WestMichigan

Having spend the first 39 years of my life in Ohio, I couldn't decide which reaction to use. I feel your pain. It makes those times it actually does pan out even more special. You have to love that little retrograde action going on later in the run also.

My dad told stories of moving into his new house during that weekend. That was one everyone remembered in the area for sure. Sounds like it was quite the event in SE Ohio.

Sure seems pretty clueless with what to do with that low.

Best advice you'll ever see regarding the upcoming winter.

Peak gust of 58 here today. Very windy day overall.

Not to mention the rise in suicides - "We’ve already seen a steady rise in deaths by suicide over the past two decades and a new report by The Well Being Trust released last month found that 75,000 additional people could die from what they called “deaths of despair,” (which include suicide and substance use) because of Covid-19." https://www.psycom.net/covid-19-suicide-rates

At the risk of being a little political and definitely putting on the body armor for the flames coming my way. Below are a couple of comments from various articles I read earlier today. Ben Franklin stated, “Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.” Just because something is a good idea does NOT mean that the government has the right or authority to ORDER it. Our system of government is based on the presumption that adult citizens have the right to make their own decisions, for good or ill. Freedom includes the freedom to act foolishly.

In the Grand Rapids area they are already forecasting longer turnaround times and only testing symptomatic people in some locations.

This is the point that should be more prominent. Masks help, but they are not 100% effective. So many people think wear a mask and you are safe. Don't wear one and you are dead when in reality what really happens is somewhere in between.

Fairly tame at my house compared to every else west of me. Peak wind of 44MPH last night with the thunderstorms.

@weatherbo How is the snow holding up to this warm weather?

Do we need to drag politics into this topic also?

Not sure about Toronto, but Grand Rapids has seen a record 16 consecutive days with several 15's right behind it. The Great Lakes are good for creating clouds.

I can't speak for spartman, but 33.8 is the lowest in my backyard so far this year and I am a little farther north than you. Sometimes other things play into it like a big warm lake to my west.

Spent most of the day in the 40's and 50's but finally hit 60 an hour or two ago.

0.67" and still raining here

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/10/20/925441975/studies-point-to-big-drop-in-covid-19-death-rates Not perfect, but definitely an improvement.

dta1984 and Hoosier said more or less the same thing. dta1974 gets two weenie tags, the same two people like Hoosier's post.

MDHHS issued basically the same thing as Gov. Whitmer had in place. Nothing has changed other than where the source of the mandate is coming from. There are even penalties associated with the MDHHS order. The governor and legislature are even working together now to pass laws. I know that you don't like that but that is the way it is supposed to work.

ALEK - why is anyone getting this laugh worthy?

But even the places that didn’t fully open up are seeing increases also. Even the places with full on mask requirements are seeing upticks a la Europe. This isn’t going away soon as much as we all wish it would.

Do you guys want Trump dead? I don't wish anyone to die from this but all I see here is the writing is on the wall, RIP, etc.... Come on guys show some respect and a little decent humanity here.

Any proof to back that up? That is a fairly bold claim there without firsthand knowledge. Lots of conjecture out there but not a lot of information.

Give them a chance to see what they do before putting the down and declaring the incompetent.

Go listen to the representative from the 101st. A republican who is t saying let’s go wild. He has repeatedly said that if the governor was willing they would work together to out common sense restrictions in place. The problem is the state legislature was completely ignored. There is a reason there is separation of powers. COVID isn’t something to ignore but let the government function and let the governor veto laws if she doesn’t like them that is how it is supposed to work.