SchaumburgStormer

Two areas of broad rotation in DVN’s warned storm

Brookland taking a direct hit. Probably raining debris for miles around this thing

Massive.

Holy smokes it’s huge. And dropped at the absolute worst time

CC starting to drop on the next frame.

And rotation is tightening up right as it pulls into town.

If something is on the ground, they are going to get smacked

465 new cases, 13 more deaths. 3491/47 totals now.

Work, aka the circuit court system out here, has indicated that we should at least be prepared for the possibility of another 4 to 6 weeks of remote work. It’s absolutely unprecedented to have the entire court system essentially frozen for any time period, much less 2+ months. IL will be nowhere near peaking by April 7th based on the current trajectory. I assume the stay at home order would get extended at least 7 additional days.

Jesus. Mid-60’s to a SPI-DEC-CMI line. Definitely snuck up, as I wasn’t paying that much attention to current conditions down there quite yet

Got the first thunder of the year, and a lighting flash that got my fat ass out of my hot tub quickly. Nice to be rolling into spring with a potential big dog severe event incoming tomorrow

Even tossing the incredible HRRR, this is the beat severe setup N Central IL has seen in years. Would absolutely be locally chasing, but forward speed and some of these model runs have me hedging towards staying home with the wife and kids and watching them roll on in.

Calling victory in the second quarter... We haven’t even had enough days of isolation to see if we have started to flatten the curve. This still has plenty of time to go full blown Italy, or New York for that matter. I get the sentiment. I have tenants who I am unsure I will get rent from. I have lost hundreds of thousands in the stock market. I am about to lose my shit working from home. But we need some more time and more data to ensure we are getting desired results. My assumption is that we end up under a no travel order for longer than April 7th. You must be absolutely certain the curve is flattened before resuming normal activity, as there is still plenty of time for this to go tits up. “We overreacted” or “this was all for nothing” or “I went about my normal life and nothing happened” MEANS IT ****ING WORKED. We, as a society, have done well thus far (mostly). Let’s not screw it up now.

That’s when some members of congress were briefed. But instead of sounding the alarm, they conveniently sold stocks in holdings which would be severely affected by widespread disease.

I think it’s fair to assume that if a county has a case severe enough to have been tested, it’s likely widespread with many not symptomatic enough to seek treatment. I am not certain that my recent short illness wasn’t the virus, as the symptoms matched but I was not ill enough to seek treatment other than isolation. If I did indeed have the virus, we will never know with certainty, which is the case for many infections nationwide

There will absolutely be rebound cases. The general hope is that we have “flattened the curve” enough for it to be manageable. I read a long article about the possibility of a seasonally related waning on the virus, which remains a distinct possibility but not one anyone should hang their hat on. This will be widespread. You will probably get it. You probably won’t need anything more than some cold medicine. But if a few weeks of social distancing keeps our healthcare system from buckling, I am all for it. This is tough as we won’t know if our efforts are working for several weeks.

I was at the store today (feeling better), and I coughed once. You would have thought I just walked into a preschool nude.

I’m guessing it’s a question of “when”, I assume no later than Thursday.

Yeah, with the incubation period being so long, everything is a week in arrears. Hopefully they peak soon.

It's not really the virus, or the restrictions that concerns me. It's people. People do really dumb, irrational things when they are scared. People are going to get a lot more scared when we go on a nationwide lock down, and thus people are going to do a lot more dumb, irrational things. The CDC is walking a brutally fine line. How do you convince the public of the danger of a virus which may only give them mild or moderate symptoms (but kill others, including at risk populations), but at the same time not cause panic?

I’m general, things are progressing exponentially worse, day to day. Reported cases & deaths are lining up shockingly close to Italy’s progression, with about a 10-14 day delay. It appears all but inevitable that the US will need to follow the same steps as Italy, France, and Spain and institute a full 14 day shutdown of non-essential services. I would prepare now. Today. There is no need to panic, but if you haven’t obtained a 2-3 week stockpile of your prescription drugs, groceries, baby formula, diapers, etc.; you need to do that now. People as a whole are stupid. We will continue to ignore the experts. People will continue to go to bars and gatherings even knowing the risks. The easy parallel is the GHD Blizzard. The public was told days in advance to not travel and be prepared for an epic blizzard, yet people were still on the roads and lake shore drive became a parking lot which put other citizens and first responders in danger. Eventually the government is going to have to step in and force us to protect ourselves from our own stupidity. I still hear people minimizing the severity. “I don’t know why we are doing this”, “this is bullshit”, “the flu kills far more people”. While it is correct that many of us will hardly notice we get the virus, we owe a duty to protect our friends and family who are at risk. If two weeks of inconvenience is all that takes, we should be jumping at that opportunity. Long story short, the curtain is dropping. You still have time to take some precautions and make preparations, but not much. We will get through this, but let’s be smart and prepared.

Came up with a cough, headache, and general feeling of malaise today (no fever). Under normal circumstances, I would pop some cough drops into my work bag and take some Tylenol on the way out the door. Now, I am skipping work and preparing to call the doctor if I spike a fever. scary times, and it’s going to get worse before it gets better

I’m sure we all saw the video of the brutal tactics China used to deal with individuals who refused to quarantine... The next couple weeks are going to be brutal.