The airports are dead!

[SJTD]

For a little perspective they should put up the stats for this season's flu cases whenever they show the -19 numbers.

It aint like the flu doesn't kill a lot of weak and elderly every year.

[Ristow]

they should test everybody with symptoms and then see what the corona mortality rate is.



of course,they won't cuz it won't be near as scary then,so as to allow a national shutdown (social/government experiment) and massive spending.


massive,massive hype going on here. and thats not to say its a serious situation. it just aint what the mainstream media sez it is.


neither i,nor anyone i know,knows anyone with this virus.

[rang-a-stang]

We got report today that a dude in my office has it. It's a non issue for most of us because we have been on mandatory telework for almost 2 weeks anyway. I guess his last time in the building was 13 March so we are almost all good, anyway. He is doing well but tested positive soooo...

My neighbor is a nurse at a skin care center but has been pulled into a county hospital to help out. We are not LA proper, more like the rural outskirts of LA so we are not nearly as populated but we have a very high population of undocumented folks that work in the fields around us. She said she has seen some pretty gnarly cases; not just old/fat/unhealthy people, either. She said it's odd because some people just get super sick from it and others do not.

[babywag]

7 confirmed cases in my city here....but I would bet $$ several more undiagnosed/untested.

It is everywhere! They are only finding it here by testing folks that require treatment and/or hospitalization or were exposed and tested due to exposure.

It's been spreading around the world for many months...no thanks to China trying to keep a lid on it.

[Ristow]

just remember.....i was practicing social distancing before it was cool.

[asphaltrockdweller]

And I think I can speak for the WHOLE forum...............................


Thank you Mike!

[Ristow]

it's my pleasure. no really.


we can't go to the restaurant. i can't get coffee at a truckstop unless they have an employee serving it. just too gol darn dangerous for me to touch that black lever on the coffee tank.....after touching the door handles to get in the building,and the card scanner to pay for it. you know those get cleaned a lot.


news sez it's just to dangerous.



but the news also said its perfectly safe to go give some free blood to the american red cross!!




news also sez don't go get tested unless you have bad syptoms. too dangerous to go to the hospital even! and we ain't got enough tests!


but everyday we little people are HORRIFIED to hear another of our precious,dear and beloved elite got tested and was positive,even tho they had NO symptoms! just didn't feel good...cough cough.... so why did THEY get a test but we little people get told to stay home?




gimme a break....

[asphaltrockdweller]

PREACH IT BROTHER MIKEY!!!!


I am here in Kommiefornia, and the sky has fallen on the covidiots.

[letank]

TP... there is an alternate solution

it may gross some, but in this time of shortage.... as I have said on other forums, when your hands are dirty... paper or water and soap...



Skip the soap for the tush... and use either that shower head attached to an extension... use a bidet like it was common in a lot of countries... bidet is not only for pxssy, it washes the crap away... you can make your own personal wash system with adapter to faucet and 1/4" irrigation hose...



Oh... yes, use the left hand, the right hand is reserved for greeting shakes


Yes, my name is Michel and I approve this message

[rang-a-stang]

Oh my goodness! My flight from LAX to Honolulu today, 787-9 (Dreamliner), American Airlines flight 9250. 9 seats across, about 40 rows deep (200+ seats!!), Brand new airplane. There were about 9 passengers on board including me!!! No joke, I think there were more crew than passengers.

Also, as we landed at Hono, there were Hawaiian Air aircraft lined up and down the runway. Had to be a good 50 of them just sitting there, idle. NUTS!!!

[Crankyolman]

Oh my goodness! My flight from LAX to Honolulu today, 787-9 (Dreamliner), American Airlines flight 9250. 9 seats across, about 40 rows deep (200+ seats!!), Brand new airplane. There were about 9 passengers on board including me!!! No joke, I think there were more crew than passengers.

Also, as we landed at Hono, there were Hawaiian Air aircraft lined up and down the runway. Had to be a good 50 of them just sitting there, idle. NUTS!!!

March 28th was the last Hawaiian airlines flight from Seattle to Honolulu. A couple days before that was the last flight to Maui. These were A330-200s which seat something like 280 people. Several of them in the last days left with zero passengers, just the flight crews. Some say it was because people are required to be in quarantine for 14 days after landing which really wouldn't be that bad if you have a bungalow with a pool and view but it sucks if you are going for vacation and get stuck in a hotel room for 14 days.


Seatac is largely dead. flights have been cut to a minimum and are largely empty and the airlines are hemorrhaging money at a rate that cannot be sustained for very long.


The good news is Delta has resumed a few flights from SEA to Japan and South Korea which tend to pay for themselves in freight, which is probably the reason AA is willing to fly an empty Dreamliner to HNL, it was probably loaded with freight which would offset the lost revenue from the empty seats.

[rang-a-stang]

The paperwork we were handed at the airport, after we had our temperature taken, said we are to
"...Proceed directly from the airport to your designated quarantine location...
Remain in your designated quarantine location for a period of 14 days...
You may only leave your designated quarantine location only for medical emergencies or to seek medical care....
do not allow any visitors in our out of your designated quarantine location other than a physician, healthcare provider,..."

There was more paperwork at the (government) hotel I am staying at that basically said they are not servicing rooms for the first week after we are here and if we need anything, they will put it outside our door and we can put our trash outside the door.

I can see why NO ONE is coming here right now. Of the 9 people on our flight, 4 were with my team (including me) and 2 were obviously active duty Army. That means 3 were unknown, but very well could have been government travelers, too.

[Carnuck]

If the wife wasn’t working, I’d go play at cleaning my cabin and yard for the third freaking time since we bought it. My daughter in law and youngest grandson got stuck in the Philippines on the way back to Canada when their flight was canceled.

[babywag]

Oh my goodness! My flight from LAX to Honolulu today, 787-9 (Dreamliner), American Airlines flight 9250. 9 seats across, about 40 rows deep (200+ seats!!), Brand new airplane. There were about 9 passengers on board including me!!! No joke, I think there were more crew than passengers.

Also, as we landed at Hono, there were Hawaiian Air aircraft lined up and down the runway. Had to be a good 50 of them just sitting there, idle. NUTS!!!

Crossing fingers/toes that your trip will be good/uneventful! Hopefully, everyone on the team and the ship stay virus-free!!

[fulsizjeep]

Enjoy the trip and be safe!