Malacka11

Don't worry. This winter will be an absolute banger.

I used to watch this tv show called Monsters Inside Me, which was all about people having horrible diseases/parasites. Gruesome, I know. The messed up episodes had fatality rates of maybe 10%. The fact that Covid is even approaching that, even just for a certain age group is terrifying.

We stood in the siding, saw the red light in the distance, and then shifted the rail switch to bring a 5,000 meter long coal train straight into us.

I would like to think not. I've spent an extensive amount of time in my secret ritual cave and have sacrificed a myriad of wild animals and neighbors alike to ensure a satisfying winter for all midwesterners. If that doesn't do the trick, then winter is cancelled ...In all seriousness, I just thought of something: Surely everyone in here has heard of people being like "F*ck 2020" and talking about how every month of the year, something new goes catastrophically wrong. Thus, it would only make sense for this winter to be an absolute snow/cold fest because that way, people can keep personifying the calendar year and complaining. With kids not even being in school, it would only make sense for all of the snow in the universe to fall this year so that no snow days are awarded.

I think that most of you would agree with me that it would just be nice to feel something again during winter. Last winter wasn't even filled with disappointment, you know? I mean, it was, but a system completely disappearing from existence three days out is just incomparable to a nail-biting, near-miss a county to the north or south. Not that I love near-misses, but at least those are a standard part of any winter.

Anyone who actually believes that generic face masks increase CO2 levels in the human body probably has a hard time wearing one due to their massive, protruding brow ridge. How does that even make sense? It's practically first grade knowledge that literal molecules are smaller in size than even viruses. How on earth do you look at a disposable mask and go "hurr durr, no way a CO2 molecule can fit through this". I apologize for my condescending tone, but for Christ's sake I'm a college distance runner, and if I can wear a mask at practice, running seventy miles a week, then so can someone running around back and forth on a field. Or someone rolling around on a wrestling mat. Oh, by the way, athletic scholarships aren't worth much if your athletic capabilities cease to be because of a severe respiratory infection.

Getting a lot more rain out of the line of storms than I anticipated. It's been raining steadily for almost an hour now.

Nickel sized hail here in Aurora

Verdant is a very cool word, and I thank you for teaching me it.

The trauma is coming back. Every storm, starting out promising... In the middle, it starts trending better and better... Then the last few days, you're just chasing a dream, praying that it doesn't happen all over again, growing more numb with every model run.

Going in to the doctor today after a third night of low fever and malaise. I still don't think it's very likely to be Covid, but I woke up to texts from friends asking that I get tested, so I suppose the choice is sort of out of my hands by now anyway. Edit: Like every day so far of this "illness", I'm currently totally fine. I went to bed at like 2:30 with a temperature of 100.2F, which had dropped to 99.4F by about 3:30 (I couldn't fall asleep to save my life, because most of the time I work overnights now). Right now, I have absolutely no symptoms of anything at all. So it's anyone's guess if I start feeling bad again later.

For my second night in a row, I have a fever of around 100F with chills and a bit of head-wooziness (hopefully you get what I mean). Yesterday I went for a long run with a friend after having been sedentary for almost three weeks. When I got home, I felt like garbage. Took a hot shower (also not smart lol) and I got out with a fever of 100.5F that I held for a few hours before it dropped off. I figured I had just overexerted my body. Now, seeing that I feel the same way tonight (albeit without the post-running soreness) I'm a bit confused. I've never felt this way before. The best way I can describe it is as if your brain is going hypochondriac mode, but the symptoms your brain are making up are actually real. No sore throat, or cough, or anything like that. Purely in the limb muscles and above the neck. I don't know if I should be concerned or not.

Thank you for sharing. It's been a minute since I've watched news weather forecasts like this, but I remember this guy from my first years in the hobby. I was laughing throughout the the whole video myself.

Just got home from work, and it's a total cumulus/lightning fest right now. Clouds are mushrooming all around me

On behalf of all liberals, I apologize for not tolerating opinions that suggest that we should let a lethal virus spread rather than let the government close certain businesses because it's "scary". What's scary to me is how many people this virus has revealed to be conspiracy theorists. Edit: I know that this isn't an appropriate comment for this thread, but if a single person reads this and thinks for a minute about it, then that's worth the ban for me.

Love the cracked window visible at 0:25. Scary stuff, but definitely one of the highest quality tornado videos I've ever watched. Something about this one kind of just makes the scale and concept of tornadoes that much more tangible to me. Thanks for sharing.

Might have to take a drive for the first time if something promising occurs in the near vicinity.

I wonder exactly what percentage of the people who have lost family members to this illness hold the opinion that 0.02% isn't a high enough death toll to warrant our current preventative measures.

Right. That fatality rate would be a lot higher if we can't care for everyone that we need to.

Damn. That's actually the opposite of my assumption. Thanks for the info, kind negates my point lol

As a distance runner, I'm constantly out training in nearby parks and forest preserves. I went out today to check out a new area and I have to admit I was genuinely surprised by the number of people there. Like the lot was at least two-thirds full... an uninformed individual would never suspect that there's a pandemic sweeping through the country from that scene. On the flip side, I imagine that the risk of contagion at preserves is somewhat lower, simply because outside of the parking lot, you're much more spread out. If hobby-jogging or family walks serve as an outlet to prevent other, more rash behaviors, then I suppose it's a good thing. Side note: I wonder what effect wind speeds have on an airborne disease's ability to spread. It would be interesting to see what sneezes/exhalations look like on a windy day like today versus, say, in a supermarket.

If protesters in Hong Kong can clear routes for first-responders, then it can be done here too. Christ.

I just got turned away from my dentist appointment for having a fever of 99.8°F. Got home and measured myself. I don't have a fever.

This lady yesterday who claimed to be an EMT argued to me her firm belief that COVID 19 had already spread throughout the entire world long before the supposed patient zero was infected. Her evidence included notions such as "lots of people getting sick with bad colds this winter", including herself after she went on vacation. She tried telling me that all a bad case of COVID-19 really is, is a bad case of pneumonia, but when I asked her what her point was, she sort of just looked at me in disbelief and said it was nice talking to me. I guess she didn't realize that what she was saying argued against her point. I know it sounds a little contrived, but I swear on my life that's exactly how the conversation went. I'm not trying to be belittling in the slightest, but there's a difference between driving ambulances and studying diseases.