I love Mr. Pavlovitz’s response. Absolutely spot-on.
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That’s not the only incredibly stupid thing they’ll be electing!
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In this case, it’s unfair just to blame Florida. Blame all of those college idiots who feel they shouldn’t be forced to miss Spring Break because of some stupid virus that only kills old people.
They’re wrong about it, of course. But that is what they think.
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Not blaming Florida (except maybe Mar-a-Lago)… people most certainly should not have gone for Spring Break, tho, you’re right on that.
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There’s blame to go around, yes, but this is unforgivable:
According to Tampa’s WFTS, Clearwater officials may not vote on whether to close down beaches until Thursday.
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I guess when Miami, Hollywood, Ft. Lauderdale closed their beaches, Clearwater said “c’mon up to Tampa Bay” (where the water can give you jus as bad, or worse, diseases like flesh-eating bacterial infections).
Meanwhile, down here in the Keys, beaches are open, but not seeing the crowds or partiers. Publix was out of essentials, just like when a big ol’ hurricane is just offshore. Yes, Keys residents may be staying in, but still a lot of tourists - and snowbirds - in the Islands. Marinas, fishing charters and dive boats closing might wake some folks up and send them home. Or they will all crowd into bars in Key West and… well, strange days, indeed!
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you’re kidding right? is that more than 50 people?
I’ll say it again but I’ll clarify. It’s more than it should be (as in more than they are recommending for gatherings, so yes, more than 50). But it’s not a lot of people considering it’s Spring break. That beach would normally be nuts to butts
The beach is mostly fine, it’s outdoors, breezy, sunny, and generally pretty easy to keep 6 feet apart. The problems will be: the crowded path up to the beach. the parking lot. the line for food vendors. the bathrooms, etc.
On the west coast people are going for hikes with their families. Where population is low and outdoors.
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well these are not normal times. that beach should look like coney island in winter. dumb people putting others at risk. spring break is not an excuse.
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I was there. Before anyone went into the water, they would declaim “We who are about to die, salute you.”
I went out to a Houston grocery store to restock. The HEB on I-10 was cleaned out, but the one on Kempwood had what I needed (I couldn’t find packages of tofu at either store, but I settled for packages of tofurkey sausages.) What was strange was both stores had two entrances but one was shut down & the open one had HPD cars seating at the curb. Guess someone walked out with groceries without paying.
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Does not seem like a good idea at all. Two items that might mitigate a bit:
- Other than the people who are already in groups, each of the beach goers look like they are probably 10-15 feet away from each other.
- (This is really dubious) Sunlight supposedly kills the virus.
That said, they’re going to have a hard time not running into lots of random people walking down the beach, or not touching the handle to a drinking fountain or public shower. Hopefully the spring breakers aren’t staying/visiting their grandparents while in FLA.
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Came to check this had been mentioned - left satisfied.
(ETA @allium What’s that from?)
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Thank you.
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