(COVID/ETC CONTENT HERE) China Locks Down 11 Million in Wuhan,

We have yet to get letters or anything of the sort...since I work in power generation, a very critical part of infrastructure right now, I would think we would have heard something by now.

Originally Posted by Coal Dragger

My employer in their infinite wisdom has drafted a letter we’re supposed to carry around admonishing law enforcement not to impede us from traveling to or from work in the event of a lockdown.

I’m sure that the local cops will totally defer to this letter on company letterhead, and let me pass. I’m not sure 1/3 of them can read above a 3rd grade level, much less look up all the laws cited in the letter.

Not sure if there is a .gov version of the pass/letter to be had but that would require my employer to admit that there is any higher authority on this earth than the RR management team; a notion they simply will not entertain.

Originally Posted by tb-av

Once disinfected Italy would be a cool place for China's young rich elite.

Screw that. I’m taking over my grandparents vineyard and establishing pre Roman tribal rule. Make Campagna great again!

Originally Posted by marco.g

Screw that. I’m taking over my grandparents vineyard and establishing pre Roman tribal rule. Make Campagna great again!

I'm in!

Originally Posted by ABNAK

Same at my hospital too. While they won't disclose exactly who it was suffice it to say it was an ER doc. Wonder how many ER peeps are gonna become infected? And then there are the patients he/she treated. When you consider the still-uncertain incubation period that math becomes quite scary.....

Our hospital had an employee test positive. They had been on vacation since 06 March and felt ill on the way home and went to the ER in another state. So far no cases in this county. One in the region.


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Originally Posted by hotrodder636

We have yet to get letters or anything of the sort...since I work in power generation, a very critical part of infrastructure right now, I would think we would have heard something by now.

I’ll bet you will if your state of residence goes full retard. We operate in a lot of states, so the company is trying to get ahead of it.

I have the letters. Got them Wednesday and they are dated through the end of May. They are on Dept of Homeland Security letterhead. Signed from:

National Communications Coordination Branch
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency

For me it’s for cell tower emergency restoration. The letters were distributed through a cellular carrier.

Originally Posted by hotrodder636

We have yet to get letters or anything of the sort...since I work in power generation, a very critical part of infrastructure right now, I would think we would have heard something by now.

You power people and the water folks are right up there with healthcare workers as far as importance IMHO. If, during the height of this, the lights went out and the water stopped running things would go right down the drain quickly. You may have a statistical advantage over healthcare workers as far as exposure goes, but you are all uber important in the grande scheme of things.

Gotta haul coal to keep those lights on, among other things. Lots of agricultural products and raw materials too.

Originally Posted by Arik

Well this is disturbing.

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/w...-store-produce

Teenagers running around stores coughing on food and filming it

Just opened a tub of Blue Bell and some asshole fingered a smiley face on it. Why can’t Blue Bell figure out how to get with the program and seal their product!

Originally Posted by Coal Dragger

Gotta haul coal to keep those lights on, among other things. Lots of agricultural products and raw materials too.

Absolutely. The "essential personnel" list is rather large. It's like a tree that branches out as you consider what it takes to make X,Y, or Z happen and none of them can be done without. OTR truckers too (although I despise them on the interstate! ).