I kind of agree with the testing. We're the most powerful nation in the country. We should have been able to test the entire country several times over in the course of 7-8 months. We would have been able to quarantine those with it for 2 weeks and get on with our lives. If it didn't completely weed out the virus the infection rate nationwide would have been minimal in affecting day to day activities. Instead we're pushing 100k new cases per day and rising.
Yeah that makes sense and obviously the places I posted are not livable. I do wonder what the total snowfall accumulations are up in those areas? Has to be at least 200-300" per year. There is no real way to keep track in the Dacks, I think Mansfield does though?
That's a beautiful place! Yeah, that commute would be brutal for me. I hate long drives to work. I try to keep it under 20 minutes. Wasting 1-2 hours a day driving is rough.
We had snow nearly everyday up in Oregon/Washington. The elevation there in the mountains really helps. Coldest it got was 11 degrees at the base of the mountain we climbed. That picture I posted was at 10,300 feet. One of the hardest hikes I've ever done. The hike is called south sister, the 3rd tallest in Oregon behind Hood/Jefferson.
https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/oregon/south-sister-trail
Some really good news. It's in late stage human trials and really good responses so far.
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/astrazenecas-covid-19-vaccine-trials-offer-hope-for-older-adults-11603718356
Yeah I would take a cold/snow Dec/Jan all day. If we get below average temps for those 2 months we're basically guaranteed a good winter. I think the first 2 weeks of Nov are pretty warm and we slowly transition the second half to about average/slightly below.