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Hey Wolfie, you were always tracking something and always trying to remain optimistic. You will be missed but I know you'll still be back to get your fix. Good luck in your future endeavors and thanks for always being a level headed weather watcher with us.

Some rare good news on the COVID-19 front. Seems like asymptomatic spreading isn't nearly as likely as first feared. This could start to change the whole game if true. https://www.cnbc.com/2020/06/08/asymptomatic-coronavirus-patients-arent-spreading-new-infections-who-says.html

This will be a major point of conversation for sure.

I think outdoor transmission is minimal at best. Hence why spring break didn’t cause a spike and the reopening protests in Michigan didnt cause a spike.

We will see a second wave and third wave and fourth wave Etc. The goal was to flatten the curve. We flattened it. Hospitals are ready. Time to get back at it while maintaining the best social practices that we can. No large scale concerts or sports for awhile still.

The NFL might be able to limp along for awhile on TV advertising, but I just read that 50 percent of stadium ticket sales are used to pay the athletes salaries. Seems like something would have to give to make that work if it went on all season. Additionally, advertising dollars will be in short supply as we enter the depression. A 2020 football season seems to be in jeopardy in my opinion.

Thats all well and good but I don't imagine these players and teams want to volunteer their time and play sports for free. Sports are built on income from ticket sales. Without it, sports cannot function. The entire foundation is gone without the fans and money. Not sure how this would ever really work.

I think these are the kinds of gatherings we need to slowly start doing. People need to start small. We have to gauge how bad things are and at least test the waters on how bad the spread will be as we begin to crawl out of our houses. The hospitals aren’t overrun if there is a spike. Large gatherings like concerts, sports, and packed bars need to wait, as a super spreader could still cause a dangerous outbreak. But otherwise, I think the time has come. It’s inevitable that we will eventually have to start socializing again, we just need to take baby steps. I still haven’t made the plunge myself, but many of my friends have started to socialize within our group again.

No one knew what to expect, I find it hard to blame anyone with this thing. I think erring on the side of caution was the only logical way to respond. A blunder implies there was an obvious better way to handle it, but we overlooked it. Would be nice if hospitals could have fully segregated wards so that electives can continue. Perhaps we will see specialized hospitals set aside for pandemics someday. Moth balled. Too much on the line to roll those dice this time, we just werent ready.

I actually recall almost no fallout from the spring breakers. Tens of thousands of people were out there, I saw very little evidence of any hot spots related to spring breakers. As I’ve stated many times. There is no safer place than a beach. Parks and beaches should be open.

I think supplies, experience, PPE, and possibly a treatment will be in stock by Fall. COVID-19 is a reality now. Mankind is going to work exceedingly hard at this problem. There will be more ventilators, masks, hospital beds, etc in this country than in any time before. We will learn to coexist and deal with this bastard, it just takes some time. It's only been a few months...

Every single summer festival has been canceled in Rochester through September and we are doing better than buffalo. I’m shocked they haven’t canceled all those things already.

Don't look at the consumer to jump start the economy this summer. Just like in 2008, when the future is murky, we hoard cash, pay off bills, and stop discretionary spending. Going to be a long time until we crawl out of this hole. The good news is that there is going to be a whole ton of cash bottled up in the system that will eventually come out as the depression wanes. In the meantime, hold on to your butts. I'm saving cash like crazy. My job is not safe beyond 18 months. https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/12/investing/jobs-coronavirus-consumer-spending-debt/index.html

Yeah, I don't like getting personal either. This forum has been an amazing place to discuss weather over the years and we all bring our own knowledge and flavor. It would definitely be a lot less fun and more lonely tracking storms without all of you.

I was definitely wrong about the cost. Still thought it was a little narcissistic to have his name on there. We paid for those checks, thats the taxpayers money.

Glad to see we agree on the tweets. He tweeted 125 times yesterday. Or once every 7 minutes for 16 hours straight.

Trump supporters seem to enjoy trolling the Left. They will defend him even when every bone in their body knows the thing he said was completely ****ed up or stupid. It's exhausting. Why can't they just say, "Boy that was stupid once in awhile". You can still like him, but the 100% all encompassing defense is phony and played out at this point.

I called you a good Shill. Thats just a factual statement. Not an insult.

I'm a fan of socialism. I think universal income is absolutely inevitable. Bailouts are fine are when the alternative is the economic collapse. I just find it amazing that Trump Supporters are notoriously anti socialism but certainly have their hands out there right now. Amazing how that works. Side Note - Obamas bailout is Bushs. We all know that. We all know the meltdown happened in Fall 08' and was built on the previous 10 years of bad banking.

To be honest, I rarely go there, but Trump supporters just enrage me more everyday. He's the worst human ever. Did you see how he treated that Asian reporter yesterday, its beyond insane at this point? Also, the irony here is AMAZING! Trump is the king of insults and name calling...and one of the dumbest, least factual, least scientific people in modern history. The cognitive dissonance with your post is off the charts

If these checks aren't socialism I don't know what is. You're ridiculous.

Such a loyal shill you are. lolz

You actually make a good point. The toner for millions of reprinted checks isnt zero.

I had read (possibly erroneously) that changing print templates was extremely costly at the time because they had to rework millions of checks that were already through the system. I'm guessing those checks don't roll off a Xerox printer using Word in some guys office. There are massive amounts of man hours and money put into every aspect of rolling out those checks, but way to oversimplify it though. The bottomline is that Trump wanted his name on the Check, so how is this solely a democratic issue in your eyes? Trump loves handing out socialist checks and doesnt even realize it.

Don't forget who spent millions of additional dollars to have his stupid name put on the stimulus checks!! Dumbass Donny. The Republicans own this mess and always will. (yes I know congress holds the purse strings)