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Interesting to hear everyone’s thoughts. I posted the following below on the Lakes/OV forum and was attacked and called uneducated. It seems like in the southern states we are being precautious while northern states are just terrified of this. Apparently Stay at Home orders are in effect until mid June in Michigan and you are even limited on what you can buy at a store like Home Depot (paint and plants are non essential items so their purchase is disallowed)

Wanted to gauge everyone's thoughts here on coronavirus. I've basically been treated as the devil on my native region's (Lakes/OV) forum for opinions on the coronavirus and wanted to know what everyone thinks? Haha not here to start an argument but the thing I cannot get over is the fear seen in the northern states compared to down here. Was on the phone with relatives back in Ohio and they were aghast that two of my friends from Charlotte came down to do beaches, kayaking and restaurants this weekend as though we would all die. I'm wearing masks at all stores and what not but didn't know if everyone was just hunkering down or if you guys are simply being cautious out there

It’s wonderful when there is a breeze. But the humidity kind of came out of nowhere, it’s been very mild this entire spring with 75-85° in March-till now with dry weather. Each time those cold fronts hit you guys it kind of turns into more of a dry line so we don’t really get chilly, just dry. It’s similar to summer weather in Traverse City honestly March-April. But now it’s really something humidity wise, but luckily there is usually a solid breeze

lol currently at 72° for the dew here currently. For me it's been the toughest adjustment since coming from the Toledo area, regular dew points around 70° are pretty tough to golf and exercise in without a substantial breeze. On the ocean it was 84°/65° today but at the house (15 miles inland) 91°/65° and have seen the dew tick up considerably since sunset

91° here today in Summerville but the dew was 64°. It since has jumped up all the way to 72° so am thinking it is going to be rather oppressive tomorrow outside

This was one wild night. I was convinced it’s path would lead to dozens dead

Unfortunately companies don’t work like this. We pulled our entire business services (ex. things like accounts payable) from Canada due to their high regulations and what not to relocate some into Mississippi and most into the country of Colombia. Now I completely understand raising tax rates on the wealthy as they’re mostly anchored to a nation, but regulations are tough because companies are smart and can work around them. Multinational companies run things anymore, not countries, so while I’d agree that some of those safety nets would be nice, large companies will simply go where the labor is cheaper and capable, net more money, and beat up the competition that isn’t doing so.

Storms look like they’re running out of steam as they approach the ocean

I’ve never said it’s no big deal, if anything my argument is open with social distancing. I believe we all should have to wear masks in an indoor setting, I always have mine on. But heck even Dr Fauci said today keeping everyone locked up over this can be crippling for us. My opinion comes from managing millions of dollars daily and controlling costs while creating projects to become more efficient for a multi-billion dollar corporation. I’m sorry but I really don’t care to hear the opinion of meteorology grad on how our economy should stay closed. I understand everyone’s concerns but if you saw what I do economically on a day to day basis you would be saying the same things, it’s the equivalent of looking at Hurricane Katrina a couple days before landfall and saying you shouldn’t evacuate. Finally unfortunately I am educated, BSBA in Supply Chain Management (:

Other way around, the people need to go get tested. We have tons of tests here in Charleston, hell there’s two sites within 2 miles of me. That goes back to my original point, no one is really freaked by it so they’re not following the precautions like what you see in Ohio. I almost wish they made people get tested once a month or drive around neighborhoods like an ice cream truck lol

And I laugh at the fact your governor is telling you what you can and can’t buy at the store meanwhile I can go eat BBQ with the guys after golf league. Hoosier, it’s not that I’m a longtime resident, it’s that I’ve experienced this entire event in South Carolina and can not relate at all to what you guys are. It might not rain gold here but hey at least we don’t have 5000 dead like Michigan. Heck we haven’t even hit 10,000 cases yet. Which goes back to most of my posts, it’s shocking to see how scared you guys are of this and my relatives are as well. Other than working from home my life really hasn’t changed which shows just how much more effective warmer weather is at stopping the spread

Considering our economy isn’t closed up it kinda does actually

So hot and humid in Charleston. Dews above 70° ever since the tropical storm and today was 82°/72° at my place just inland

Either that or it fades out similar to the Spanish Flu. As always the Midwest fear of this ceases to amaze me, and I cannot relate. We've literally had SC open for weeks and no spike has occurred, in fact we are going to open all public attractions as well on Friday. This thing just doesn't seem the be as lethal or spread as quickly in the heat, so summer nationally should buy us all time for better medicines to be developed to manage the symptoms

Lol right it's basically a bad Fall day in the Midwest. I did notice the humidity ticked up here in Charleston noticeably

Terrible day here on Sullivan’s Island out by Charleston. Clouds in the distance are from Tropical Depression One

It'll be interesting to see the career changes that happen in this country. You're going to see a major diaspora of workers from retail, hospitality and dining to ? Hopefully this re-emphasizes the importance of a strong manufacturing sector and desire of these jobs.

https://www.vox.com/2020/3/26/21193848/coronavirus-us-cases-deaths-tests-by-state Need to chill man I'm just going off of this chart. Doesn't look to me like the average is 30K

The goal was to match the ramp up with the opening. Right now the majority of testing is being done in healthcare facilities, nursing homes and minority-heavy communities where it is disproportionately affecting them. But SC is right in line with the vast majority of states who have tested per 1M people, most are in that $15-25K range with a few outliers.

Just thought I would post this article from today.. Fauci praises South Carolina's response to Covid-19 His exact quote is... SC's measures in his opinion “ would optimize your capability of reopening.” “I’d almost want to clone that and make sure other people hear about that and see what you’ve been doing" Our department of health or DHEC is vigorously ramping up tests, hiring contact tracers, and people to maintain the database. In my opinion this is the greatest failure of the Midwest on the whole, instead of finding solutions to open reasonably with strict measures and tracking, those governors by and large have resorted in extreme measures. Why in South Carolina have we not had armed protests and death threats? Because the reasonable solutions have led to mostly reasonable responses from the public. We have curbed a spike in this disease and increased testing considerably, already have statewide antibody testing, and tonight I'm going to play in a golf league and then get BBQ with friends. That is a pipe dream in many of the Great Lakes states because the focus seems off. I love talking weather with you all and seeing how things are going back home, so my heart goes out to everyone for how this is affecting you guys. My fear is the extreme measures are going to lead to greater tragedy and economic loss in an area that needs none of that.

Yeah we had little choice. Tourism is soooo important to this area, that a lot of the talk is why would someone visit from Detroit or Chicago if these coastal communities are full of shuttered businesses. Honestly you you guys are lucky in the Rust Belt to be so dependent on manufacturing right now. Because the service industry is king, the state was basically saying we will be broke unless we figure out some way to open things.

I cannot believe we are looking at a clipper in early May

Well yeah everything down here is fried lol

Over Vancouver? I’ve heard that’s considered the best weather in the country. Growing up we would sail and stay on Pelee Island all the time so considering it’s the southernmost point in Canada that is probably the “best weather”

Interesting data posted by Nate Silver today. Why aren’t you guys wearing masks lol? Stunned at this graphic