Time to get things moving , East coast Governors are getting restless

a reply to: carewemust

Like THAT'S important when people are dying.

a reply to: asabuvsobelow

They had to.
Good thing they were also able.

a reply to: American-philosopher
No one is putting any dates on it .
It's a wait and see.
The virus and our response to it will determine the timeframe.

a reply to: Nyiah
Again where are you located?
I have family in the north east in NY and they are advised to stay home but no one is forbidden to visit family. It's just not smart to at the moment.
You should be avoiding others right now anyway.

I have family in Florida. Not there either and I have family out west and they are not told they can't visit anyone either.

Your state must be different. Where are you?

a reply to: Bhadhidar

How is that different than what they said? Planning to reopen and planning to prevent premature opening have identical goals.
Deciding when...

a reply to: American-philosopher

Because people were leaving urban centers and overwhelming the services in resort areas that are rural and can't handle the increase in population into their small towns.
Wow how awful of her to think of the people who live in the resort areas.

STAY HOME.
FLATTEN THE CURVE.

We got this.
If people cooperate.

For the last month traffic has been quite here, on Easter I noticed the noise level of traffic had picked up. Today the traffic noise is 10x louder... I think people are over with the lock-down and cashing their checks in.

a reply to: cognizant420

The ports are open. Just slow. But trade from China is way down and that was a large bulk of the business.

a reply to: RazorV66
Tell us how you plan to do that LOL.

a reply to: Cobaltic1978

Alright no need for dramatics. No one is starving to death.

a reply to: rickymouse
OMG. No.
That doesn't sound a little out there and silly to you?

a reply to: American-philosopher

Nope.

a reply to: ketsuko

Oh yeah sure...that's what they're doing.
Not protecting your butt. They're trying to destroy the country.
Because they are liberals.
There ain't a face palm big enough.

a reply to: ketsuko
There is no law that says they can't consult and work together.
It's not a pact. Language matters.

a reply to: ketsuko
They are not entering any pact they are consulting each other because the virus doesn't give a flying fig about borders or the flipping constitution!
We're talking about space here. The state line means nothing.
I can sneeze across a border.
If it's not safe in Jersey it's not safe in Connecticut. If it's not safe in N.Y. It's not safe in Massachusetts. There are too many people too close together for them to not coordinate the efforts.
Jesus all some people are concerned about are dollar bills.

a reply to: Sillyolme

I'm going to pick this post here to (hopefully!) illustrate a common problem on this site. No one is starving to death (yet) and likely won't (in the US) but may down-chain in the coming months if we don't figure something out.

A lot of people on this site like to point fingers at or make fun of California (and often rightly so BTW) but California farms grow the majority of US produce. Right now, those farms are devasted because the majority of their business (retail restaurants) are not buying. We are losing food resources daily because farmers can't afford to harvest it. They'd gladly give it away to food banks but food banks can't afford to pay the pickers either. This creates problems downstream, obviously, but also long term, because food crops are grown in cycles lasting months, not days or weeks.

How do we fix that? We can't just reopen restaurants if social distancing rules are still in place (individual tables, anyone?) and people can't enjoy a meal at one wearing masks. Delivery is still an option, obviously. Some of our local mom n' pops are doing "full dinner" food preps for delivery (whole roast + all the fixings for 4-6 people, etc) and that may help, *IF* people start ordering like that.

None of these issues are limited to food. Toilet paper is another hot commodity that is largely produced for institutional purposes. The smaller fraction sold directly to consumers (the good stuff) is a tiny portion of their manufacturing output.

This is a mess from hell and we need a workaround. Hopefully, one that doesn't usher in a nasty "round two."

a reply to: GraffikPleasure
The ports are open.
Limited but open.
The goods are being shipped.

originally posted by: Sillyolme
a reply to: American-philosopher

Because people were leaving urban centers and overwhelming the services in resort areas that are rural and can't handle the increase in population into their small towns.
Wow how awful of her to think of the people who live in the resort areas.

Actually, you are wrong.

If you live in Detroit, you cannot go to your place in Houghton.

If you live in Illinois, you may go to your place in Houghton. Or vice versa.

Even that governor knows she has no authority to restrict travel from state to state.

Her plan is draconian, not about safety.

originally posted by: DontTreadOnMe
Her plan is draconian, not about safety.

I like how you can still gamble but not grow food. I should post a recipe for non-winning scratch off ticket lasagna.

a reply to: CraftyArrow

What checks?
The only payments made to date are automatic deposit. There are no checks out there yet.