Latest Coronavirus - Yikes

[Velo Vol]

 

[InVOLuntary]

Get extra filters for your painters respirator. If it gets that bad out there and you need to break hunker down status, you can always wear it with disposable gloves and good eye coverage to make short supply runs

That was my plan. I noticed a lot of folks putting safety glasses in their survival bags. I live out square in the middle of 50 acres so I would shelter in place unless thing really broke down. Always need to be prepared.

 

[VolStrom]

I used to wear one with charcoal filters for an hour or two at a time while spraying greenhouse chemicals. Talking about hearing yourself breathing. It was like a sc-fi movie .

Ahh, so that explains it.

 

[0nelilreb]

I used to wear one with charcoal filters for an hour or two at a time while spraying greenhouse chemicals. Talking about hearing yourself breathing. It was like a sc-fi movie .

Im surprised I’m still here , I worked at a plastic facility for 15 years . Around heated acid baths removing chromium, shaking out 50 lb. bags of silicone silicate by hand , adding concentrated color to 5k lb. heated mixes of resin with additives like DINP-DIDP and DEHP .. Without a mask on 99% of the time .

 

[InVOLuntary]

It's apparent where the crazies on here got their crazy.

 

[DynaLo]

That was my plan. I noticed a lot of folks putting safety glasses in their survival bags. I live out square in the middle of 50 acres so I would shelter in place unless thing really broke down. Always need to be prepared.

My adult kids tease me about being somewhat of a prepper and I always respond that I have to be because we all know if things ever got bad, be it a natural or man made disaster, “everybody gonna be running back to momma”.

 

[0nelilreb]

It's apparent where the crazies on here got their crazy.

Hey I wore safety glasses though . Lol

 

[VolStrom]

Im surprised I’m still here , I worked at a plastic facility for 15 years . Around heated acid baths removing chromium, shaking out 50 lb. bags of silicone silicate by hand , adding concentrated color to 5k lb. heated mixes of resin with additives like DINP-DIDP and DEHP .. Without a mask on 99% of the time .

I used to work in an industrial factory with all kinds of nasty crap everywhere. One morning I came in to work and they had my office building roped off with "Danger Asbestos" sign and an asbestos remediation crew going all around it. I'm amazed I'm still alive with all of the stuff I beathed in at the place.

 

[Orangeburst]

Hey I wore safety glasses though . Lol

I had a stint as a gas pipeline operator and they sent me to industrial firefighting school in Mississippi. Dressed up in full mask and gear and fought gas fires in a controlled environment. Hot as hell in gear in the middle of MS summer, but pretty cool.

 

[1972 Grad]

I used to work in an industrial factory with all kinds of nasty crap everywhere. One morning I came in to work and they had my office building roped off with "Danger Asbestos" sign and an asbestos remediation crew going all around it. I'm amazed I'm still alive with all of the stuff I beathed in at the place.

I grew up in a house with asbestos shingles, asbestos tile, lead paint, rode in cars with no seat belts, and still have a mouth full of large mercury fillings. At least, the ones in which the teeth didn't finally break, and have to be crowned.

 

[0nelilreb]

I had a stint as a gas pipeline operator and they sent me to industrial firefighting school in Mississippi. Dressed up in full mask and gear and fought gas fires in a controlled environment. Hot as hell in gear in the middle of MS summer, but pretty cool.

Northeast Mississippi isn’t any cooler in the summer , it’s all hot and sticky . I can’t imagine being in full gear like that .

 

[Burhead]

6 new cases in Singapore. Including human transmission

The one case I saw last night before going to bed was a South Korean woman getting the virus in Thailand. I haven't seen anymore info on it but it appears this is the first case without any relation to mainland China. Macau also reported human to human spread too.

 

[0nelilreb]

I grew up in a house with asbestos shingles, asbestos tile, lead paint, rode in cars with no seat belts, and still have a mouth full of large mercury fillings. At least, the ones in which the teeth didn't finally break, and have to be crowned.

Kids today are soft and slow . We learned how to tuck , roll , bob and weave by laying up in the back glass of the a Ford LTD going on trips when dad had to hit the breaks hard , and playing with Lawn Darts .

 

[golfballs]

The one case I saw last night before going to bed was a South Korean woman getting the virus in Thailand. I haven't seen anymore info on it but it appears this is the first case without any relation to mainland China. Macau also reported human to human spread too.

Four of them locally spread

 

[Orangeburst]

Northeast Mississippi isn’t any cooler in the summer , it’s all hot and sticky . I can’t imagine being in full gear like that .

I cannot remember where it was, maybe Starkville. Job only lasted a few months. We would test the gas and diesel coming thru the pipeline every hour in glass mason jars and do flash tests and visuals. Change deliveries to different tanks in the tank farm owned by the gas companies at the appropriate time after accounting for expansion and such. Breathed gas fumes all the time and noticed in the company newsletter all these retirees had passed away. We used to be flippant and joke about what it was doing to us.

 

[0nelilreb]

I cannot remember where it was, maybe Starkville. Job only lasted a few months. We would test the gas and diesel coming thru the pipeline every hour in glass mason jars and do flash tests and visuals. Change deliveries to different tanks owned by the gas companies at the appropriate time after accounting for expansion and such. Breathed gas fumes all the time and noticed in the company newsletter all these retirees had passed away. We used to be flippant and joke about what it was doing to us.

We had the same problem only with a lot of cancer , several with brain tumors . The joke was that after you retired or quit , it was the fresh air that killed you , your body didn’t know what to do with it . Lol

 

[Orange_Vol1321]

A lot of mask crazy up in here.

The N95 is the correct mask. And if we're being technical, you're supposed to go through respirator training just to wear one.

The reason, because it has the double rubber band strap and not the single one.

 

[VolStrom]

I grew up in a house with asbestos shingles, asbestos tile, lead paint, rode in cars with no seat belts, and still have a mouth full of large mercury fillings. At least, the ones in which the teeth didn't finally break, and have to be crowned.

I'm slowly getting my molars crowned because they look like a mercury mine with cracks. The dentist and assistant dress up like the Chinese fighting their latest plague when they remove my old fillings.

 

[Orangeburst]

We had the same problem only with a lot of cancer , several with brain tumors . The joke was that after you retired or quit , it was the fresh air that killed you , your body didn’t know what to do with it . Lol

Yea. These guys would retire in their 50's and soon drop dead from cancer. I did learn that mid grade and premium fuel are segregated product and much better than regular. Regular has a lot of "floaters" and water in it and we dumped our blow off tank into it and it included diesel fuel and such from the diesel line. BP premium 94 was pristine. We occasionally ran diesel fuel in the gas pipeline so you would have to cut off late during the initial transition and then early as it changed back to gas in the line. Of course you would have quite a bit of diesel in the gas. That is why regular grade is considered non-segregated.

 

[VolStrom]

A lot of mask crazy up in here.

The N95 is the correct mask. And if we're being technical, you're supposed to go through respirator training just to wear one.

The reason, because it has the double rubber band strap and not the single one.

Don't forget to mention to make sure that masks work best if you have a beard or the standard issue 3 day stubble that is vogue these days.

 

[Burhead]

Korean woman 'caught' virus in Thailand

This is the one I was talking about. So another development is that we're now getting infections from non-China sources. That will make containment (if this can even be contained at this point) that much more difficult.

 

[allvol123]

Korean woman 'caught' virus in Thailand

This is the one I was talking about. So another development is that we're now getting infections from non-China sources. That will make containment (if this can even be contained at this point) that much more difficult.

Seems impossible. Containment I mean.

Next few weeks you will get more reliable data at least. As these other countries are not run like that communist clown show.

 

[Orange_Vol1321]

Don't forget to mention to make sure that masks work best if you have a beard or the standard issue 3 day stubble that is vogue these days.

Yes that's a given. If things turn bad I'd rather have masks than not.
You have no idea what's going to happen since all these flights that come back with people from there. Im not sure I will feel better about all this until we're in the 14 to 20 day range from right now.

 

[InVOLuntary]

My adult kids tease me about being somewhat of a prepper and I always respond that I have to be because we all know if things ever got bad, be it a natural or man made disaster, “everybody gonna be running back to momma”.

Funny story. My wife has always been ready for doomsday. Me not so much. She's always bought stuff that I scoffed at and teased her about. She's put life straws in my stockings, water proof matches and such. We were discussing what we should do if things got bad with this virus. She works outside the home and I said I was more worried about her making it home from work if something happened. I told her we need to assemble something for her to put in her car in case should couldn't get home, whether it be a weather situation, traffic or whatever. I told her we should get her a backpack she could keep in her trunk. A few minutes later she came to me and said follow me. She took me to a spare bedroom where she had laid out on the queen size bed covered from head to foot with survival stuff. Everything from MREs to storm proof matches to emergency blankets to emergency water pouches, rope, fire starters on and on. Much of the food was expired so there is no telling how long she had been accumulating that stuff. there was enough stuff to survive WWIII.

 

[marcusluvsvols]

The #1 thing to have for a disaster is a gun and plenty of ammo so you can keep your supplies or take your neighbors when yours run out.

This. This guy gets it.

If you arent well armed...AND quite accurate with those weapons...you arent really prepping for you and yours unless you live in a huge parcel that has natural defenses others cannot overcome to get to you. Unarmed, you are just stocking up for someone better armed to survive the crisis. Country living should help quite a bit over urban living environments. Imagine big cities here when there is no rule of law....wow. might makes right in those situations. Think people are violent now? Wait until they are starving, scared, dying etc...