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My wife and many others are pissed and started a petition, I'm not wearing a mask in my house and that's where we draw another line. On July 31st the State of Maine Childcare Licensing shared the Updated Guidance for Childcare Providers created by the Maine Department of Health and Human Services/ Child and Family Services. The 14 page document speaks of guidance yet the bullet point concerning masks says it is a must. The following is the clause referring to masks. "Staff members and adults entering the child care must wear masks or face coverings. When staff and adults are outdoors and physical distancing cannot be maintained, masks or face coverings must be worn. Children age 5 and older must wear face coverings within the facility as well as the outdoors if physical distancing cannot be maintained. Children ages 2-4 are encouraged to wear face coverings. Cloth face coverings should not be put on babies and children under 2 years of age due to risk associated with difficulty breathing and suffocation." There are no daycares where a 6 foot physical distancing between child to child or child to staff is possible, therefore we are talking about our children and staff of daycares wearing masks for up to 12 hours per day. How will this affect learning, speech, child anxiety, bonding, etc.? Daycare owners immediately started reaching out to their licensing reps and were told it is a must and not negotiable starting August 8th. When asked how this will affect them if they do not comply there are no answers. Out of fear for non compliance, getting a failed inspection and possible revocation of licenses many daycares feel helpless. Some are refusing, others are submitting while some have said they will close. The daycare industry has taken a huge impact and parents are already having a hard time finding and procuring daycare. Our children need your help. Daycares are an extension of their home and should be a place of comfort and nurturing. There are many reasons parents and providers are opposed to this including: speech, unwillingness for child to wear them, facial expressions interrupted, rashes and breathing difficulties, employee retention, more daycare closures, sharing and touching of masks, anxiety and fears in small children, the list is endless. Why, after 5 months, does the State of Maine feel this is necessary for our children's daycares? Please, ask a daycare provider their thoughts. Ask a parent if they want their child masked all day. Ask yourself is this really going to make a difference or does the fact that no childcare in the past 5 months has had an outbreak issue warrant this mandate? We parents need to be heard and will bring the results of this petition to a press conference soon. Please share far and wide as we are speaking for our children, the innocent, who can not speak for themselves.

I would say nobody does but........

That's what homeowners Ins policies are for.

Was to far east here with just minimal conditions, 39 mph gust and 0.47" of rainfall.

There is no good wind direction to escape on that lake, It can blow up quickly too, Late afternoons were always fun trying to get back to the boat launch at the state park.

If its any consolation cherry wood is great to use in the smoker.

Nope, That lake is round and those all broke off their moorings, Anything out of the SSE will kick there azz, Been on that lake for 40+ yrs and it will get as nasty as the ocean with 4-6' in the right conditions.

Sebago earlier tonight, They got hammered.

Lakes region was getting knocked around earlier....

Meh, Lets get to 174 kts.

Had a gust to 37 mph, Lights flickered but still on so far.

You got what you have been wanting, I guess congrats are in order?

CMP reporting 17,000 without power mainly out of York county right now.

Winds so far are negligible, Gusting around 17 mph.

Having some gust to 25 mph, Dews are up to 67F.

First line coming thru now with some wind gusting to 20 mph

Eye of the tiger?

Getting reports of power already out in the lakes region in Naples with this first line going thru reports of some strong gust with that.

About a 5 min quick burst of a shower came thru, 0.01", Winds picked up with that to 16mph and now dropped back off to around 2 mph.

Hope that was empty and not alcohol abuse.

That line that's about to enter RI looks legit.

This cyclone is hauling azz, NNE@45MPH+

You must have good eyes, 10/10 vision?

An actual bottle of wine and block of cheese goes a long way too, lol, I have not whipped up a batch in a while though.

I was 10 days without power from bob and 2' of water in the basement, Better prepared today if that would ever be the case again.