Voyager

Hearing what sounds like distant thunder here at the house. Radar and Lightning Strike says it might be possible. Of course it could be the trucks hitting the 237 potholes on the main road behind me...

Watch the radar trajectory. I will have none of that...

For their employees, but what if the employee is the one with the virus? Now they just passed it on to the customer by returning the bag they had their hand in.

I can tell that story and I'm a grandparent, so...

You aren't kidding...

What's scary is how fast the numbers are rising. Berks, to my south rose 81% today, and Luzerne, to my north rose 53%. In one news article I saw, a physician's assistant recommended staying out of Hazleton. Some think that Hazleton is a community that is going to explode in the near future.

More counties in PA under stay at home orders starting tonight. Outside of Carbon and Schuylkill, almost the entire eastern third of the state is under "lockdown".

See? This is bullshit... Harvey Weinstein can get a damned test, and so can British Royalty, sports stars, Hollywood actors, etc, but someone extremely ill and exhibiting all the symptoms can't. There is something IMMENSELY wrong with this picture, and it pisses me off...

Wishing you and your family member the best Canderson...

And I'd welcome all of you, but sorry, Tamaqua never ends up in the jackpot zone...lol

As far as the kick in above the state unemployment weekly benefit rate, I'd be happy if the Feds would just add in the difference to get folks to their normal 40 hour work week. Even that would be a big help.

We had a light coating on the cars. Not even enough to whiten the grass.

74 in Tamaqua.

Do you think that's a possibility? I've been weighing the pros and cons of going back out on the road trucking to keep busy while the bus industry was shut down, but if that's the case, then I might just want to stay close to the house. One thing that did concern me was that if people couldn't afford food, would highway piracy and truck hijackings increase?

100% of our school buses and motorcoaches are parked, and I was told not to expect much, if any, work before May 1st. I filed on Tuesday. First claim week isn't until the 29th though.

It is for getting food and supplies to market. A large crippling storm has a major effect on transportation and logistics, and at a time when it's critical to get (and try to keep) food and necessary items on the store shelves, a disruption could cause major problems. Then there are the first responders, as well as other essential business workers, who could be impacted by delays, or not being able to otherwise, under normal conditions, make it into work or wherever they need to be. I know "Mother Nature" will do what she's going to do regardless of how it impacts us, but I really and sincerely hope for mild and benign weather right now while we battle this medical, and budding financial, crisis.

The last thing we need right now is a paralyzing snow storm...

No. I decided to stay with it, which was a big mistake now. I'm in the process of fixing it though. Even after this blows over, residual fear and a looming recession/depression will keep the tourism industry weak for quite awhile most likely.

Bus drivers...

I was thinking about that last night after NWS Philly put out a FB post about it being the 27th anniversary of the March 93 Superstorm. Could you imagine if we had something like that to deal with right now?

This, plus sports and virtually anything recreational being cancelled, has put me right back out of work for a minimum of 2 weeks and most likely longer than that. This is the time when the bus trips usually pick back up with school field trips and spring athletics, as well as general charter work for sightseeing and theater shows.

I really don't want to kill your (or others) joy, but why, of late, has winter waited until spring to arrive? Summers are lasting into October now, and winters are lasting deep into March and April.

Only made it to 40 here. But man, that wind! All those advisories this winter and today was the worst around these parts. Trees were roaring and wires were whistling...