Baroclinic Zone

Little over 1/10" overnight. Oak leaf drop commenced yesterday. Inches now cover the lawn.

Pretty simplistic, but then you have to address those owners/workers lost wages/jobs and closed businesses.

So both are in school 4 days? We'll be doing just 2. M-T in school, off W, and remote T-F.

Our District did a phased in opening which started a few weeks back. My daughter is still at home since she's a senior and the last cohort to go back. She starts December 7th. All teachers have been teaching from the classroom since day 1 though. The workload is back to as if they were in class so she's definitely busy, and learning, which is a plus. I feel for families with younger kids who have to work. No idea how that gets accomplished if you have to go to work and schools are remote. It's a mess.

I'm already there.

Karen and Ken know no party. They just like to complain.

Thank god they are not in my daily circle of life.

I never stated the Sturgis and Trump rallies were killing people. They were certainly super-spreader events that lead to an increase in cases though. Just like all the celebrations across the Country that occurred over the weekend. Those will lead to increased cases.

We're not shutting everything down like we did before but we are going to see a more concerted effort from the top down to mitigate with whatever measures can be done to draw out this virus at a reduced level so as to not overwhelm the healthcare system again.

What's your point? There were parties in every single community across the country last week. Some public and many more were likely private.

Why are you singling out DC? It doesn't matter where you voted in person, If you didn't wear a mask while waiting, or inside the facility, you placed yourself and other at risk. People are becoming sloppy with masks and hygiene and we're reaping the actions from it. A sharp rise in all metrics on the virus. We knew this was going to happen as we had to test the waters to see what would occur as we opened back up. The virus is still as transmissible and deadly as it was when it was first introduced to the Country. My initial stance stands of what we need to do until we have a vaccine.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/investigations/2020/10/22/trumps-campaign-made-stops-nationwide-then-coronavirus-cases-surged/3679534001/ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/sep/17/maine-wedding-superspreader-event https://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2020-54487154 Here's just a few. All events where majority of people were NOT wearing masks.

Can blame the spread on a lot of things. I'm sure the election day itself has played a role in case increases.

People that are getting infected the most are NOT wearings masks. They're contracting the virus as social gatherings, schools, restaurants, bars, etc. Wearing a mask reduces exposure and possibility of becoming infected.

vested interest

Nice tick haven. I got one on me the other day.

Stock Market is a joke. Little more then 1/2 of Americans have a vested interest in it. https://www.forbes.com/sites/teresaghilarducci/2020/08/31/most-americans-dont-have-a-real-stake-in-the-stock-market/?sh=5764560e1154 Count me as one of them. My employer bailed on 401K in 2008 crash.

Not a washout but we could see 1/2" or more here.

Anyone else notice the glut of acorns this year as well? Got to be 10x what I normally see. So thick in places I've slipped on them.

My Oaks have yet to drop, so I will be blowing leaves for another 2-3 weeks.

At this point all we can do is take all the necessary precautions to minimize/mitigate our exposure by following the basic protocols. Pandora's box has been opened once we opened up the Country again. We're in a transitional time until a vaccine becomes available that will reduce risk more but not eliminate it. I fell this will become another "seasonal" virus, bit one that occurs year round. Maybe over the long haul, we are able to build up a herd immunity, but I feel that's a long ways off.

63F at 630 AM. Un-effing real. Love it.

This stretch of warmth has to be almost unprecedented for November. 6-7 days of 70F.

Hunting thread?