Blue Mountain - COVID-19 Update

[Kyle]

5 minutes ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said:

***Applebees gives free meals for veterans today..

A lot of eateries do, and those that don’t should. 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

12 minutes ago, Kyle said:

A lot of eateries do, and those that don’t should. 

I don’t charge extra money to inscribe veterans info on a tombstone or veterans emblems. 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

This is the Georgia GOP runoff rally held in a packed windowless room with a lot of maskless folks.  CNN was there to cover the rally and was like fuck this and left.  

[RidgeRacer]

Well then it goes completely sideways since there is 1 WahWah in Carbon County.  There are probably 170 in Delco.  
 

Where's the wawa in carbon?

[RidgeRacer]

Do you have a place in the Poconos already? If I was at liberty to move anywhere for the winter for proximity to skiing 7 days a week I can't say the poconos would be in the running.

Maybe it works for him and he's not you. We can't all gave girlfriends with homes 3 hours away from the great and magnificent Hunter.

[JFskiDan]

8 minutes ago, RidgeRacer said:

Where's the wawa in carbon?

Whitehaven. 80 and 476. 

[toast21602]

14 minutes ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said:

This is the Georgia GOP runoff rally held in a packed windowless room with a lot of maskless folks.  CNN was there to cover the rally and was like fuck this and left.  

These people just don't give a fuck about anybody but themselves. 

[mute1080]

Our school district just announced they will be 100% remote learning until at least January. They said they can no longer handle schools on an individual basis. They were really trying to keep k-2 in person as studies have shown that age bracket does the worst with remote learning. 
 
My son’s lung collapsed again and he had the surgery to fuse it to his chest wall yesterday and is now in ICU. Now I am just really concerned about COVID for him. I have been careful myself, but now I feel I should up my game even more since he is in my bubble. 

I hope everything goes well with you son! Stay positive and test negative. We’ll get through this.

[RidgeRacer]

Whitehaven. 80 and 476. 

Oh shit. Thats right.

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

6 minutes ago, RidgeRacer said:

Oh shit. Thats right.

Whitehaven is in luzerne county. Looks like that wawa is right near the border 

[Barb]

I let his dad visit him today as he is only allowed one visitor per day. He is out of ICU now and joking with the nurses. He is writing down all the nurses names and said he wants to get a cake with all their names on it when he is released. So things are looking up.


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[theprogram4]

31 minutes ago, JFskiDan said:

Whitehaven. 80 and 476. 

I forgot to mention I dealt with one of your employees a few months back.  He was looking to buy an RV.  I asked him if he knew JFDan but he didn’t 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Gonna be another record day for new Covid cases. Already about 139,000 new cases and almost 1400 new deaths with a tiny bit of reporting left.  Even if new cases won’t rise daily deaths will rise above 2,000 in a few weeks..back on October 18th daily cases in the US were under 60,000. That’s how fast this is exploding. Almost every state is following a steep curve of new cases except a few states in the Deep South.  Vermont is about to get hot as well.  My suppliers there were really concerned about over 40 new cases in the state.  Now the state has the same population as Delco but 50 times the size and no wawa..

[toast21602]

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

This is super interesting. 

[Mixilplix]

I wonder how badly all this is gonna drive up healthcare care costs..

[Schif]

23 minutes ago, Mixilplix said:

I wonder how badly all this is gonna drive up healthcare care costs..

That's a really interesting question. It seems that the majority of cases don't require medical attention, though some people require the most expensive care in an ICU. 

[poconoceancity]

2 hours ago, JFskiDan said:

Whitehaven. 80 and 476. 

Is the one one on 115 and 940 in carbon too or is that Monroe?

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

1 minute ago, poconoceancity said:

Is the one one on 115 and 940 in carbon too or is that Monroe?

Monroe 

[JFskiDan]

8 hours ago, poconoceancity said:

Is the one one on 115 and 940 in carbon too or is that Monroe?

its like a mile outside of Carbon county

[Benm]

since we are talking about carbon co. hickory run has gasoline again - no diesel.

 

Edited November 12, 2020 by Benm

[Zonked]

12 hours ago, Mixilplix said:

I wonder how badly all this is gonna drive up healthcare care costs..

In the long run - who knows. I feel like healthcare costs are always in the fast lane. I handle the benefits for our company and BCBS notified us that they will be issuing a one-time medical premium relief credit for the month of December. We will not withhold medical insurance payroll deductions for any of our US employees in December. Which is nice for alot of our lower paid employees with families. That could be a few hundred back in their pockets.  Even looking at our stats/claims over the past few months, its so odd compared to a normal year. We are just hoping it doesn't backfire when we go to renew and they want some crazy % increase.

[Justo8484]

42 minutes ago, Zonked said:

In the long run - who knows. I feel like healthcare costs are always in the fast lane. I handle the benefits for our company and BCBS notified us that they will be issuing a one-time medical premium relief credit for the month of December. We will not withhold medical insurance payroll deductions for any of our US employees in December. Which is nice for alot of our lower paid employees with families. That could be a few hundred back in their pockets.  Even looking at our stats/claims over the past few months, its so odd compared to a normal year. We are just hoping it doesn't backfire when we go to renew and they want some crazy % increase.

sounds like a great case for universal publicly funded healthcare

[Johnny Law]

4 hours ago, Benm said:

since we are talking about carbon co. hickory run has gasoline again - no diesel.

 

What's up with Gasoline ? 

I went to Disney for a bit with my daughter and mad stations were straight up 70s style out of gas. 

I'm not aware of any refinery shut downs or supply interruptions but it was pretty weird to see so many with even 87. 

[Benm]

3 minutes ago, Johnny Law said:

What's up with Gasoline ? 

nothing important, the service plaza didn't have it for a few mos. just a heads up incase people head up 476 i guess.

hurricanes there maybe?

Edited November 12, 2020 by Benm