The Grand Princess

[cmayna]

Port of Oakland, here it comes......... Note to self "Don't go to the east bay today" Maybe the doctors aboard will insist for all passengers to snort some cure#1 before they depart

 

[bill ace 350]

Sounds like they are going to take about 3000 people to remote military bases and test each and every one. Sounds like a frigging nightmare to me. RAY

Wasn't one of these "remote" military bases smack in the middle of San Antonio?

 

[bill ace 350]

I've got a old fishing/hunting friend that took this cruise ship to Hawaii and back last week. He emailed me that he and his wife are now quarantined in their cabin with no idea of when or how they'll be let off that floating prison. Coronavirus, this is just the beginning. RAY

https://news.yahoo.com/trump-said-wants-keep-grand-011600658.html

If they're in good health, by all accounts they should be fine.

Very inconvenient though.
Hope the best for them.

 

[bill ace 350]

Sorry to hear Ray, hope everything turns out well with them. Really can't imagine what that would be like. Sad thing is with today's media hard to tell what's the truth and what's not. But seen many articles in the news on proper use of hand sanitizer this morning

Ryan

Yup.

Kinda makes me scratch my head wondering why it takes something like this to wash their hands!

 

[cmayna]

Supposedly, the boat is heading to Ports America which is south of Oakland, near San Leandro.

 

[bill ace 350]

Fort Drum has asked Soldiers returning from tours in South Korea to self-quarantine.

How's that gonna work for barracks soldiers?
Who will do their laundry?
They'll no doubt get tired of an MRE left outside their door....

 

[sawhorseray]

Supposedly, the boat is heading to Ports America which is south of Oakland, near San Leandro.

I used to work for a construction company in San Leandro after my carpentry career came to a close, nothing there but more people to infect. I'm reading up on this whole thing and the minimum forecast by the WHO is pretty darned scary, 15 million people will die. Coronavirus incubates for 5-6 days before showing any signs, the WHO says cases will double every six days, and for how long nobody knows.

 

[sawhorseray]

This is the email just sent to me from my friend aboard the Grand Princess. RAY


"captain just announced that govt pier is not ready for us. maybe tomorrow.
luke warm at best meager rations being shoved thru cabin door. now they are running out of wine....one glass per passenger now. we are continuously plowing thru crab traps.... uncertain future......they are offloading another passenger that may be dying..."

 

[tempnexus]

I've got a old fishing/hunting friend that took this cruise ship to Hawaii and back last week. He emailed me that he and his wife are now quarantined in their cabin with no idea of when or how they'll be let off that floating prison. Coronavirus, this is just the beginning. RAY

https://news.yahoo.com/trump-said-wants-keep-grand-011600658.html

Look on the bright side. At least they have toilet paper at hand.

 

[mneeley490]

Sorry to hear about your friend. But if I were on that ship, they'd better be airdropping pallets of booze, steaks, and TP!

 

[Will Squared]

I just made a trip to our Walmart to get the last things we need to Shelter In Place and
the toilet paper isle was empty, so was the alcohol isle in the Pharmacy area.

 

[bill ace 350]

This is the email just sent to me from my friend aboard the Grand Princess. RAY


"captain just announced that govt pier is not ready for us. maybe tomorrow.
luke warm at best meager rations being shoved thru cabin door. now they are running out of wine....one glass per passenger now. we are continuously plowing thru crab traps.... uncertain future......they are offloading another passenger that may be dying..."

Unfortunate situation, but they won't starve.

Rest assured supplies will be sent to the ship if necessary.

Not trying to be harsh, just realistic.

 

[noboundaries]

Everyone say a prayer for each of us, our smoking brethren, including friends and family. Covid-19 may just be newsworthy at this point, but there will come a time when it will touch one or more of us. May everyone breeze through the symptoms and continue smoking delicious meats, veggies, and fruits. Amen.

 

[Will Squared]

Amen...

 

[cmayna]

Yup, Amen. Just waiting to hear that someone I knew, got nailed from it.

 

[sawhorseray]

Unfortunate situation, but they won't starve. Rest assured supplies will be sent to the ship if necessary.
Not trying to be harsh, just realistic.

No problem, you're just being a soldier. I have no doubt about my friends ability to survive, nor would I my own, a couple of weeks doing a little time and it's all over. His wife on the other hand is emotionally frail, she's not "tough", and that's the main concern here. Now it's reported that after they disembark everyone will be transported to a military base and tested, held in quarantine for a minimum of 14 days. I've known this couple for thirty years, this will be extremely hard on her, so in turn it will become very tough on my old friend. RAY

 

[noboundaries]

I've known this couple for thirty years, this will be extremely hard on her, so in turn it will become very tough on my old friend. RAY

A mantra my wife and I have repeated many times in painful or overwhelming situations is "this too, will pass." It has gotten us both through hours, days, weeks, and months of times best forgotten.

 

[SmokyMose]

An entire school district in the suburbs of Sacramento has shut down for a week due to one family testing positive for the virus.

An elementary school In Avon, IN (about 10 miles from me) had a student test positive a couple of days ago. No details about where he or she contracted it. They not only closed that school but all the schools in Avon until the end of March or early April.....

 

[SmokyMose]

Minnesota got first confirmed case of Covid-19 or Coronavirus influenza today.
Perspective shift
Meanwhile, hospitals are flooded with people battling (domestic?) Influenza and 95 (confirmed) have already died this season.

Yeah, about the same numbers here in Indiana for "domestic" flu, and it's been about the same every year but no panic. I read the other day that the Spanish Influenza killed well over a half million in the U.S. during WW1. Influenza of any "strain" is potentially fatal and always has been.
We just observe the same precautions we always do.

 

[sawhorseray]

The school district that shut down outside of Sacramento was the Elk Grove Unified, right where we moved from eight months ago.

My friend and his wife will get off the ship today and be quarantined at Travis AFB in Fairfield. From him this morning:

"at 6 am, we got a bagel with a half teaspoon of jelly with salami.
who wants salami for breakfast ? stinking up the room....yuck"