours ago, Rainshadow5.8 said: Speaking of models, I have no idea if this is the Euro, NAM or GFS: I finally took a look at this with my glasses on. Fascinating graphs. Did you generate or copy/paste? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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