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No problem with that, but in the severe thread....

It happens here too where the lake diminishes the storms via the lake breeze, another impressive aspect of that June 21 complex. There were E/SE winds all day, highs in the mid 70s and plenty of cloud cover yet the storms did not weaken at all (and lasted well beyond Milwaukee obviously).

The origins of those storms were in SC Wisconsin I believe and gave us the Eagle tornado the evening of the 21st. On the 18th there were two consecutive derechos that came through many of the same areas (we were only impacted by one here but it was still noteworthy).

Yep, the week of storm action starting June 18, 2010 (it was a Friday) through June 24 gave excitement for everyone in this forum I believe.

I agree it feels that way for me too. Besides 2010 and 2014, not any recent years stand out for garden variety storms, let alone severe, and what we do get tend to be very progressive. 2000-2010 was a lot more exciting for storms imo than 2011-2020 have been.

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Yeah, garden variety storms are all the rage, and if you're not with it I guess it's back to your regularly scheduled programming....

Still too early to feel great, but the trends in Wisconsin the last couple weeks sure have been promising. Fingers crossed the protests and other gatherings don't mess things up; since May 30 almost every day the percent positive has been between 2-4% and today so far it has dropped below 2% for the first time since the beginning of the outbreak I believe.

Common sense includes not much evidence of spread outdoors (and when sun is involved, an even lower chance). That isn't to say it's foolproof, but I'd call that part of common sense, knowing when a mask is necessary (a crowded grocery store) vs when it should be voluntary and not a big deal to not have a mask (on your daily walk in a low crowd situation).

A lot of them are the older generation, who figure they'd rather live a free rest of their life than have a year or two of strict policies when they may not have that many years longer to enjoy their lives. I understand both the high caution sentiment and the cavalier sentiment, the truth is we should be looking somewhere in between. People should not be uptight about no masks and moderate crowds outdoors, it's indoors where people should be really concerned (especially in heavy breathing/talking environments).

We better have widespread testing available for everyone by then so we can maintain some sense of normalcy and feel like we are catching and isolating most of the cases.

It would be nice if they did not deem construction essential business, it's not quite as important as factories, but obviously still a potential breeding ground due to the length of time they are hanging around the site and repeated exposure.

I have to say it, but wrong again (although you're not wrong as often as the liberal bunch would have you believe).

On the other hand, Wisconsin's percent positive is as low as it's been in weeks. Promising to see on Tuesday when numbers tend to shoot back up from weekend lows: https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/2020/05/12/wisconsin-coronavirus-193-new-cases-state-nears-reopening-goal/3114828001/?fbclid=IwAR3wQszAMW84GSnEf6UsaxI60zhZ3yK6lHGCKB5Hh7Z_uAr2qXgsNahA3ys

Maybe weather does play a decent factor in this; in Milwaukee we've regularly had sub 50 degree days the last few weeks, which is supposedly the ideal temperature for the virus to thrive. Also, crowded parks don't necessarily result in transmission like crowded restaurants or indoor events. If restaurants have truly been packed for awhile, then I for one may breathe a bit easier.

But it wouldn't be much higher among asymptomatic people, and a lot of these antibody samplings are doing the best to be random (not easy obviously though). 4-6% sounds about right for the majority of America outside of the high impact cities like NYC, Detroit, New Orleans, etc.

We don't even try to social distance from the regular flu though. I agree it's overhyped a bit, but your second sentence is just not true.

That was four weeks ago, so I doubt it. They were a bit circumstantial, so I think the protests had more of a negative impact than the elections since the numbers were stable if not a decrease in rate for the couple weeks leading up to this one. Didn't realize the meat packing plant outbreaks were largely a factor in the numbers from the last couple days.

Wisconsin's positive test percentage is back in double digits as well Wouldn't surprise me if a large contributor to that was the poor way the protestors handled their business in a mob-like scene as opposed to Connecticut for example where they stayed largely in their cars.

So far today Wisconsin is recording its lowest percent positive rate in a long time (6.9%). It has certainly been at least a few weeks since we've seen it under 7%. Hope that sticks and as long as we don't see a bump up in a couple weeks from the protests, I'd feel good about a gradual reopening trend here.

Yeah I'm a little more nervous outside on high wind days like today. I did go out and putt at a local golf course putting green today (only a mile away from where the Brookfield, WI rally was today and it crossed my mind, but the wind was the opposite direction thankfully. Warm/humid/calm conditions should be best to mitigate the spread, which we'll have some of this summer I'd imagine.

If there is an area that can do this now it would probably be in the SE, as the heat/humidity component will be a good test and may show that things can still be handled if we open up some businesses.

To me it starts with the two party political system. Very toxic, and Trump hasn't helped things at all.

I thought they were going to do a drive-in protest (with some popcorn)