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Florida virus update...
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Posted:Apr 6, 2020 6:03 am
Last Updated:Apr 9, 2020 11:00 am 391866 Views
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Virus hotspots in the State of Florida.
I've been watching the numbers grow for Florida.
Mostly the for Dade and Broward Counties.
If you are not familiar, Miami is in the middle of Dade county and Fort Lauderdale is in the middle of Broward county.
Highly populated, both cities are famous for tourism and have international airports, seaports for cargo and cruise ships.
Since I own a home in Miami, it's a concern to avoid these areas as I'm now living in Palm Beach county about 50 miles to the north.
I read the numbers for Dade dropped yesterday.
Not sure if it's a false reading,
We are under a mandatory stay home order.
If this effect is working, then we could expect the projected curve to flatten sooner.
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Signs of a pandemic...
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Posted:Apr 4, 2020 10:09 am
Last Updated:Apr 6, 2020 8:00 am 255973 Views
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More than 3 weeks later, there are no paper products on the shelves at Walmart.
The 24 hour Walmart has restricted hours now. 7am 8pm. I got there at 7:am and they had corded off the entrance with markings every 6 feet. Maybe 50 people inside. Half of the shoppers were wearing masks, including some with handkerchiefs and one guy with a bathroom towel wrapped around his face (he probably had the best protection) and this time there were a limited selection of meats.
Displays of fruits, vegetables, milk, eggs all looked like normal. It was the paper products aisle that was empty.
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Asian inspired credenza
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Posted:Apr 1, 2020 8:42 pm
Last Updated:Sep 18, 2024 5:20 pm 243642 Views
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I was asked design a credenza with an Asian theme for a . He liked it and was ready place an order... then changed his mind and decided consult a decorator who worked for a furniture store. They came with a floating shelf instead of the credenza.
This week I'm going through files and found hundreds of job photos. This was a hard drive I use for archive.
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Of course there's a word for it...
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Posted:Mar 23, 2020 6:48 pm
Last Updated:Mar 26, 2020 7:28 am 246824 Views
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I see a few weeks of panic buying hasn't subsided.
Sunday at 7am I was at Walmart expecting do my weekly shopping before the crowds.
No empty bins the breads, cookies and groceries.
Knowing what happened previous visits, I headed straight for the paper goods for paper plates and tissues.
the way, I glanced over the wall where the meats are... sorry, where the meats were. It looked like they did when the last hurricane came through. Empty.
Workers were opening boxes of frozen fish and filling island refrigeration units.
I've been busy the last few weeks with projects and Sunday was my first attempt at weekly shopping.
I veered over the meats and the only thing there was lean ground chicken that I routinely buy weekly. Lucky for me and it became a priority as people were picking so fast, If I waited more than a minute, would be gone.
Back toward the paper products I could hear a fight had broken out.
Confrontation in aisle ... Two women were hoarding as they collectively had more than 9 twelve-packs of toilet tissue in their carts and it was causing trouble. Another woman said "Lady, how could you possibly need 60 rolls of toilet paper. Leave some for the others!"
I'm faulting the store this for not putting signs limiting purchases of 2 packs.
I got paper plates, bowls and tissues without having fight for it.
While I did read about shortages of eggs and milk, it wasn't an issue at that store.
There is a word that describes people who hoard dozens of rolls of toilet tissue.
The same word describes people who go against public health advice and ignore coronavirus warnings.
What are they called?
Covidiots. Yes, that's the newly coined word in the Urban Dictionary.
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Lysol - panic buying...
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Posted:Mar 9, 2020 9:17 pm
Last Updated:May 1, 2020 11:20 am 252305 Views
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The CDC announced that Lysol disinfectant spray kills Corona Virus. Now, you cannot find any on the retailers shelves.
Gone...
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Iggy...
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Posted:Feb 28, 2020 8:05 pm
Last Updated:Sep 18, 2024 5:20 pm 241828 Views
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I met Iggy last week it wasn't a pretty site.
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Two women drowned in a Mercedes...
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Posted:Feb 22, 2020 6:17 am
Last Updated:Feb 26, 2020 7:30 pm 249226 Views
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Fisher Island, off the coast of Miami Beach is a haven for the very wealthy. Listed as the wealthiest zip code in America, the only way to get to Fisher Island is by boat, helicopter or ferry.
The ferry service runs 24 hours a day and requires a pre-arranged security clearance.
Earlier this week, 2 women (ages 63 and 75) became victims as they were both sitting in a Mercedes that slipped off the ferry shortly after the boat left the Miami Beach shore. Both women drowned. Their bodies recovered from the water later that evening. I read the incident occurred around 4pm.
I've seen the preparation for cars on the ferry. You pull up, single file, put your vehicle in park, apply the parking brake, attendants use wheel chocks so the vehicles don't move from rough seas. For safety, you must exit your vehicle and sit in an air conditioned passenger booth until the ferry reaches it's destination.
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Seafood...
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Posted:Feb 18, 2020 4:26 am
Last Updated:Feb 24, 2020 3:18 am 225611 Views
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There's a new seafood place in town!
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