Anyone else......?

Timbuk3 · March 30, 2020 3:46PM

We're pretty much on lockdown in Hawaii. Anyone experiencing the same ?

Smudge · March 30, 2020 3:54PM

Grocery store and coin shop open. I’m good. Edit, inventory problems at both so just ok.

ctf_error_coins · March 30, 2020 3:59PM

California has been under stay at home orders for 11 days now, one of the first states to do such an order.

I expect CA and WA to flatten the curve before other states.

Mgarmy · March 30, 2020 4:05PM

Va just got the stay at home till 10 June with exceptions for first responders and food and meds etc.

ThreeCentSilverFL · March 30, 2020 4:08PM

@Timbuk3 we are not yet on lockdown, but on a "safe at home" order. My business is slower, but active. Stay safe.

Onastone · March 30, 2020 4:14PM

Yup. Locked down. Except grocery stores, mail, convenience stores, delivery services, carpenters, landscapers, take-out restaurants, hospital, police, oil /heating companies, gas stations, plumbers, and a few others I can't think of. But for the most part, everybody is closed...even one of our local newspapers shut down as they lost 90% of their revenue from dropped advertisers. (Why advertise your business if it's closed?)

crazyhounddog · March 30, 2020 4:15PM

I haven’t the slightest idea what’s going on out there. I’m on lockdown.

ctf_error_coins · March 30, 2020 4:16PM

Timbuk3, are your Beaches and ocean closed on the islands.

My favorite kayak fishing launch site only has authorities now

No one on the beach in La Jolla ...

ElmerFusterpuck · March 30, 2020 4:19PM

Not sure on this, but a lockdown in Hawaii does sound better than a lockdown in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska!

I've been working from home since March 13th. I;m not going to argue with math, science and being cautious.

Timbuk3 · March 30, 2020 4:21PM

It's kinda butt backwards in Hawaii. You're allowed to go into the ocean, but you're not allowed access to the beach. So, how do you get to the ocean ? It's a City, State, Federal mumbo jumbo thing !!!

50cCOMMEMGUY · March 30, 2020 4:25PM

The Space Coast here in FL is not on lockdown. Of course the kids are banned from school, etc...the one ridiculous thing going on is most of the beaches are closed. County beaches are open, but, county AND city beach parking lots for access are closed. So, it’s a chore and a half to surf fish, my first hobby love.

I’m an “essential” employee so even a lockdown will generally not change my life much. My wife works from home so nothing big for her except now she’s my three kids teacher!

The moms, and some dads, are the true hero’s in America right now. How they’re not strangling their kids wholesale is beyond me.

1Mike1 · March 30, 2020 4:27PM

Work is business as usual, started ordering all groceries online, once a week to the post office, use the yard and fields for activity. Things are slow but not everything has stopped.

opportunity · March 30, 2020 4:29PM

People where I am in the Southeast are treating this like some kind of extended vacation. Parks are jam packed, entire families are wandering around stores, and our supposed shutdown of "non essentials" is really weak. Granted, we're one of the states that haven't been totally devastated yet, but the next few weeks have me on edge. I have family members with asthma and such.

2ndCharter · March 30, 2020 4:31PM

South Carolina is still open but, with the banks, restaurants, bowling alleys, movie theaters, etc. closed, there's not really many places to go to - post office, Walmart, gas station, Lowes, that's about it.

Justacommeman · March 30, 2020 4:31PM

@50cCOMMEMGUY said:
The Space Coast here in FL is not on lockdown. Of course the kids are banned from school, etc...the one ridiculous thing going on is most of the beaches are closed. County beaches are open, but, county AND city beach parking lots for access are closed. So, it’s a chore and a half to surf fish, my first hobby love.

I’m an “essential” employee so even a lockdown will generally not change my life much. My wife works from home so nothing big for her except now she’s my three kids teacher!

The moms, and some dads, are the true hero’s in America right now. How they’re not strangling their kids wholesale is beyond me.

Thanks for the clarification on the beaches in Fla. I heard some were open but wasn’t sure why and where

Stay safe

m

Cougar1978 · March 30, 2020 4:34PM

Stay at home in Houston unless essential go out. This thing will kill a lot of people stay safe.

jmlanzaf · March 30, 2020 4:35PM

@Mgarmy said:
Va just got the stay at home till 10 June with exceptions for first responders and food and meds etc.

I don't know what VA's problem is. They really can't know that they aren't well past the peak long before then. I think they are just showing off....

Jimnight · March 30, 2020 4:36PM

Oh yeah ... we're in for the long haul. @Timbuk3 stay safe and remember COVID-19 spreads like wild fire.

blitzdude · March 30, 2020 4:43PM

I could get lost on the homestead for weeks, maybe even months and I probably wouldn't even notice that things are on lockdown.

Unfortunately I am deemed a critical essential employee (healthcare) so I am forced to venture out for work. Things are definitely looking desolate out there. I'd much prefer to be locked up at home.

50cCOMMEMGUY · March 30, 2020 4:45PM

@Justacommeman said:

@50cCOMMEMGUY said:
The Space Coast here in FL is not on lockdown. Of course the kids are banned from school, etc...the one ridiculous thing going on is most of the beaches are closed. County beaches are open, but, county AND city beach parking lots for access are closed. So, it’s a chore and a half to surf fish, my first hobby love.

I’m an “essential” employee so even a lockdown will generally not change my life much. My wife works from home so nothing big for her except now she’s my three kids teacher!

The moms, and some dads, are the true hero’s in America right now. How they’re not strangling their kids wholesale is beyond me.

Thanks for the clarification on the beaches in Fla. I heard some were open but wasn’t sure why and where

Stay safe

m

Just to clarify that’s for my county, Brevard. The rest of the state is a patchwork of utter confusion right now. Some whole counties’ shorelines are closed. Some counties it’s literally city by city. It’s a mess. It’s hard enough to know mainland city boundaries let alone on the shoreline. Just this past weekend they were going to close the beaches only between 1100 and 1600 hrs. Talk about making things even more confusing....

And the sad thing is most of the cities ARE enforcing it. The county sheriff said it’s a waste of his departments time so they won’t be. The beach is probably one of the safest places to be. There wasn’t a lot of people packing on top of each other, there’s tons of open space to be apart, and there’s ALWAYS good wind gusts so anything floating around would be gone in an instant. I’m not a doctor but I’d imagine the salt spray in the air and copious direct sunlight would be pretty good disinfectants.
Ugh.... 😢 I just wanna go catch me some black drums and maybe a redfish.

Justacommeman · March 30, 2020 4:48PM

@50cCOMMEMGUY said:

@Justacommeman said:

@50cCOMMEMGUY said:
The Space Coast here in FL is not on lockdown. Of course the kids are banned from school, etc...the one ridiculous thing going on is most of the beaches are closed. County beaches are open, but, county AND city beach parking lots for access are closed. So, it’s a chore and a half to surf fish, my first hobby love.

I’m an “essential” employee so even a lockdown will generally not change my life much. My wife works from home so nothing big for her except now she’s my three kids teacher!

The moms, and some dads, are the true hero’s in America right now. How they’re not strangling their kids wholesale is beyond me.

Thanks for the clarification on the beaches in Fla. I heard some were open but wasn’t sure why and where

Stay safe

m

Just to clarify that’s for my county, Brevard. The rest of the state is a patchwork of utter confusion right now. Some whole counties’ shorelines are closed. Some counties it’s literally city by city. It’s a mess. It’s hard enough to know mainland city boundaries let alone on the shoreline. Just this past weekend they were going to close the beaches only between 1100 and 1600 hrs. Talk about making things even more confusing....

And the sad thing is most of the cities ARE enforcing it. The county sheriff said it’s a waste of his departments time so they won’t be. The beach is probably one of the safest places to be. There wasn’t a lot of people packing on top of each other, there’s tons of open space to be apart, and there’s ALWAYS good wind gusts so anything floating around would be gone in an instant. I’m not a doctor but I’d imagine the salt spray in the air and copious direct sunlight would be pretty good disinfectants.
Ugh.... 😢 I just wanna go catch me some black drums and maybe a redfish.

Ok, I’m back to being confused again

Thanks for the reply!

m

291fifth · March 30, 2020 4:58PM

My nephew is in an Army Reserve medical unit that has been called to active duty. He doesn't know just where they will be assigned yet. Here in my area (Detroit) there is little open except grocery stores, pharmacies and gas stations. The downtown convention center is being converted to a 900 bed emergency hospital.

The coin stores in my town are all closed.

I'm doing a lot of walking as are many others in the neighborhood. Everyone is keeping a good social distance.

Insider2 · March 30, 2020 5:11PM

With the cheap gas and very low volume of traffic, my daily drive from Sarasota to Tampa is so sweet that I'm putting some miles on my sunny-weekend-only garage queen. Once I reach home after dark, it is weird to see everything closed and parking lots empty. Even the gas stations are closed.

savitale · March 30, 2020 5:21PM

In Massachusetts we are not officially locked down, but all schools and non essential businesses are closed. My work is essential so I could go in, but I have a kid at home so I’m kind of stuck.

bsshog40 · March 30, 2020 5:27PM

Home quaratined until the wife gets tested tomorrow and test results back. She's an essential worker, manager at CVS. She's been having a medium fever the last couple days. We're prayin.

fastfreddie · March 30, 2020 5:32PM

I'm in Detroit burbs. We both have worked from home for a while so no change. My daughter is studying online for 11 grade when she isn't gaming all night! My son is at OU (now on-line only), says it's a pain to turn everything in on-line. Golf is shut down currently. Metro parks are open (my league play) for 'recreation' but not golf. You can only walk the dog so much! My Uncle in Phoenix plays daily with new social distancing guidelines. Hospitals here, even in the burbs, are jammed! My heart goes out to all on the lines!!

NSP · March 30, 2020 6:57PM

My county had its first COVID-19 death on Saturday, and our governor has issued a “stay at home” order as of last Monday. I’m considered an “essential worker,” and my place of work is doing their best to remain functioning.

Hopefully all goes well, though it’s just starting to gain steam and this first (and hopefully only) wave probably won’t be in full decline in my state till late May. Stay safe out there.

dpoole · March 30, 2020 7:09PM

Travis County (Austin) has about 180 infections so far, and are ramping up. We're in lock-down.

I picked up a fancy meal at a local restaurant at curb-side at cautious distancing (the only way they're selling), and my wife and I had an intimate candle-light dinner at home with grandma's china. I overpaid and over-tipped, they gave us extra-large portions and a fancier bottle of wine than I'd paid for....

You gotta cope.

Desert Moon · March 30, 2020 7:10PM

Left H-Town before the lockdown, went to NM, and got - lockdown, but we can go walk and bicycle ride in the desert and never see another person.........

joeykoins · March 30, 2020 7:56PM

@Onastone said:
Yup. Locked down. Except grocery stores...

Yep, this is where I get my coin rolls now. The banks closed their lobbies.

BryceM · March 30, 2020 8:37PM

Our state has a stay at home order, but it’s Idaho, and the list of 9000 exceptions applies to virtually everyone. Most folks work in agriculture, and are therefore essential. The state liquor store and firearm stores are essential. Anyone with any sort of actual job is pretty much exempt. Hardware stores, lumber yards, medical everything, grocery stores, and gas stations are open. Banks, all travel, transportation, and shipping services are open. All construction & repair trades are exempt. The only real impact I can see is that they’ve closed nail salons, schools, gyms, theaters, and the dine-in part of restaurants. Traffic on the streets is more or less normal.

I work for a large hospital system that is doing the right thing and has cancelled all elective surgeries...... going on 3 weeks. I’m basically useless at work (surgeon). My colleagues at all surrounding hospitals are business-as-usual so I’m now effectively at a competitive disadvantage and hemorrhaging patients and business. Not much I can do. Playing cards with the fam’. My turn comes around every 10 minutes or so.

fishteeth · March 30, 2020 8:39PM

We have a better safe at home.. What a joke. Just about everything got an exemption. My wife works at the hospital and is actually having shifts cancelled because nothing to do. I tried to donate 400,000 gloves and 4,000 mask. THe hospitals turned me down. Said they had too many supplies already

TurboSnail · March 30, 2020 8:39PM

Lockdown? I am literally in the epicenter of the coronavirus in NYC. Food supply is low as markets are limiting supplies such as a dozen eggs/ two bottles of water per visit while I have my wife and two youngins to feed. I even decided not to trade nor send packages to our forum members due to the risk of passing the virus around since couple weeks ago.

As I mention in the other post:

I live in between Elmhurst hospital (two miles) away and New York Presbyterian Queens hospital (6 street blocks away). We have the highest death toll and confirmed cases in the entire nation. And I can tell you that no one would allow you to enter store/market without wearing a mask in this area. Forget about only protecting yourself, it's about protecting others and public safety.

Sunday, March 29, 2020 8:32PM
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WABC) -- The haunting images coming out of Elmhurst Hospital in his native Queens appeared to rattle President Trump on Sunday.

"I've been watching that for the last week on television," he said. "Body bags all over, in hallways. I've been watching them bring in trailer trucks - freezer trucks, they're freezer trucks, because they can't handle the bodies, there are so many of them. This is essentially in my community, in Queens, Queens, New York," he continued. "I've seen things that I've never seen before."

He added, "When I see the trucks pull up, to take out bodies -- I mean, these are trucks as long as the rose garden and they are pulling up to take out bodies and you look inside and you see the black body bags? What's in there? It is Elmhurst hospital. Must be supplies. It is not supplies. It's people.

hchcoin · March 30, 2020 10:39PM

Stay safe @TurboSnail

Aotearoa · March 30, 2020 10:46PM

This is day six of New Zealand’s country-wide lockdown. The list of essential services is short (and does not include liquor stores). We’re permitted to drive only to the supermarket or health facility. Walking or running in our local area is OK as long as we follow social distancing protocols.

The teenagers are restless (though remarkably well connected via various electronic means).

Onastone · March 31, 2020 3:50AM

wow @TurboSnail to be in the center of the storm right now must be gut wrenching. Please stay safe. It is spreading like wildfire and our country will never be the same...our planet has turned a page.

JimTyler · March 31, 2020 3:56AM

Yes in Illinois

1630Boston · March 31, 2020 4:07AM

Stay at home recommendations here in Massachusetts.

Unfortunately [or maybe fortunately] I'm still working 12 hours per day at work------if you look at the list the Governor put out, most every business is "essential" except restaurants and recreational pot shops.

ricko · March 31, 2020 5:39AM

We are under 'stay home' restrictions... but I have been out to grocery shop.....The local firearms store is open... essential....That is good. The indoor shooting range is closed though (where I work), as an instructor in firearms, it is not possible to conduct social distancing unless doing classroom work. Oh well...roll on,...this too shall pass. Cheers, RickO

Kudbegud · March 31, 2020 8:19AM

@Timbuk3, Another huge factor for us in Hawaii is the mandatory 14 day quarantine for returning residents AND new visitors by any travel means. This essentially killed the tourist industry. Airlines, Rent-A-Cars, hotels, tour businesses and shops. Of course restaurants closed except drive through, pick-up and take out just like elsewhere.
Traffic is the lightest I have ever seen.

asheland · March 31, 2020 9:02AM

NC is under lock down, although it's been county to county, all doing it at different times, weird.
The coin shop I work at is considered a financial institution people have been selling bullion to buy groceries sad really...

I'm still working everyday for now, but trying to limit where I go after work, usually a drive thru or the grocery store. Otherwise, I'm trying to stay home as much as possible.

asheland · March 31, 2020 9:02AM

Be safe everybody!

goldfixer21 · March 31, 2020 9:04AM

@50cCOMMEMGUY said:
The Space Coast here in FL is not on lockdown. Of course the kids are banned from school, etc...the one ridiculous thing going on is most of the beaches are closed. County beaches are open, but, county AND city beach parking lots for access are closed. So, it’s a chore and a half to surf fish, my first hobby love.

I’m an “essential” employee so even a lockdown will generally not change my life much. My wife works from home so nothing big for her except now she’s my three kids teacher!

The moms, and some dads, are the true hero’s in America right now. How they’re not strangling their kids wholesale is beyond me.

I'm on the Space Coast as well, and I too don't understand closing the beaches.

Anyone else......?

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