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Interesting, I take it you're a contractor?

 

Glad to hear some hospitals have been planning ahead. Certainly helps that we've had a heads up on this thing for a few weeks. Hopefully the reports of 15% of those infected needing hospitalization end up too high...again, how much the spread and growth of cases can be slowed down will be key over the next few weeks.

 

With much more testing available than just a few days ago across the country, we should know a lot more within a week.

ya focused on healthcare. It will get worse but it won’t be anything worse than recent past viruses the past few years. Most of the hospitals/doctors are rolling their eyes at this thing but the government is paying them money to make emergency upgrades so they are happy to get additional funds to fix things up around the hospitals:). They just wish they would get more funding like this more often. There were versions of the norovirus last year that were worse than this one will most likely be and the hospitals could have used state/federal funds for that.
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I had the flu back in January.  I posted about it here.  High fever, flu like symptoms, ear pressure up the ying yang and my ears are still ringing.

 

I sat in front of a space heater with a 102 fever and fried the virus.

 

Pretty sure I can say I was "presumptively positive" for Corona Virus.  Probably one of the first cases.

 

Seems like that's all you have to say, presumptively.

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Not sure... expanding Hadley Cell and moisture just focusing more frequently on WA at the expense of OR?   I have no idea. I am piecing together things I have heard from Phil and probably have it all wrong.   :lol: 

 

But it has been happening more than usual and it shows up in the anomalies. And led to extreme anomaly disparities last month again.

 

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Side note... SEA and WFO SEA were both actually wetter than normal for February.     

 

I have no agenda here... just find it interesting.   Today and tomorrow are good examples again.   

 

NW flow. Willamette Valley rainshadow, Western Columbia Basin rainshadow, no jet in California (and it's much more likely to be focused into WA than OR since even the Oregon Coast has been drier than average). Meanwhile the foothills to the north and east of Seattle get rained on thanks to orographic lift and no rainshadowing.

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Not sure... expanding Hadley Cell and moisture just focusing more frequently on WA at the expense of OR?   I have no idea. I am piecing together things I have heard from Phil and probably have it all wrong.   :lol: 

 

But it has been happening more than usual and it shows up in the anomalies. And led to extreme anomaly disparities last month again.

 

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Side note... SEA and WFO SEA were both actually wetter than normal for February.     

 

I have no agenda here... just find it interesting.   Today and tomorrow are good examples again.   

 

Even 5-6 years is pretty meaningless in terms of reading long term trends. All part of a bigger puzzle. 

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Snowfall                                  Precip

2022-23: 95.0"                      2022-23: 17.39"

2021-22: 52.6"                    2021-22: 91.46" 

2020-21: 12.0"                    2020-21: 71.59"

2019-20: 23.5"                   2019-20: 58.54"

2018-19: 63.5"                   2018-19: 66.33"

2017-18: 30.3"                   2017-18: 59.83"

2016-17: 49.2"                   2016-17: 97.58"

2015-16: 11.75"                 2015-16: 68.67"

2014-15: 3.5"
2013-14: 11.75"                  2013-14: 62.30
2012-13: 16.75"                 2012-13: 78.45  

2011-12: 98.5"                   2011-12: 92.67"

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About two weeks prior to my illness I ate chinese food and washed it down with a corona beer.

 

Probably served to me by an illegal alien in our sanctuary state.

 

Good news though, Jay Inslee is going to dip his fat fingers into the federal funding so we can get sum.

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Snowfall                                  Precip

2022-23: 95.0"                      2022-23: 17.39"

2021-22: 52.6"                    2021-22: 91.46" 

2020-21: 12.0"                    2020-21: 71.59"

2019-20: 23.5"                   2019-20: 58.54"

2018-19: 63.5"                   2018-19: 66.33"

2017-18: 30.3"                   2017-18: 59.83"

2016-17: 49.2"                   2016-17: 97.58"

2015-16: 11.75"                 2015-16: 68.67"

2014-15: 3.5"
2013-14: 11.75"                  2013-14: 62.30
2012-13: 16.75"                 2012-13: 78.45  

2011-12: 98.5"                   2011-12: 92.67"

It's always sunny at Winters Hill! 
Fighting the good fight against weather evil.

 

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Even 5-6 years is pretty meaningless in terms of reading long term trends. All part of a bigger puzzle.

Yeah... could easily be just a transitory climate regime too.

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NW flow. Willamette Valley rainshadow, Western Columbia Basin rainshadow, no jet in California (and it's much more likely to be focused into WA than OR since even the Oregon Coast has been drier than average). Meanwhile the foothills to the north and east of Seattle get rained on thanks to orographic lift and no rainshadowing.

Thanks for explaining the obvious. :lol:

 

I understand that its not unusual and its built into the averages. I am talking about anomalies.

 

I am saying its been more frequent than usual... leading to a larger anomaly discrepancy.

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They just came out and said 300-500 people in Oregon are probably infected. 

Snowfall                                  Precip

2022-23: 95.0"                      2022-23: 17.39"

2021-22: 52.6"                    2021-22: 91.46" 

2020-21: 12.0"                    2020-21: 71.59"

2019-20: 23.5"                   2019-20: 58.54"

2018-19: 63.5"                   2018-19: 66.33"

2017-18: 30.3"                   2017-18: 59.83"

2016-17: 49.2"                   2016-17: 97.58"

2015-16: 11.75"                 2015-16: 68.67"

2014-15: 3.5"
2013-14: 11.75"                  2013-14: 62.30
2012-13: 16.75"                 2012-13: 78.45  

2011-12: 98.5"                   2011-12: 92.67"

It's always sunny at Winters Hill! 
Fighting the good fight against weather evil.

 

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I bet it's way more than that.

 

This map updates constantly. Very informative. 

 

https://www.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6

Snowfall                                  Precip

2022-23: 95.0"                      2022-23: 17.39"

2021-22: 52.6"                    2021-22: 91.46" 

2020-21: 12.0"                    2020-21: 71.59"

2019-20: 23.5"                   2019-20: 58.54"

2018-19: 63.5"                   2018-19: 66.33"

2017-18: 30.3"                   2017-18: 59.83"

2016-17: 49.2"                   2016-17: 97.58"

2015-16: 11.75"                 2015-16: 68.67"

2014-15: 3.5"
2013-14: 11.75"                  2013-14: 62.30
2012-13: 16.75"                 2012-13: 78.45  

2011-12: 98.5"                   2011-12: 92.67"

It's always sunny at Winters Hill! 
Fighting the good fight against weather evil.

 

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They just came out and said 300-500 people in Oregon are probably infected. 

 

Well, if they are "probably infected" we should definitely freak out.

 

If snowiz is around, someone tell him not to look at his phone weather app.

 

No sign of the deep freeze he's been talking about in the next week.  Might actually be getting drier and warmer with highs near 60.

 

woot woot!

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That is interesting... the numbers are still very small.   Even in other Asian countries outside of China.    And even in China when you consider there are 1.4 billion people there.  

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Well, if they are "probably infected" we should definitely freak out.

 

If snowiz is around, someone tell him not to look at his phone weather app.

 

No sign of the deep freeze he's been talking about in the next week.  Might actually be getting drier and warmer with highs near 60.

 

woot woot!

 

Phone app doesn't go far enough out. If you extrapolate, the GoA ridge sets up in just the right place and we finally get blasted. Polar vortex ripped apart like wet paper. It's gonna happen this time.

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Not sure... expanding Hadley Cell and moisture just focusing more frequently on WA at the expense of OR?   I have no idea. I am piecing together things I have heard from Phil and probably have it all wrong.   :lol: 

 

But it has been happening more than usual and it shows up in the anomalies. And led to extreme anomaly disparities last month again.

 

anomimage.png

 

 

Side note... SEA and WFO SEA were both actually wetter than normal for February.     

 

I have no agenda here... just find it interesting.   Today and tomorrow are good examples again.   

 

Probably just random pattern anomalies.

 

Let's not fall into the trap of using "climate change" or a "warming climate" as the scapegoat for every little climate oddity.  ;)

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They just came out and said 300-500 people in Oregon are probably infected.

My daughter had a nasty virus about 3 weeks ago that knocked her down for several days. She had viral conjunctivitis (think pink eye) as well.

The virus led to a presumptive, autoimmune reaction that caused a severe leg twitch that is just now subsiding.

Spent some time at OHSU Doernbechers having an MRI and lumbar puncture.

 

Whatever it was, it was nasty.

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About two weeks prior to my illness I ate chinese food and washed it down with a corona beer.

 

Probably served to me by an illegal alien in our sanctuary state.

 

Good news though, Jay Inslee is going to dip his fat fingers into the federal funding so we can get sum.

 

SCORE!!!

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Phone app doesn't go far enough out. If you extrapolate, the GoA ridge sets up in just the right place and we finally get blasted. Polar vortex ripped apart like wet paper. It's gonna happen this time.

 

Definitely.    12Z EPS was all over it after day 10... strong signal for an arctic blast.    ;)

 

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Probably just random pattern anomalies.

 

Let's not fall into the trap of using "climate change" or a "warming climate" as the scapegoat for every little climate oddity.  ;)

 

Yeah... I said that in response to Andrew.   Its probably better to say its just a temporary shift at this point.   

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My daughter had a nasty virus about 3 weeks ago that knocked her down for several days. She had viral conjunctivitis (think pink eye) as well.

The virus led to a presumptive, autoimmune reaction that caused a severe leg twitch that is just now subsiding.

Spent some time at OHSU Doernbechers having an MRI and lumbar puncture.

 

Whatever it was, it was nasty.

 

Wow, that sounds scary. So much nasty stuff goes around this time of year. My brother had that H1N1 pretty bad. He was working as a caregiver at the time and was directly vomited on by someone who turned out to be infected. He still has affects from the complications he had from that influenza. I did not get the H1N1 that year (2009-10 flu season I believe.). I got the shot, but I cannot remember if it was effective against that strain or not. 

Snowfall                                  Precip

2022-23: 95.0"                      2022-23: 17.39"

2021-22: 52.6"                    2021-22: 91.46" 

2020-21: 12.0"                    2020-21: 71.59"

2019-20: 23.5"                   2019-20: 58.54"

2018-19: 63.5"                   2018-19: 66.33"

2017-18: 30.3"                   2017-18: 59.83"

2016-17: 49.2"                   2016-17: 97.58"

2015-16: 11.75"                 2015-16: 68.67"

2014-15: 3.5"
2013-14: 11.75"                  2013-14: 62.30
2012-13: 16.75"                 2012-13: 78.45  

2011-12: 98.5"                   2011-12: 92.67"

It's always sunny at Winters Hill! 
Fighting the good fight against weather evil.

 

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My daughter had a nasty virus about 3 weeks ago that knocked her down for several days. She had viral conjunctivitis (think pink eye) as well.

The virus led to a presumptive, autoimmune reaction that caused a severe leg twitch that is just now subsiding.

Spent some time at OHSU Doernbechers having an MRI and lumbar puncture.

 

Whatever it was, it was nasty.

 

People have to remember that there are still a LOT of other sicknesses going around. If you've been sick in recent weeks, simple odds based on WAY more common viruses in wide circulation out there would indicate you probably have not had coronavirus.

 

Despite half the people on this forum thinking they may have had it.  :lol:

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My daughter had a nasty virus about 3 weeks ago that knocked her down for several days. She had viral conjunctivitis (think pink eye) as well.

The virus led to a presumptive, autoimmune reaction that caused a severe leg twitch that is just now subsiding.

Spent some time at OHSU Doernbechers having an MRI and lumbar puncture.

 

Whatever it was, it was nasty.

Yikes. That’s kinda scary. Glad she’s getting better.

 

Even gladder that she didn’t need to take a bedridden flight to Chicago where a flight attendant might steal a nun’s guitar and sing to her.

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Yikes. That’s kinda scary. Glad she’s getting better.

 

Even gladder that she didn’t need to take a bedridden flight to Chicago where a flight attendant might steal a nun’s guitar and sing to her.

Probably would have been on that flight but they only offered chicken or fish as the in flight meal.

There were no vegetarian options.

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People have to remember that there are still a LOT of other sicknesses going around. If you've been sick in recent weeks, simple odds based on WAY more common viruses in wide circulation out there would indicate you probably have not had coronavirus.

 

Despite half the people on this forum thinking they may have had it. :lol:

Only reason I think it may actually be possible in my case is the fact I live with someone who works at sea-tac which was the first exposure sight. We got sick a week later roughly...definitely could have been something else...either way I was home for about a week getting better because of it.

Tacoma WA elevation 300’

Monthly rainfall-3.56”

Warm season rainfall-11.14”

Max temp-88

+80 highs-2

+85 highs-2

+90 highs-0

 

 

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Only reason I think it may actually be possible in my case is the fact I live with someone who works at sea-tac which was the first exposure sight. We got sick a week later roughly...definitely could have been something else...either way I was home for about a week getting better because of it.

 

Sure, anything is possible. But there are a hundred different bugs passing through SEA every week. The odds that one guy happened to pass it on to your brother are pretty low. But who knows.

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