I mean that makes sense. I knew those kinds of places were locking up. I didn't know anybody was literally boarding up anything though, like that thought didn't even occur to me until now.

Does Sephora really need to go on total lockdown to protect overpriced makeup that probably costed them ten cents to make anyway...

I didn't really pay attention to the political stuff. I was loving the access to data through the references. I have now bookmarked the worldometer site to keep track of everything. Such a great resource. It has way more data than anything else I've been able to find. I love data!

no they cleaned it out of the merch first, then boarded it up.

im as shocked as you or anyone.

yeah, it never crossed my mind anyone would do this, much less so soon.

i dk if its a good idea or over reaction? i guess it depends how it goes.

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Was in Pittsburgh’s Strip District tonight which is usually packed with people. There were no cars parked on the street, nobody walking around. It was absolutely insane. Would swear we’re living in the post apocalyptic wasteland just waiting for the buildings to rot and collapse. The world is going to be much shittier place after this is all said and done. All of the progress urban centers have made in the past 20 years is going to be erased with most places going out of business because of this overreaction. I still think people above 70 should be quarantined and the rest of us should be allowed to live our lives in order to not destroy the economy for years and ruin hundreds of millions of lives; which this will.

I went on a longish ~6 mile walk (mostly) in the park today. There were quite a few couples, families and joggers, for the most part keeping apart from one another. This was the most crowded scene:

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On the other hand, this was outside Trader Joe's yesterday morning:

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Om...=w1283-h962-no

That's probably why they're not pulling over people for minor traffic violations. Why risk it? I don't think things will get out of hand, as long as the government can keep everyone afloat financially and keep everything running.

I don't live in Chicago, but saw this come up on my feed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dA6eaCfi60Y

I'd say that channel's previous video (from a few days ago, "Empty Chicago") is even better.

If this virus has proved anything it's that we are truly a global society.

Not happy that they closed the parks in Miami-Dade County. Even Everglades National Park is closed. I heard Marinas were open so I tried to take the kids out to one that has a long walk along the water but nope. They were only letting people in who had business with their boats. They literally had cops in cop cars there to stop anyone who tried to walk in the park. I guess they would rather us hang out in crowded grocery stores than walk alone away from people on a nature trail?

The truest thing I've heard/read in all of this.

Cities/states/nations are nothing but illusions.

The virus doesn't give a single shit about any of that.

We are ultimately one. Whether we want to be or not.

We don't get to choose that part.

Take-out orders seem to be going better, from what I'm hearing anyway. My favorite Tex Mex restaurant has seen an increase in take-outs every day this week, especially in the evenings. The owner told me today that there were so many people showing up last night that he had to ask them to stay in their cars. I told him that his staff need roller skates now.

What Everglades NP is closed, why? NY state about a week ago made entrance to all their state parks free. And I regularly go to NY state parks to take photos. The spread of this government overreaction economically destroying virus can’t be spread anyways in state parks and national parks. It’s not going to be spread in bars and such or the closure of office jobs. It’s being spread no matter what in non closed grocery stores and Walmart’s. Every grocery store and Walmart and gas station has touch screen check outs. The virus will be spread with these touch screens. And we’re destroying all of the economy and hundreds of millions of lives over nothing because extremely old people who are the only ones dying from this are still out and about touching touch screens at grocery stores. Yet, we all (millinials etc) have to suffer and lose everything we’ve done, even after the lack of well paying jobs since 2008. Everyone under 35 will be even more fucked after all of this in America after we have all already suffered from lack of any sense of good paying jobs or benefits since 2008-2009.

My recollection of the Everglades is a bunch of crowded boardwalks, but obviously that's probably not the case without many tourists. But there will be nobody to rescue idiots when they get gotten by alligators?

It looks like the national park is still open but the main road in is closed and most of the attractions.

Lining up to go into the South Pasadena, CA Pavilions, around 8:15am Saturday morning, 3.21.20. They were only letting 5 people in at a time. I bought 2 loaves of bread, 2 bunches of bananas, and one 12-roll pack of toilet paper.
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Photo by me

710 Freeway headed south near the 10 Freeway interchange, Saturday morning, 3.21.20, around 9:45am. I'm on my way to see my parents, just to visit them for a bit.
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Photo by me

Now that to-go cocktails have been temporarily legalized in California, have any of my fellow Californians ordered a to-go cocktail yet? I have yet to do so myself.

"I'll have a Brandy Alexander in a to-go cup, please. No straw."

To-Go Cocktails Legalized in California
State’s Alcohol Department Relaxes Rules during COVID-19 Outbreak

https://www.independent.com/2020/03/...in-california/

Oh come on 10023, you weren't gonna visit your mother anyways lol