On 9/19/2020 at 9:26 AM, michsnowfreak said:

Record lows set at Detroit (38F) and Flint (30F). it appears that all outlying/rural areas either had a freeze or were close to it with heavy frost. The DTX NWS office in White Lake got down to 27! very impressive for it technically still being summer. We had some rooftop frost here but not on the ground. 

Hit 30.2 on my backyard sensor.

Birdbath was frozen.

57 minutes ago, A-L-E-K said:

don't like and bad

 

4 minutes ago, the ghost of leroy said:

Ive always thought your face is hot af. Definitely your best feature after your height.

Dude, I'm pretty ripped now days...been lifting for 2 years now.

Thanks for the compliment, you should sub my OnlyFans page*. 

*joking.

2 hours ago, BuffaloWeather said:

I've been at the gym a bunch of times already. The mask isn't too big of a deal for lifting weights but doing anything high intensity and it is extremely difficult. So I've been doing my cardio outside/home and weight lifting at the gym.

I tried doing the bench press at home with a mask on this past evening just to see what I could expect. My face was hot as f-ck, but it's doable.

The only reason the gym matters at this point has more to do with the lack of equipment for sale. You're limited to Facebook marketplace and people are gouging because they can.

A 45 lb. plate is $120. 

Hyped for Tuesday and the end of the 6 month closing of gyms.

Gains > COVID

This thing is wrapping up in Michigan.

Virtually everything is opening up again this week or next in Michigan.

1 hour ago, Stebo said:

numbers are still misleading

This sums up COVID right here. It's a respiratory disease with a low fatality rate and it impacts people in bad health primarily. 

1 hour ago, Inverted_Trough said:

In case you haven't heard, there's a vaccine for the flu.  I get it every year.

And despite the vaccine it still kills a half a million people each year.

So, how many is too many?

19 minutes ago, Inverted_Trough said:

Pandemics are tough.  Sorry that those Taylor Swift concerts are cancelled.  

We could shut down the economy every flu season then.... influenza is often global. People die too.

How many deaths does it take for you to side with shutting everything down?

2 hours ago, BuffaloWeather said:

Anyone worried about fall/winter? What is everyone expecting? Cases/Deaths per day? Do we all get locked down again? My wifes entire law firm is closing due to Covid. 200+ employees and offices in 5 states. I'm so done with covid lockdowns and the destruction its causing. It's easy for people with stable jobs to say lock everything down. But the PPP has dried up and the $600 is gone. Open up everything.

My area has seen a 134% increase in people dying at home since March. People are scared to go to the hospital. Suicides are also up.

29 deaths in a county of 190,000. Far more of these deaths than COVID.

Business taking quite a downturn now.... and we sell food.

2 hours ago, Kitchener poster said:

Beautiful little unexpected rain shower this evening. I poured myself a scotch to really soak it in. 

I always love it when the sun shines under the cloud deck at sunset.

Looking good.

About 3 inches of rain over the last few days. Hopefully the sprinkler season has ended,  but I doubt it.

2 hours ago, Hoosier said:

Do we have herd immunity for the common cold?  Asking for a friend.

New strains mutate and cycle through the population all the time. That's how our immune system evolved.

I usually post this every late August or early September.

Fire season really changes our sky in the midwest.

1 hour ago, Stebo said:

Here is someone that would fit in perfectly down south.

Yes, the guy who actually uses snow in this subforum belongs down south.

7 hours ago, nwohweather said:

Please there are four testing places within my town alone. The bigger issue is the majority of people don’t care to actually get tested. Especially hospitality employees who don’t want to lose pay

Our testing centers double as tumbleweed farms and half the people walking around are wearing vented masks.

14 minutes ago, Stebo said:

And yet the south continues to lead the way in new cases and deaths, I wonder why.

Air conditioning and they were late to the party when this thing was spiking in northern states.

https://nypost.com/2020/08/22/air-conditioned-rooms-help-spread-covid-19-research-shows/

Air-conditioned rooms help spread COVID-19, research shows

On 8/17/2020 at 6:15 PM, weatherbo said:

Breezy, pleasant afternoon in the mid-60's.  Low's forecast to be in the upper 40's tonight, maybe as low as upper 30's in the favored cool spots if it goes calm. Noticing a few more trees turning... around 5-6 weeks away from avg peak.

 

On 8/17/2020 at 9:23 PM, weatherbo said:

Wouldn't take much. I still have warning points from 10 years ago.

Light weight.

3 hours ago, nwohweather said:

Most college is anymore. I mean there are obviously some majors that require to be there in person, but at Bowling Green I did all my exams, turned in all papers, quizzes and other assignments online. I did a 12-12-9 setup so I took 3 classes in the summer and then 4 classes each semester in person. Online classes helped considerably with my internships.

Honestly with the exception of the classes that were heavier on math, I really didn't notice a discernible difference between online and regular. IMO high schools need to adopt this, it's absurd how low tech our 9-12 system is in this country. This isn't the 1970s for heavens sake. 

Truthfully this is the issue with colleges, you're telling kids it's safe for them to live in close quarters with people because they have an extremely small chance of dying, but when it comes to playing sports, attending parties or bars, it's too dangerous? That's an absurd argument and 18-30 year olds really don't care anymore to be honest. 

Virtual is fine for college indefinitely. The cost needs to drop, the current rate of tuition increases aren't sustainable with or without COVID. 

30 minutes ago, binbisso said:

More good news..

What if ‘Herd Immunity’ Is Closer Than Scientists Thought?

Now some researchers are wrestling with a hopeful possibility. In interviews with The New York Times, more than a dozen scientists said that the threshold is likely to be much lower: just 50 percent, perhaps even less. If that’s true, then it may be possible to turn back the coronavirus more quickly than once thought.

 

But in parts of New York, London and Mumbai, for example, it is not inconceivable that there is already substantial immunity to the coronavirus, scientists said.

“I’m quite prepared to believe that there are pockets in New York City and London which have substantial immunity,” said Bill Hanage, an epidemiologist at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. “What happens this winter will reflect that.”

Yup.

Just about every country or state graph looks the same for a reason.

I'm lucky that our school district is going with face to face. Many districts got screwed on this one.

3 hours ago, Hoosier said:

Here is a good video from Cedar Rapids.  The intensity builds throughout.  The tree in the foreground gets taken out around the 14 minute mark and the overall landscape gets transformed quite a bit from beginning to end. 

 

I'll take a hard pass on that. What a mess.

4 hours ago, Stebo said:

Thank you for proving my point. Who cares if a kid graduates high school at 18 or 19.

The kids and parents. 

Online classes are already mainstream now for college. Perhaps schools can cut their tuition by opening up enrollment to a larger student body.

Kids are usually asymptomatic and virtually never hospitalized.  It just makes sense to reduce spread by shutting down in-person courses for a few years. Maybe permanently. Maybe it's time to end physical colleges.

1 hour ago, Inverted_Trough said:

Some kids actually do better with virtual learning.  Some kids do worse.  You'll see a lot of innovation happening during this period where education will actually improve.  Throwing 30 kids into a classroom and rotating between classes isn't a great way to teach, either.  We simply believe it's good because that's how it's been done.

How are your kids attending this fall?