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MonkeyRonin Mar 19, 2020 2:01 PM
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Originally Posted by hauntedheadnc (Post 8866958)
while in Columbia the city has instituted a curfew between 11PM and 6AM.

Why? What is ensuring people stay in their homes during the already least-busy time of day actually meant to achieve?

hauntedheadnc Mar 19, 2020 2:04 PM
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Originally Posted by MonkeyRonin (Post 8866980)
Why? What is ensuring people stay in their homes during the already least-busy time of day actually meant to achieve?
Some of the reasoning is explained in this article:

Columbia imposes citywide coronavirus curfew starting at 11 p.m. Wednesday

BG918 Mar 19, 2020 2:58 PM
Let's hope some of these efforts "flatten the curve" but unfortunately it's probably too late

https://scontent.fapa1-1.fna.fbcdn.n...0c&oe=5E978391

austlar1 Mar 19, 2020 3:32 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by MonkeyRonin (Post 8866980)
Why? What is ensuring people stay in their homes during the already least-busy time of day actually meant to achieve?
Really empty streets are a great place for opportunistic prowling criminals, especially criminals armed and driving around looking for a victim. It is a good idea to have an overnight curfew to give police an enforcement tool that ensures only people who need to be out at that hour are allowed to be out.

Handro Mar 19, 2020 3:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Pedestrian (Post 8866806)
For San Franciscans this is a certain sign of the Apocalypse:


https://sf.curbed.com/2020/3/17/2118...20says%20mayor
Chicago also stopped ticketing for parking infractions a few days ago.

Handro Mar 19, 2020 3:37 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by BG918 (Post 8867028)
Let's hope some of these efforts "flatten the curve" but unfortunately it's probably too late

https://scontent.fapa1-1.fna.fbcdn.n...0c&oe=5E978391
Italy has also been much better about testing than the US, and has about 1/5 the population.

Steely Dan Mar 19, 2020 3:37 PM
WFH pro: my music

WFH con: children

tdawg Mar 19, 2020 3:48 PM
In response to Steely Dan's hilarious post, my take:

WFH pro: wine with lunch

WFH con: cats

Obadno Mar 19, 2020 4:00 PM
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Originally Posted by BG918 (Post 8866774)
Still think this is all just an overreaction? The U.S. should’ve been completed locked down 2 weeks ago and we could be recovering in April. This piecemeal approach will not only prolong this pandemic until the summer (at the earliest) but also cost thousands of American lives. If you think things are crazy now just wait a couple weeks when the hospitals are overrun and people’s family members are dying, then the real panic will happen and things will get really scary fast.
Yeah I think it is an overreaction still. Not to mention that wasn't the point of my statesment.

I was saying that the US does not have the legal right nor the logistical power to actually force a nationwide lockdown and simply requesting the voluntary lockdowns are more effective and more legal.

Obadno Mar 19, 2020 4:01 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by BG918 (Post 8867028)
Let's hope some of these efforts "flatten the curve" but unfortunately it's probably too late

https://scontent.fapa1-1.fna.fbcdn.n...0c&oe=5E978391
There was never really a serious chance of containing a virus this contagious which such a long incubation.

sopas ej Mar 19, 2020 4:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Handro (Post 8867073)
Chicago also stopped ticketing for parking infractions a few days ago.
Yeah, same with the city of Los Angeles and other LA County cities beginning 3/16/20.

iheartthed Mar 19, 2020 4:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Handro (Post 8867073)
Chicago also stopped ticketing for parking infractions a few days ago.
If you have a lead foot (like me), this is probably your moment to go for it. Some departments are pulling back on writing tickets for minor traffic infractions.

Steely Dan Mar 19, 2020 4:22 PM
* DARK HUMOR ALERT *

if you're the sensitive type, please skip ahead to the next post.





amidst all this coronavirus craziness, let's please not forget the real victims: america's mass shooters.

how are they supposed to indiscriminately gun us down if we're all holed up inside our own homes all day long?

Obadno Mar 19, 2020 4:37 PM
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Originally Posted by sopas ej (Post 8867098)
Yeah, same with the city of Los Angeles and other LA County cities beginning 3/16/20.
Well if this isnt a sign of the apocalypse I dont know what is

JManc Mar 19, 2020 4:47 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Handro (Post 8867073)
Chicago also stopped ticketing for parking infractions a few days ago.
I parked in a metered spot downtown, didn't pay and drove 20 miles over the speed limit back home last night. Damn the apocalypse has its perks.

Obadno Mar 19, 2020 5:08 PM
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Originally Posted by JManc (Post 8867145)
I parked in a metered spot downtown, didn't pay and drove 20 miles over the speed limit back home last night. Damn the apocalypse has its perks.
Yeah some police departments publicly saying they arent going to bother with petty crimes for now is pretty disturbing

I mean hell, if thats the policy for now fine but dont broadcast it.

10023 Mar 19, 2020 6:39 PM
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Originally Posted by Steely Dan (Post 8867115)
* DARK HUMOR ALERT *

if you're the sensitive type, please skip ahead to the next post.





amidst all this coronavirus craziness, let's please not forget the real victims: america's mass shooters.

how are they supposed to indiscriminately gun us down if we're all holed up inside our own homes all day long?
Wait until the unemployment rate hits 10%+

chris08876 Mar 19, 2020 6:48 PM
Just for those that work from home and have kids, you'll appreciate this.


https://www.instagram.com/p/B95NCH3n...d=z3g7y3xt9f7o

(Video)

:haha:

Do any of you wear a suit when you work from home, just curious? I'm managing my NJ/NYC territory wearing a bathrobe at the moment. :haha:

Fortunatly in my case, Microsoft Teams, T-mobile App, and cell phone are all I need. No video conferences thankfully!

photoLith Mar 19, 2020 6:51 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by 10023 (Post 8867287)
Wait until the unemployment rate hits 10%+
It’s going to go much higher than that.

chris08876 Mar 19, 2020 6:58 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Steely Dan (Post 8867115)
* DARK HUMOR ALERT *

amidst all this coronavirus craziness, let's please not forget the real victims: america's mass shooters.

how are they supposed to indiscriminately gun us down if we're all holed up inside our own homes all day long?
:haha:

:cheers:

I suppose they could wait until the toilet paper runs out, and people have to go outside to pick leaves off the ground to wipe? I live in the suburbs, with a big yard, so I could pee outside (save on the water bill) or just go take a dump in my neighbors yard right by the bamboo plants. They grow fast, bamboo, so he'll never see me. Like 1969 all over again!!!

Quote:
Originally Posted by 10023 (Post 8867287)
Wait until the unemployment rate hits 10%+
Your going to be doing a lot of thinking, WHEN YOUR LIVING IN A TENT DOWN BY THE RIVER (Thames or East/Hudson depending on where your at).

https://media.giphy.com/media/NeKB8ZR67TuV2/giphy.gif

So how do we get back on track!

I love dark humor.

Acajack Mar 19, 2020 7:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Obadno (Post 8867174)
Yeah some police departments publicly saying they arent going to bother with petty crimes for now is pretty disturbing

I mean hell, if thats the policy for now fine but dont broadcast it.
Except for a tiny handful of places (New Rochelle, NY; Kirkland, WA), I can't see what in particular would be keeping police busy in 99% of U.S. cities to the point where they have to stop enforcing the laws on petty crimes.

chris08876 Mar 19, 2020 7:28 PM
Regarding NYC construction
 
Cuomo exempts construction, certain residential services from virus order

Quote:
The state has exempted construction, banks and certain residential services from a new work-from-home mandate.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed an executive order, released Wednesday night, that requires businesses to limit their in-office workforce to 50 percent. The governor announced the order Wednesday morning but did not specify what “essential” businesses would be exempt from the rule, which goes into effect 8 p.m. Friday. The order includes construction, transportation infrastructure, financial institutions, shipping and “essential operations of residences” among the businesses that do not have to comply with the rule. The Empire State Development Corp. is charged with releasing a full list of businesses by 5 p.m. Thursday, according to the order. Businesses are permitted to request “essential” status from ESD.

Other cities have grappled with the question of whether construction is “essential,” and the answers have varied. Boston shut down its sites on Monday. San Francisco, which issued a shelter-in-place order Monday, included housing construction among its essential businesses. Construction also continued in Las Vegas following an order by the Nevada governor for nonessential businesses to close for 30 days. Sites also remained active in Philadelphia, after the city ordered the closure of non-essential businesses.

Construction groups urged New York officials to specifically exempt construction from the governor’s order. Some City Council members have called for work to halt on construction sites.

During multiple media interviews on Wednesday, Mayor Bill de Blasio :yuck: indicated that he favors the San Francisco model.

“So, I think construction has been exempted so far for valid reasons. Whether it is going to be tightened up going forward is a different discussion,” he told NY 1.
========================
TRD

suburbanite Mar 19, 2020 7:52 PM
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Originally Posted by chris08876 (Post 8867301)
Just for those that work from home and have kids, you'll appreciate this.


https://www.instagram.com/p/B95NCH3n...d=z3g7y3xt9f7o

(Video)

:haha:

Do any of you wear a suit when you work from home, just curious? I'm managing my NJ/NYC territory wearing a bathrobe at the moment. :haha:

Fortunatly in my case, Microsoft Teams, T-mobile App, and cell phone are all I need. No video conferences thankfully!
I had a coworker accidentally flash his boxer-wearing crotch to a group of 8 people on a video call when he accidentally panned the laptop down to reach something behind it, so that was interesting at least.

I think many organizations are quickly learning the limitations of their vpns as everyone in the company tries to access it at the same time. I've taken to downloading whatever files I need overnight while it's at least somewhat functional.

Pedestrian Mar 19, 2020 7:53 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by BG918 (Post 8867028)
Let's hope some of these efforts "flatten the curve" but unfortunately it's probably too late

https://scontent.fapa1-1.fna.fbcdn.n...0c&oe=5E978391
Generally speaking, the incubation period of COVID-19 is believed to be around 5 days and illness figures tend to be a few days more than that (because people don't seek treatment or testing until they are sure they are quite sick and suyspect coronavirus) so the earliest effects of a lockdown in Italy should just be showing up now. Many parts of the US began aggressive "social distancing" at least several days ago--earlier on the curve than Italy's lockdown. So I don't think it's at all "too late".

Pedestrian Mar 19, 2020 7:55 PM
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Originally Posted by suburbanite (Post 8867391)
I had a coworker accidentally flash his boxer-wearing crotch to a group of 8 people on a video call when he accidentally panned the laptop down to reach something behind it, so that was interesting at least.

I think many organizations are quickly learning the limitations of their vpns as everyone in the company tries to access it at the same time. I've taken to downloading whatever files I need overnight while it's at least somewhat functional.
I've seen a funny commercial for something featuring an incident like that.

Pedestrian Mar 19, 2020 7:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Acajack (Post 8867321)
Except for a tiny handful of places (New Rochelle, NY; Kirkland, WA), I can't see what in particular would be keeping police busy in 99% of U.S. cities to the point where they have to stop enforcing the laws on petty crimes.
Busting lockdown-violating millennials?

Pedestrian Mar 19, 2020 8:07 PM
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Ventilator Makers Ramp Up Production Amid Coronavirus Crunch
By Peter Loftus
Updated March 19, 2020 3:41 pm ET

Manufacturers are racing to boost production of the medical ventilators required to save the lives of many critically ill coronavirus patients, but there still may not be enough of the crucial machines if cases surge, industry officials say.

Medtronic PLC, Philips NV, Draegerwerk AG and Getinge AB, among the biggest suppliers of medical ventilators and related respiratory equipment, said they are working to meet increased global demand, including in the U.S.

Even companies that don’t make medical devices may chip in. General Motors Co. and Ford Motor Co. are exploring the possibility of making ventilators, spokespeople for the companies said Thursday. The auto makers have temporarily suspended vehicle production in North America until at least March 30.

The added capacity may eventually help ease the crunch, but it isn’t coming fast enough to keep up with mounting demand and may not be sufficient if cases surge, industry officials and health experts say.

“The actual available inventory on the shelf is gone,” said Chris Brooks, chief strategy officer at Ventec Life Systems, of Bothell, Wash. “There’s definitely more demand than there is supply today. We’re doing everything we can to ramp up supply.”

As many as 810,000 U.S. coronavirus patients could need ventilators by the end of May, if cases were to double every six days, according to Neil Carpenter, vice president of strategic planning at health-care consultancy Array Advisors.

Yet the Society of Critical Care Medicine estimated, in a report released this week, that more than 200,000 mechanical ventilators may be available in the U.S.

If more machines become available, there may not be enough trained professionals to operate them . . . .
https://www.wsj.com/articles/ventila...e_below_a_pos1

xzmattzx Mar 19, 2020 8:17 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by BG918 (Post 8867028)
Let's hope some of these efforts "flatten the curve" but unfortunately it's probably too late

https://scontent.fapa1-1.fna.fbcdn.n...0c&oe=5E978391
To be fair, the US has 5.5x the population of Italy. This is also ignoring other dynamics, like how Italy has an older population that has a higher chance to death, and so on.

chris08876 Mar 19, 2020 8:26 PM
Just f'n nuts.

This is 5th Avenue in NYC, just 3 hours ago. This area is usually a mad house around lunch time.


https://static.earthcam.com/hof/newy...40464847_8.jpg


Apparently folks still seeing the Bull. 4 hours ago.

https://static.earthcam.com/hof/newy...5280442_69.jpg

This was 7 minutes ago.


https://static.earthcam.com/hof/newy...9181728_20.jpg



Ever see the movie "I am Legend". This is becoming a reality in this city.


Little Italy is dead (Mulberry)

https://static.earthcam.com/hof/newy...2400922_96.jpg

Pedestrian Mar 19, 2020 8:28 PM
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This is not the end of the world, according to Christians who study the end of the world
By Julie Zauzmer and Sarah Pulliam Bailey
March 17, 2020 at 11:07 a.m. MST

It sure might feel apocalyptic. But not if you ask Christian writers and pastors who have spent years focusing their message on the Book of Revelation — the New Testament’s final book. It lays out a lurid, poetic vision of the End Times, in which many evangelical leaders interpret it to mean that Jesus will return to Earth, believers will be raptured to heaven and those left behind will suffer seven dreadful years of calamities. Most of these Revelation-focused prophesiers don’t see coronavirus as heralding the Second Coming and the end of life on Earth as we know it.

Jeff Kinley, a writer of books on biblical prophecy, . . . pointed to Revelation 6:8, which forecasts deaths all over the globe “by sword, famine and plague,” and Jesus’ words about the events before the end times in Luke 21:11: “There will be great earthquakes, famines and pestilences in various places, and fearful events and great signs from heaven” . . . .

The Bible is very specific about what will happen before the End Times, Kinley says, and those events haven’t all unfolded yet. For one major thing, the ancient temple in Jerusalem is supposed to be rebuilt first . . . .
https://www.washingtonpost.com/relig...ible-prophecy/

Well, I mean "plague" . . . check.

There was a rather unusual earthquake in Salt Lake City the other day.

These days there's pretty much always sword and famine somewhere.

If the new Israeli government proposes rebuilding the temple, I think our goose is cooked.

Pedestrian Mar 19, 2020 8:32 PM
Isee a certain lack of "socila distancing". For shame!!

https://uniim1.shutterfly.com/ng/ser...649903/enhance

chris08876 Mar 19, 2020 8:34 PM
Even the GWB is tame. At 4:30 pm, its never ever like this.

Live cam (enlarge, quite a nice view btw). The outbound out of NYC is always cancerous. Not even a virus can change that mind numbing, stroke inducing commute through the Cross-Bronx to the NJ side via the GWB. That will never change.


• Video Link

SIGSEGV Mar 19, 2020 8:52 PM
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Originally Posted by suburbanite (Post 8867391)
I had a coworker accidentally flash his boxer-wearing crotch to a group of 8 people on a video call when he accidentally panned the laptop down to reach something behind it, so that was interesting at least.

I think many organizations are quickly learning the limitations of their vpns as everyone in the company tries to access it at the same time. I've taken to downloading whatever files I need overnight while it's at least somewhat functional.
yeah I've been putting on pants before my teleconferences :haha:

Pedestrian Mar 19, 2020 9:04 PM
Despite Orders Not to Panic, Noe Valley Whole Foods Descends Into a Spot of Controlled Chaos

Noe Valley is among San Francisco's hippest and priciest neighborhoods.

Pedestrian Mar 19, 2020 9:07 PM
• Video Link

sopas ej Mar 19, 2020 9:19 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Pedestrian (Post 8867473)
Despite Orders Not to Panic, Noe Valley Whole Foods Descends Into a Spot of Controlled Chaos

Noe Valley is among San Francisco's hippest and priciest neighborhoods.
Hehe I was listening to an LA radio show on the way to work on Monday morning and the woman on it did her best impersonation of the "panic" of customers at a Westside Gelson's: "Whaaaat? It is imPOSSible to be out of ImPOSSible Burger."

Pedestrian Mar 19, 2020 9:27 PM
Unbelievable:

SF-Oakland Bay Bridge toll plaza approach
https://media.kron.com/nxs-krontv-me...m1_2_large.jpg
https://www.kron4.com/weather/live-cameras/

Market St near Union Square (somebody got some Charmin--maybe from TJ's around the corner or Walgreen's)
https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/LBGC...13031747.0.jpg
https://sf.curbed.com/2020/3/19/2118...0view%20images

mrnyc Mar 19, 2020 9:31 PM
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Originally Posted by sopas ej (Post 8867487)
Hehe I was listening to an LA radio show on the way to work on Monday morning and the woman on it did her best impersonation of the "panic" of customers at a Westside Gelson's: "Whaaaat? It is imPOSSible to be out of ImPOSSible Burger."
i laughed, but on the not so funny side grocery stores are starting to look very soviet union era russia. :uhh:

Steely Dan Mar 19, 2020 9:34 PM
illinois (aka chicagoland) appears to be hitting the accelerating part of the growth curve right now.

134 new cases confirmed in the last 24 hours, from 288 yesterday to 422 today.

at this rate, we'll probably cross the 1,000 threshold sometime over the weekend.

rumors going around the socials of complete citywide lockdown.

mrnyc Mar 19, 2020 9:43 PM
i tried to make a coronavirus joke a while back.


nobody laughed at first.


but eventually everyone got it.


***


9 months from now there will be a baby boom.

13 years later will give rise to the next generation, known as ...


the quaranteens.


***


what's the difference between wuhan and las vegas?


what happens in vegas stays in vegas.




.... too soon?

Obadno Mar 19, 2020 9:47 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by mrnyc (Post 8867521)
i tried to make a coronavirus joke a while back.


nobody laughed at first.


but eventually everyone got it.


***


9 months from now there will be a baby boom.

13 years later will give rise to the next generation, known as ...


the quaranteens.


***


what's the difference between wuhan and las vegas?


what happens in vegas stays in vegas.




.... too soon?
The vegas one caused a smirk

sopas ej Mar 19, 2020 9:47 PM
https://scontent-lax3-2.xx.fbcdn.net...d2&oe=5E97C810

BnaBreaker Mar 19, 2020 9:51 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by mrnyc (Post 8867521)
i tried to make a coronavirus joke a while back.


nobody laughed at first.


but eventually everyone got it.


***


9 months from now there will be a baby boom.

13 years later will give rise to the next generation, known as ...


the quaranteens.


***


what's the difference between wuhan and las vegas?


what happens in vegas stays in vegas.




.... too soon?
Unless what happens in vegas is herpes...

Steely Dan Mar 19, 2020 9:51 PM
^^ :haha: :haha: :haha:

that's outstanding!

chris08876 Mar 19, 2020 10:29 PM
Compare those Time Square cam shots today that are above versus this video.

Last Friday: https://www.facebook.com/JosafatCern...8289433781496/

Crowds have dwindled by a magnitude of insanity.

suburbanite Mar 19, 2020 10:45 PM
Those jokes are similar to what I was thinking about today regarding the effects of Coronavirus on pop culture.

Every sitcom next year is going to have a quarantine episode for sure. You can bet the farm on a Hollywood movie with a young attractive female lead playing a pathologist on the frontlines traveling from China to Italy to NYC as the situation unfolds. I'm sure we'll have some creative rap lyrics referencing the virus soon.

With filming suspended on pretty much every major picture, next years Oscars could be pretty barren.

sopas ej Mar 19, 2020 10:47 PM
All week, Los Angeles' freeways have been like Sunday mornings; or like the 2 weeks of the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Traffic cams: https://www.weatherbug.com/traffic-c...geles-ca-90007

KevinFromTexas Mar 19, 2020 11:19 PM
11:30 am on Tuesday. Austin was supposed to have 500,000 people in town this week for SXSW, instead, this is what our downtown looks like.

These are big so I'm hiding them behind spoiler tags.

sopas ej Mar 19, 2020 11:58 PM
We here in Los Angeles/Los Angeles County may soon find out if we will have to "shelter in place"---except it'll be referred to as "Stay at home."

https://www.dailynews.com/2020/03/19...W9h3V71oOL30BU

sopas ej Mar 20, 2020 1:28 AM
It's official. Los Angeles County now has to shelter in place, though it's being called "Safer At Home."

https://abc7.com/6029142/


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