Shelter From the Storm! (Bay Area on House Arrest!)

[cozmik_cowboy]

OK, here's one from the "Florida Man" file:

Gov. Ron DeSantis has declared WWE "wrestling" an essential business..........

Peter (who really wishes he was kidding)

[bigredbass]

NOW you did it:  Invoked the 'Florida Man'.  Abandon all hope . . . . . .

[cozmik_cowboy]

OK, I just finished Earthsea; it was good, but not as good as I remembered it being from 45 years ago.
Now I'm on to rereading Elijah Wald's Escaping The Delta: Robert Johnson & The Invention Of The Blues, to be followed with a revisit of his How The Beatles Destroyed Rock'N'Roll: An Alternative History Of American Popular Music.  If you haven't read (and do have access to) them, both are (on the off chance anyone reading this is interested in music) highly recommended!


Peter

[cozmik_cowboy]

A couple of fun vids:

Peter

[cozmik_cowboy]

Let's all take care of ourselves & each other, eh?


Peter

[elwoodblue]

Yes 


...Jennifer is looking..um,
...relaxed.

[elwoodblue]

A reminder when out and about...

[hammer]

So how far are the areas in which people live coming out of hibernation at this point?


Here in Minnesota some additional businesses beyond the essential ones have been given the okay to open to the public though most smaller shops are still closed.  The home builder where my son works as a finish carpenter called its workers back, but some refused to return. My wife's employer (a major airline where she is an IT manager) took the federal aid offered but has reduced everyone to 75% time (not the amount of work they do but what they get paid).  She's working from home. At the University where I am employed we are forbidden from accessing our campus offices and will definitely only be teaching online this summer.  We have been told we need to prepare to teach online through the fall semester though a decision wont be made on that for awhile.  As far as the research I do, which is primarily with people with disabilities, its been stopped dead in its tracks since later February/Early March. And for good reason...one of senior care facilities with whom we were working lost 47 residents to Covid-19 deaths over a two-week period in April.


At this point I'm feeling pretty fortunate to live in a suburban/rural area where social distancing is not a problem and I'm probably more likely to get bitten by a deer tick than catch this virus.  I empathize with family members living in more urban surroundings especially some young nieces and nephews living with groups of friends in large cities (Philly, Boston, Chicago) some of whom appear to be taking the pandemic far to lightly.


And of course I especially feel for those of you who are awaiting delivery of new Alembics and need to wait a bit longer 

[elwoodblue]

In the pacific NW, in a small town across the water from Seattle...
 I'm happy to have curbside pickup at home depot, they just toss it in your trunk and
I drive away. They were counting heads as they entered the store, but not as many
masks as I'd expect. Sigh. Our numbers are very low around here, I hope that reflects reality.


 Apparently across the big pond...Fripp is finding all the smiles he withheld over the years 

[peoplechipper]

that is so great to see; he always comes across as so serious...

[edwardofhuncote]

Here in Southwest Virginia, we have been spared the worst-case scenario. The only outbreaks of any size happened in two local nursing homes, and sadly resulted in some fatalities. Other cases have been fewer and further between, but there have been some. Roanoke is a city of about 100,000, surrounded by a cluster of smaller townships, altogether population totaling maybe 150,000, but you can drive 10 minutes from the metro limits and be out 'in the country' where I live... 105% rural. (think; farm-use plates on a Camaro) We're just not that close to each other anyway, so we had that going for us. Because I am the Operator for a Water Plant in another small township in a neighboring county, they put me on the COVID-19 Task Force email list, so I get the daily briefings and updates. It's really nice getting the unfiltered info first thing every morning. One thing I particularly enjoy - the Town Manager ends every email asking his Staff in red bold font to please use this information to help him control rumors and inform the public, all 655 of them.   

[keith_h]

We've entered phase one of reopening. Phase one allows reopening of parks (no camping or playgrounds though), previously nonessential businesses with restrictions, child care facilities with restrictions and day camps with restrictions. Restaurants are still on take out only. Still no gatherings over ten people and places like bars, movie theatres, concert venues, etc remain closed. 

My neighborhood was rural but is now the transition point as the town has expanded with new neighborhoods forming our northern border. With the new subdivisions nearby even though they can go back to work it has been very quiet. This leads me to believe a lot of workers have decided to wait it out longer or the builders are restricting the number of crews onsite. I also suspect that many of the "nonessential" stores if they reopen won't see much business as most people are still staying home. I suspect it will stay this way with schools closed for the year and the kids at home with the parents.

My wife works in the schools system at a year round school. As far as to when school will start back up no one is sure. The School Board is trying to reopen traditional calendar schools on Aug. 17th. For year round schools they are still struggling with when to reopen. There is some discussion of using the normal start of the year round calendar in July. Regardless of calendar used the school system has said they doubt all students will be allowed to be in school at the same time do to social distancing needs. One proposal that seems to be getting traction is having half attend in class Monday/Wednesday and the other half Tuesday/Thursday with remote learning for the days they are not in class. The other serious proposal is to go with AM/PM classes. I think this one is better particularly for the younger children as I think they will learn better in class. 

One thing though, given all the with practice social distancing  why do the other drivers insist on inspecting my tailpipe?

[hammer]

Your school situation appears similar to what they are discussing here in MN. Staggered days or AM PM cohorts. Neither is perfect but friends of mine who teach kids with disabilities indicate that not much is going on a home. Additionally some of those who teach in our urban schools are indicating that while engaged students are learning just as much as before, those who were not into school prior to Covid have just disappeared.

[bigredbass]

It's very interesting to ride around Nashville if you know where to look.

The coach companies have so many tour buses in drydock they're going to have to start parking them in farm fields.  The touring sound contractors have got Meyers and Midas stacked floor to ceiling, nothing but nothing is out on the road.  The 18-wheelers they used to ride in are hauling produce from Florida.  The music stores are just beginning to open this week.  Recording studios are dark except for home installations.  It's just eerie.  All the touring artists from golden oldies to Taylor Swift and Brad Paisley are playing at home.  I'm waiting to hear about artist managers, vocal coaches, stylists, music biz attorneys, and promoters jumping out of windows or having their Porsches repo'd.  Gibson idled.  Artist Relations outposts closed.

No live music (no bars either) for a while yet.  This week you CAN go to Waffle House or Cracker Barrel at 50% capacity, and I'm trying to figure out how to eat with my mask on.

I've never seen anything like this.

I've received the stimulus money, my unemployment (with the kick-in from the Feds) is rolling every week.  We're fine, my bills are all current, I can't get anything else in my freezer, my cupboards are full, and I am blessed WAY past anything I deserve.  Cooking a lot, I'm telling myself this is dress rehearsal for retirement next year . . . .

Hope you're all well, and my best to you all !

Joey

[StephenR]

If you have ever hankered to watch Phil play his Alembic bass and sing with a face mask on here is your chance. Okay now they have no sound, appears they are not playing at the same location and have no idea what is going on. Maybe they need someone else to make it "just about exactly perfect".