What's On Your Mind? (1 Viewer)

[jayembee]

It appears that there was enough warning that they shut off the bridge to traffic. There may still have been some cars on the bridge, but there were definitely some workers on it doing some patching/pothole-filling, according to reports.

 

[Malcolm R]

Surprised they had time to stop any traffic. There's a timeline on one of the news sites that seems to indicate the entire incident took place in less than 5 minutes from the time the ship lost power until the bridge collapsed.

 

[Clinton McClure]

I just ate so much jalapeño Tabasco sauce on my pizza that I truly feel sorry for my bottom tomorrow morning.

 

[Clinton McClure]

I often wonder if I would have gone on to college if I had been enrolled in a school district that was more interested in teaching kids and less interested in warehousing them for 8 hours a day.

 

[cineMANIAC]

It's been over a year since I've given two sh*ts about coronavirus. Kinda wanted to put all that craziness behind me but too many people are still walking around with masks on and it's driving me crazy. You can't get away from it. Are people covering up nowadays just to avoid the Flu? The CDC has declared the Emergency over so I think it's just people deeply traumatized by the events of the last 3 years. Those folks will never take their masks off. I feel sorry for them.

 

[Jeffrey D]

Just drove through the hardest downpour I have seen in recent memory- was like driving in dense fog- couldn’t see more than a couple of truck lengths forward. I had to back ‘er down to about 40, and put the hazards on for a couple of minutes. Something good at the end of the harrowing ride though- very well-developed rainbow.

 

[Jeffrey D]

Anyone feel the earthquake? My cousin and her husband, who live near New York City
(Glen Ridge NJ) sure did. I have another cousin who lives close to Philly (where I’m from) that felt it too. Hopefully no major damage to infrastructure, and no injuries.

 

[cineMANIAC]

I was using a basement restroom at work so I did not feel it but my co-worker who was covering for me in the lobby did. He said there were windows rattling. I missed the whole thing. Earthquakes are pretty rare for NYC but I vividly remember a brief shaker when I was about 7, so around '81. My bunk bed shook pretty good.

 

[Ronald Epstein]

Anyone feel the earthquake? My cousin and her husband, who live near New York City
(Glen Ridge NJ) sure did. I have another cousin who lives close to Philly (where I’m from) that felt it too. Hopefully no major damage to infrastructure, and no injuries.

I am in New Jersey and I clearly felt it. Lasted a good 20 seconds.

 

[cineMANIAC]

As rare as quakes are in this region, they seem to be increasing in frequency. Thankfully, not in intensity. A magnitude 6 or higher for the NYC area could be potentially devastating. I'd hate to be in the Holland or Lincoln tunnels if one strikes.

 

[jayembee]

My wife was on a Zoom call with people spread out geographically when the quake hit. Several people were reacting to the tremors, including one in Vermont.

 

[Malcolm R]

I didn't notice anything at my location in Vermont, but my father just a few miles away claims it rocked his recliner pretty good.

 

[TravisR]

I am in New Jersey and I clearly felt it. Lasted a good 20 seconds.

Same here except I'm in PA. I was sitting in an office and thought a big truck was driving by until it kept going and going and then I wondered if it was an earthquake. I stopped wondering about a minute later when a friend texted me "Earthquake!"

 

[jayembee]

I didn't notice anything at my location in Vermont, but my father just a few miles away claims it rocked his recliner pretty good.

We didn't notice anything here in NH, but the national news had reported that there were folks in Maine that felt it.

 

[Kevin Hewell]

It's been over a year since I've given two sh*ts about coronavirus. Kinda wanted to put all that craziness behind me but too many people are still walking around with masks on and it's driving me crazy. You can't get away from it. Are people covering up nowadays just to avoid the Flu? The CDC has declared the Emergency over so I think it's just people deeply traumatized by the events of the last 3 years. Those folks will never take their masks off. I feel sorry for them.

At least they aren't wanting you to put one on. I and other people do it but it doesn't affect you.

I want to tell your next surgeon not to wear a mask. Would you like that?

 

[cineMANIAC]

At least they aren't wanting you to put one on. I and other people do it but it doesn't affect you.

I want to tell your next surgeon not to wear a mask. Would you like that?

Not quite the same thing, pops. But nice try.

 

[Edwin-S]

Not quite the same thing, pops. But nice try.

How is it not the same thing? Wearing masks in both cases was/is to reduce the possibility of infection.

 

[cineMANIAC]

How is it not the same thing? Wearing masks in both cases was/is to reduce the possibility of infection.

Surgeons are REQUIRED to wear masks. And, what, exactly, are people afraid of becoming infected with? The common cold? Coronavirus is no longer a threat after the CDC declared the emergency over. It's over, folks. You can take those masks off now.

 

[Kevin Hewell]

And why call me "pops"?

 

[Edwin-S]

Surgeons are REQUIRED to wear masks. And, what, exactly, are people afraid of becoming infected with? The common cold? Coronavirus is no longer a threat after the CDC declared the emergency over. It's over, folks. You can take those masks off now.

Why do you even care about what other people decide to wear or not wear to protect their health? If a person wants to wear a mask that's their own business. Some.people can be highly susceptible to respiratory infection. Someone gets a cold or flu and comes to work and gives it to everyone else. Someone in that group will go through Helll trying to get rid of it, so they wear a mask to at least reduce the.possibility of giving or getting an infection.

I don't get why some people get concerned when another person decides to make a personal choice to do something they wouldn't.