night_son
Diamond Member
(Allow me to preface this with a disclaimer: I do not live near New York city. God be with those who do . . . )
However, I do live less than twenty miles north of a major East Coast port city.
So yesterday, at the height of my apocalyptic boredom, I decided to drive around in my brand new Jeep and investigate my extended area of operations and find out exactly what I could still do, while the world map suffers its case of the red dots or "measles". Right, so in my travels I discovered that I can drive through Dunkin Donuts, get a coffee and, well, some donuts. I can drive through Burger King, get a Whopper with fries—no tomato, and I can even enter the lobby of Waffle House and get a cheddar cheese smothered hash brown. The local Amish market is . . . open! I can enter any local convenience store, buy cigarettes and milk, and not a one of the cashiers on duty is wearing a mask or gloves. I can stroll into any local grocery store, shop till I drop, and the only real shortages are due to store employees not stocking the shelves fast enough. Traffic is flowing at normal levels on the MSR's (main surface roads), and even I-95 is bustling with car and semi-truck traffic.
So where's the beef? Where's my slice of Armageddon?
Lot's of rumors are swirling, locally. An old army buddy of mine who's a diesel mechanic for the state of Maryland claims he overheard fellow state workers talking about the military moving a convoy into Baltimore. There are snippets of scuttlebutt going around about interstate travel bans. However, I know of no one personally who has the virus, and I've seen no mass police or military operations go down in the area. I'm also in the Army National Guard and I've yet to be called up, but my wife is freaking out over the possibility. Today we plan to drive the few hours up to visit my parents who live to the north. We'll wear gloves, scarves and masks and take alcohol wipes to clean public restroom surfaces along the way.
And . . . I'll order up another Whopper or maybe a Big Mac along the way. What would you all like on yours to go with your own slice of Armageddon?
Stay safe everyone.
However, I do live less than twenty miles north of a major East Coast port city.
So yesterday, at the height of my apocalyptic boredom, I decided to drive around in my brand new Jeep and investigate my extended area of operations and find out exactly what I could still do, while the world map suffers its case of the red dots or "measles". Right, so in my travels I discovered that I can drive through Dunkin Donuts, get a coffee and, well, some donuts. I can drive through Burger King, get a Whopper with fries—no tomato, and I can even enter the lobby of Waffle House and get a cheddar cheese smothered hash brown. The local Amish market is . . . open! I can enter any local convenience store, buy cigarettes and milk, and not a one of the cashiers on duty is wearing a mask or gloves. I can stroll into any local grocery store, shop till I drop, and the only real shortages are due to store employees not stocking the shelves fast enough. Traffic is flowing at normal levels on the MSR's (main surface roads), and even I-95 is bustling with car and semi-truck traffic.
So where's the beef? Where's my slice of Armageddon?
Lot's of rumors are swirling, locally. An old army buddy of mine who's a diesel mechanic for the state of Maryland claims he overheard fellow state workers talking about the military moving a convoy into Baltimore. There are snippets of scuttlebutt going around about interstate travel bans. However, I know of no one personally who has the virus, and I've seen no mass police or military operations go down in the area. I'm also in the Army National Guard and I've yet to be called up, but my wife is freaking out over the possibility. Today we plan to drive the few hours up to visit my parents who live to the north. We'll wear gloves, scarves and masks and take alcohol wipes to clean public restroom surfaces along the way.
And . . . I'll order up another Whopper or maybe a Big Mac along the way. What would you all like on yours to go with your own slice of Armageddon?
Stay safe everyone.