PhineasC

Prior outbreaks likely had many more deaths that went unrecorded, especially given the flu would have devastated the young population in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, without being well-recorded.

Obesity has emerged as the number 1 risk factor, I think. No wonder America is getting hammered. Also a lot of diabetics here.

Are we still running below normal in deaths from heart failure, cancer, strokes, etc? I know that was the case in the spring when people refused to go to the hospital for these ailments and died at home instead.

I've had a couple of employees get COVID (both while on telework). Neither had serious issues. Just my anecdotal two cents.

I wonder how we will handle a bad flu season going forward. I do sincerely hope the government doesn't make all these restrictions " part of the normal response" to such things... that's something I am really worried about.

Yes, definitely know some more people personally now with it than in the spring, when I didn't know anyone with the virus. Still don't personally know anyone who had more than a very mild infection, mostly loss of taste/smell level stuff.

I'm guessing meteorology can be done 100% remotely these days.

Until the next respiratory virus suddenly emerges.

People are doing what they can. I travel a lot up and down the east coast these days, and I see very strong mask-wearing and social distancing adherence everywhere I go. Yelling at people that the virus is still killing people because they are not masking, distancing, and teleworking hard enough has become counterproductive, especially for the working class who can't do these things as easily as a keyboard jockey behind a desk can. How much more is expected of these people? Many of them have been working non-stop exposed to massive viral load for six months straight! But now they are still causing grandma to die and must do more?

If they are so typical where the hell are they? LOL

I'm not so sure about that.

Been saying this since March... Americans may be willing to accept 1,000 deaths a day in exchange for freedom of movement and jobs. You guys can stomp and be angry about how heartless and horrible that is, but it's reality, especially for working class Americans who are one more lockdown away from losing their jobs, homes, everything. I expect much more pushback against lockdowns if they are tried again than we saw in the spring.

The class of people calling for lockdowns have guaranteed paychecks and can easily work from home indefinitely. They are not thinking about anyone else. Hopefully people wake up.

I found one of his old videos. Cool stuff!

I think you need a cold coastal. This upslope and changeover from rain stuff won't do it at your location. I am waiting for a strong coastal storm with temps in the upper 20s as well because Randolph should crush it in such a storm. That should be gravy in our spots.

I didn’t mean to come off as frustrated. I was posting more in affirmation and amazement. His spot takes full advantage of the particular setups that work well. It was breezy, cold, and snowy here today. Plenty of wintry appeal, and I am glad parts of our region got a few inches out of it.

He’s in a real snow hole, the kind where Mother Nature dumps it all.

Yup! Let’s keep it going!

JSpin appears to live in a magical elven snow kingdom disconnected from our boring human reality.

Not as special here in northern NH at 1500’ today. LOL Been a wintry appeal day for sure but nothing serious in terms of accumulations. You guys stole the snow this time.

I am hoping we are all getting so much snow it's neck-and-neck amongst our various spots.

I can access via the web but not via the app. It's an issue with logging in to the account. If you access the shared link as a public user, it should work. LOL at the lights. That's sitcom stuff right there.

So far early-on is seems pretty similar between our spots. Alex did a little better in the October event that favored western locations with the changeover (the event where Whitefield of all places crushed the competition). That event was kind of fluky. Otherwise, it's been pretty similar, just normal variance here and there. I am looking forward to a real synoptic coastal storm without this changeover BS so we can really put this to the test.

And sanitizer. I see so many people with filthy masks touching them and then their faces and surfaces. Totally defeats the purpose. That's why I have been saying the messaging is all messed up now.

Our glorious politicians aren't even following the rules themselves. They continue to have parties, host galas, and travel around. I'm sure many, many turkeys will be carved in the governor's mansions next week. It'll be OK because they will have less than 25 people in each dining room of the mansion. See, they follow the rules too.