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Yeah I’m actually with ya there. Kids have to be in class, this isn’t college where everyone has the resources, this is K-12. Your families with crappy parents and no computers are going to really suffer this year, those kids will get basically no education. Health is important but with cancelling sports and having remote high school/college, we are raising the chance of serious societal issues on young people. IMO I’d rather risk COVID than missing out on these things. Have to be cautious, can’t be paralyzed by fear

That’s why I kept calling it a landi-cane

Haha post of the day! I actually had multiple zoom meetings delayed because some executives were concerned for their safety downtown, and then we had to move it up because this land-icane was heading for them. August 11th is going to be a day you wanna buy a newspaper for safe keeping

Haha it didn't flip the boat, it flipped the whole thing

Worst derecho since 2012?

There was more looting in Chicago? What in the heck I thought we were all passed that by now. This could really be historic here, the entire state of Iowa basically doesn't have power, and this thing has basically turned into a Category 2 Land-icane heading straight for the 3rd largest metro area in America

Wow. Ames-Des Moines is going to have some awesome videos here this afternoon

Do they really even need to attend? Just take the year off, and graduate at 19. They said an estimated 40,000 kids in SC didn't attend any school once the shutdowns happened and regular attendance rates were 50%

http:// https://www.toledoblade.com/sports/high-school/2020/08/04/Briggs-time-for-Ohio-punt-on-fall-high-school-football/stories/20200804171 Good write up here. This story and the comments on Facebook are shocking. The vast majority of people are losing their minds if their kids cannot play sports this Fall.

It’s up to local districts. But both the IHSAA and OHSAA are going full steam ahead with a season. We’re still only able to do regular things in a limited setting and yet high school sports isn’t being held up at all. This and colleges returning is one big middle finger to any reasonable measures of stopping the spread.

This talk about the schools is meaningless. With many Midwest states going ahead with Football for high school you’re going to have an environment ripe for spread with coaches who are going to be inclined to cover up cases. Also Ohio seems to be all in on allowing fans. Absolutely wild that you can’t attend a Cleveland Indians game or NASCAR race, but you can go watch your local high school. These state leaders couldn’t be dumber

We’re on a downward trend! Still the amount of people without masks stuns me here in SC, but it’s much better than it was in May. Maybe the incoming blob of a tropical system can blow it out of out here

Right. The fact that both the IHSAA and the OHSAA are going ahead with Fall Sports boggles my mind. Sure, have golf and cross country, but how the heck are you going to play football? Soccer? Do band and choir practice with a bunch of people singing and playing instruments. Spikes alone are going to come from this. And you know damn well that the HS football games will be packed attendance wise. Empty stadiums would bankrupt athletic departments

What a dumpster fire of a thread. Haha dear Lord this squabbling is wild. Just come down here guys, you can go swim in the ocean, relax with some beers and enjoy the day

Very! Lol back in April a guy made a comment to me about mine, I told him “I don’t think it’d be very Christian of me to be spreading a bug to others”. That ended that real quick. Honestly though if my pastor can wear it, so can everyone else

A contingent? Honestly the entire Southern USA does not care about this at all for whatever reason. My personal opinion is they really never grew up with the flu outbreaks us Midwesterners have so they don't really get it. But my friends and family are shocked when I show them how life is down here, everything is packed as though nothing is happening. Honestly other than mask wearing if someone were in a coma from January and woke up they probably wouldn't notice it at all here. Life is mostly completely unfettered here. Truly guys it's why I can't relate to a lot of these posts, I've been down here for the whole thing and we've been wide open since Mothers Day. That's why our unemployment rate is 8.7% while Michigan I believe is still pushing 15%. I've been cautious as heck but man there is a serious lack of caring here at all.

Bingo! Quite honestly America is horribly built for something like this. I don’t think it matters who is in DC, we have a structure in place where states can do almost whatever they want. Moving from Ohio to South Carolina was a total eye opener in how different the government operates

One of the few times Donald Trump is right, Boeing is probably the most important manufacturer in America toIt's a debate for sure in business as stock buybacks just boost your earnings and are be honest so it's a bit of a pickle. This why Berkshire Hathaway Holdings are the big dog on the block, they value cash over cash flow. In your personal life would you rather buy a $30,000 F150 for 6 years, or do 7 years at $34,000?

Nah the hospitality & airline industry was doing just fine until March. Honestly the bigger issue with this is that a lot of those jobs are "unskilled" and were typical fall back positions during previous downturns. Sure you lost your job but you can now go be a waitress or something. But goodness people in things like hotels & restaurants and their owners are being killed here. That's where this gets bad, you can't fall back onto service industry jobs because they don't exist due to this. That's where this becomes a pit of doom truly. The reason the airline industry is so so so so key is because of its demand for planes. The amount of manufacturing tied up in defense & aerospace is absurd and dwarfs that of the auto industry. If you have your airlines go under we have a real serious problem.

I don't make policy decisions, I just explain the economic ramifications of what is happening. Lol other people can make those decisions accordingly. You have to realize money has no eyes, has no heart, has no soul. You're right though, it is profit over anything. You're taking this personally, and business isn't about emotion, it's about being good. I don't really care about what unions did previously, I care how I can beat their high labor costs & hard protections of employees. Luckily for our company, customers and shareholders I almost always win

To be fair you've learned more than I could ever hope to in meteorology, but as an MBA I have to say you're missing the boat here. There is a need because the market demands it, that literally is how the system works. Businesses just don't randomly invest capital in places, they do so because there is a profitable demand for it based on forecasts. You say "shit happens" but that shit is people losing incomes, retirement packages, benefits & blight growing in our community due to a vacant building. This then depresses the local community & drives values down even more leading to a vicious cycle which is seen everyday in the Rust Belt. Worst of all those small businesses are anchored jobs that cannot be outsourced, which makes them incredibly valuable. For example lets say I have a car parts factory in Detroit, I can easily move it to Mexico, pay in labor & benefits about $25 an hour less & then just turn my Detroit factory into a distribution center where warehouse guys are paid $16 an hour. My profits will go up which allows me to underbid other suppliers and keep the contracts, while the American warehouse adds stability to my supply chain going to the OEM's. This simple example cannot be done with an electrician which pays incredibly well, but obviously I cannot move an electrician from Canton to Monterrey. We can argue all day what should be done, but honestly the economic impact here is similar to what New Orleans was going through on August 28th, 2005 when Hurricane Katrina was eyeing the area. It's just awful impending doom of a worse case scenario that brings nothing but dread. The economies of Illinois, Michigan & New York are not going to suffer from this, they will be destroyed. Literally what I am seeing now frightens me for the Northern states that are already disadvantaged by being union dominated. The flight to the Sun Belt has already been steady to avoid the high costs of union labor & contractors. The American economy's ruthless & lightly regulated nature will allow for a rebound, make no mistake. But the cost of these restrictive lockdowns from a dollars and cents category is almost unfathomable. I've been able to on average cut contractors rates by about 20% in Michigan without any resistance because there's just a complete lack of work. Yesterday I had a landscaper offer to do one of our facilities at half off if I would consider giving him work at a few of our sites in North Carolina as he is planning on closing up in Michigan and moving to the South to avoid going under. It's crazy the difference in conversations I have concerning Chicago & Detroit over Charlotte & Atlanta. Just almost two different economies at this point.

I didn't say it wasn't dangerous, I said it wasn't THAT dangerous. Honestly though I've worked in manufacturing my whole life, and been in some places, especially steel mills, that make coronavirus look like a walk in the park. If I'm not afraid to go into a mine or a steel mill why would I be afraid to board a physically distant aircraft with an N95 mask on? Really though I'm not mad at you or your responses, but I do worry this thing has you in an actual state of intense phobia. You can live your life a little bit and be cautious while doing so. Maybe don't go to Greektown lol but somethings are okay. On the positive side the lack of doing anything is going to help out the old bank account well!

Are you good dude? I'm not even trying to be a jerk, but I worry this thing has you actually in a state of phobia. I hope not but it's not THAT dangerous out there

I wonder how this will go if and when we have one. Like will you be allowed to attend public events unless you get your shot? Will anti vaxxers be barred from just about everything? It's going to be a strange road back

Nah I live in Charleston, SC now. But church, bars & went to the race at Bristol last week