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Post by georgeofthej on Mar 3, 2020 11:51:32 GMT -8
I don't understand the "stock bottled water" recommendation... are people thinking our water supplies will become compromised? I like to keep 15 gallons in the house, just for general emergency preparedness. Years ago, a guy on an internet forum, who's town was flooded, said the main thing he wished he would have had was a lot of bottled water. He ended up in a situation where he kept having to wait in long lines to get water from a truck. Also, I think, if you had to leave your house for a disaster, you could easily grab your bottled water. With the corona virus, I think you'd have to have a doomsday mindset to be concerned with water. The concern would be you turn on the tap and nothing comes out, because so many people are sick that the people at the water treatment plant are not at work. Or the power goes out and pumps don't work, because the power plant workers are out sick or dead. It's far fetched to think like that at this point, but it's good to keep water on hand in general, I think.
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Post by toejam on Mar 3, 2020 12:01:33 GMT -8
I'm looking at my schedule for a good time to plan a two-week quarantine.
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Post by graywolf on Mar 3, 2020 12:09:11 GMT -8
On a college basketball forum I belong to one of the posters said he is buying up all the Corona Beer he can get. Sounds like a plan to me.
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Post by walkswithblackflies on Mar 3, 2020 17:38:59 GMT -8
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Post by georgeofthej on Mar 3, 2020 19:55:15 GMT -8
The WHO report... just the facts ma'am: Thanks for that link.
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Post by burntfoot on Mar 3, 2020 20:02:27 GMT -8
We are going to Flagstaff/Grand Canyon/Sedona for Spring Break the week after next. The only effect of the Coronavirus scare is that my wife now doesn't want to take that Grand Canyon railroad. The enclosed space with other people, etc.
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Post by jazzmom on Mar 4, 2020 3:12:29 GMT -8
The only effect of the Coronavirus scare is that my wife now doesn't want to take that Grand Canyon railroad. I wouldn't take the train anyway. You're really going to want your own car inside the Park and the train offers no advantage in views or travel time.
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Post by swmtnbackpacker on Mar 4, 2020 5:43:31 GMT -8
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Post by cweston on Mar 4, 2020 6:12:21 GMT -8
I wouldn't take the train anyway. You're really going to want your own car inside the Park and the train offers no advantage in views or travel time. FWIW, I like train travel, although it rarely works in the US because the options are so limited. I recently took the train to Chicago to visit my son, but my train departed at like 4:00 in the morning, and there's only one per day. But you are correct: taking the train does not save time vs driving, generally. The advantages are (to me) that it's a lot more fun, it's more relaxing, and one can do a significant amount of work, if one chooses, on a train ride.
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Post by swmtnbackpacker on Mar 4, 2020 6:19:26 GMT -8
... Decades ago when most western nations were relatively independent economically, notably for everyday consumer goods, and particularly food, and especially given how our frequent human wars tended to isolate countries, a nation might isolate themselves by simply closing borders and international travel if it came down to that. Today as massive corporations race to lowest costs by buying globally, and politicians set up fair trading policies, we cannot isolate ourselves ...
Given the rapid rise in genetic DNA science, one might predict eventually a crazed rogue nation or madman may eventually unleash a truly horrible germ warfare virus. So again in that regard, the current emerging crisis may have some value in making we people think about the consequences of continuing down the irrational path we are on. www.bbc.com/future/article/20200302-coronavirus-what-can-we-learn-from-the-spanish-fluRemember the Spanish Flu of 1918 spread in the era of ships, trains, and horse-drawn wagons. “The Plague” before that. Nowadays even without trade (goods), there’s movement of people mostly via the big airliner companies (namely American Boeing and European AirBus), plus all the passenger airline companies, airport ground employees, etc.. Redirecting all that economic activity to say high speed rail (does not use recycled air and has bigger seats .. gonna be much bigger after this) is going to be massive. Of course, if there’s any long term tourist ban contemplated, those companies are going to fight tooth and nail.
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Post by jazzmom on Mar 4, 2020 6:52:24 GMT -8
I wouldn't take the train anyway. You're really going to want your own car inside the Park and the train offers no advantage in views or travel time. FWIW, I like train travel, although it rarely works in the US because the options are so limited. I recently took the train to Chicago to visit my son, but my train departed at like 4:00 in the morning, and there's only one per day. But you are correct: taking the train does not save time vs driving, generally. The advantages are (to me) that it's a lot more fun, it's more relaxing, and one can do a significant amount of work, if one chooses, on a train ride. Don't get me wrong, I love train travel. I lived in Europe for a while and it's definitely part of of my travel style whenever it's available. When I lived on the east coast, I took the train often between Boston - New York - Washington, and I take the train to Chicago from Ann Arbor. My comment here is *specifically* about the "Grand Canyon Railway". I've been to the South Rim many, many times and, here, it's not the way you want to get to the Park from Williams. It's not really "transportation" as much as a tourist attraction and it means you're at the South Rim without a car, which puts you at a huge disadvantage.
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Post by Lamebeaver on Mar 4, 2020 6:55:47 GMT -8
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Post by johntpenca on Mar 4, 2020 15:32:26 GMT -8
The media is hyping it. This is not your typical natural disaster. The water faucet and light switch will continue to work.
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Post by sarbar on Mar 5, 2020 11:44:02 GMT -8
I like to keep 15 gallons in the house, just for general emergency preparedness. I live 2 miles from the major fault through our island (the one that unzipped in 2001). We keep a week's water for everyone. And we run 2 1100 gallon water tanks for irrigation that can be treated. We have a solo well and earthquakes can crack them.
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Post by sarbar on Mar 5, 2020 11:47:28 GMT -8
it depends on where you live. Saw this where the usually lively touristy places of Seattle Partly that is pure BS. It is more because it is all tech companies and many have said "work from home". My husband works from home every day - it's in his contract, so he didn't even blink. His company has said that all the tech workers can work remote now. And yes, this will affect SLU (South Lake Union area) due to no one spending on lunch and breakfast down there.
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