New Habits Part Two
The 2020 Hurricane/Disaster Season has started early, slowly, and differently this year.
The disaster began sometime ago in China, not off the coast Africa as a low pressure center but as a new virus that jumped from an urban market place in Wuhan, China to almost everywhere by planes, cruise ships, cars, public transportation and crowds that happened for fun and increasingly just because of the way things are in a world of 7.8 billion people.
Not unlike hurricane seasons past the storm threat is usually ignored as it churns through the open seas, misses population centers not on your doorstep but as disaster comes closer the focus changes and communication messages and channels change.
From June thru November the National Hurricane Center website was on my homepage. The last week I have been monitoring the COVID 19 Map from the Washington Post. It is updated at about 11:00 AM and again in evening.
Neil Frank, Bob Sheets, and Max Mayfield taught me everything I know about hurricanes and the forecasts reated to them. These folks were directors of the NOAA. When they spoke I listened
Dr. Fauci and Dr. Birx are my go to people for COVID 19 information.
The infamous hurricane "cone of destruction" is worldwide. The evacuation plan has been replaced by stay/work/school at home and social distancing.
Unfortunately the watch and warning flags are going to be up for quite a while.
The disaster began sometime ago in China, not off the coast Africa as a low pressure center but as a new virus that jumped from an urban market place in Wuhan, China to almost everywhere by planes, cruise ships, cars, public transportation and crowds that happened for fun and increasingly just because of the way things are in a world of 7.8 billion people.
Not unlike hurricane seasons past the storm threat is usually ignored as it churns through the open seas, misses population centers not on your doorstep but as disaster comes closer the focus changes and communication messages and channels change.
From June thru November the National Hurricane Center website was on my homepage. The last week I have been monitoring the COVID 19 Map from the Washington Post. It is updated at about 11:00 AM and again in evening.
Neil Frank, Bob Sheets, and Max Mayfield taught me everything I know about hurricanes and the forecasts reated to them. These folks were directors of the NOAA. When they spoke I listened
Dr. Fauci and Dr. Birx are my go to people for COVID 19 information.
The infamous hurricane "cone of destruction" is worldwide. The evacuation plan has been replaced by stay/work/school at home and social distancing.
Unfortunately the watch and warning flags are going to be up for quite a while.
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