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In a nutshell.

One can only hope. Nothing personal but he’s the most competent governor in the country right now and tamped down the biggest hot spot in the world in under 2 months. I hope he sticks to his guns for the duration of this thing and continues being strict. I’m blown away that people can’t just take 6-12 months off from traveling and being reckless. It’s pretty wild but exactly what I’d expect from spoiled Americans. I’ve barely left the house for 3 months and I’m thriving. Working on projects, gardening, building shit, fixing things, and doing a lot of reading. It’s a shame people can’t follow directions and not be selfish. Oh well...

I didn’t mean to post this on the banter page. Haha

Thats a weird take. What exactly has changed? The disease is still just as dangerous, still just as contagious, still no good treatment. People are just getting bored and reckless. The people you speak of are critical thinkers who understand risk and have patience. The phases don't mean any less risk if you catch this, just a slightly lower chance of being infected. Also, aren't you the guy who continually posted updates over and over with the new numbers, basically acting as an arm of media and spreading the fear among this group?

There were many locations available in Rochester starting in early May and there was virtually no wait. I called, made the appointment and got the test a few hours later. The wife and I both got tested and both were negative, boooo. A quick google search seems to show locations in the Buffalo area. The test is covered if you have insurance under the CARES act.

I have to wonder if the seasonal depression many people experience is exacerbated by the fact that we hunker down and basically don't touch the ground or earth for 4-6 months each winter. Certainly intriguing. Also, think about walking around on a carpet in socks. You build up an incredible amount of static electricity that is actually a very high voltage. That can't be good for our circuits. I was wildly skeptical of this idea but am quickly coming around to the idea that it really might be helpful

I'm currently working out a deal with the ROC airport to inflate their numbers even higher next winter to prevent this from happening. I'm thinking we might even get a 200" season if I can round up a enough cash. Taking donations....

I'm a very scientific guy so I'm definitely a little skeptical, but I also can see how some of this makes pretty good logical sense. Humans certainly involved to be in contact with the earth nearly all the time for thousands upon thousands of years (that is until modern inventions began to isolate us from the earth). That certainly happened much faster than we could evolve so perhaps we are living out of electrical balance. Our bodies are run on electrical signals, so there is definitely some intriguing connections between being grounded and not grounded. That said, the placebo effect is incredibly strong so I'm wary of buying into this completely. Would definitely like to see some rigorous double blind studies and will continue to look into this. So if nothing else, thanks for bringing this to my attention. I had never heard about it until you mentioned it and find it quite interesting.

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.