[OutsiderFan]

We were just told in CT our peak won’t be until late May. I suppose that is good from a curve flattening perspective, but holy crap that basically means two more months, maybe even three staying inside.

I have mentally been operating on “this will last about 6 weeks” and we should be returning to some semblance of normal, and I can handle anything for that long. But hearing this end of May timeline and then knowing it will take some time after peak before stay at home is lifted, it is a different level of disruption. It crosses from using a MacGyver solution to something, to wanting to get something more ideally suited to the job. Like, around these parts, if it snows heavy 1-2 days a season, I don’t need a snow blower or to hire a snow clearing crew. But if it snows heavy 1-2 times a week, I’m absolutely putting more resources into snow removal.

In this situation, I’m not even sure what it all means and what I really need to be allocating more resources to for this more structural longer haul. At least with the snow situation, I know the outcomes and implications of dealing with large amounts of the white stuff. I really have no idea with this situation.

My latest concern is need to plant garden, what, and how much to plant. We still have a month before growing season starts, but all the seeds are gone already from many places, and I have no idea what the supply of seedlings will be from the nursery a street over from us. Then, there is a family farm 20 minutes away that we always buy from that has everything you can imagine. But will they experience unprecedented demand and experience sellouts we’ve never seen happen before, because food supply chains are seizing up?

[OutsiderFan]

We were just told in CT our peak won’t be until late May. I suppose that is good from a curve flattening perspective, but holy crap that basically means two more months, maybe even three staying inside.

I have mentally been operating on “this will last about 6 weeks” and we should be returning to some semblance of normal, and I can handle anything for that long. But hearing this end of May timeline and then knowing it will take some time after peak before stay at home is lifted, it is a different level of disruption. It crosses from using a MacGyver solution to something, to wanting to get something more ideally suited to the job. Like, around these parts, if it snows heavy 1-2 days a season, I don’t need a snow blower or to hire a snow clearing crew. But if it snows heavy 1-2 times a week, I’m absolutely putting more resources into snow removal.

In this situation, I’m not even sure what it all means and what I really need to be allocating more resources to for this more structural longer haul. At least with the snow situation, I know the outcomes and implications of dealing with large amounts of the white stuff. I really have no idea with this situation.

My latest concern is need to plant garden, what, and how much to plant. We still have a month before growing season starts, but all the seeds are gone already from many places, and I have no idea what the supply of seedlings will be from the nursery a street over from us. Then, there is a family farm 20 minutes away that we always buy from that has everything you can imagine. But will they experience unprecedented demand and experience sellouts we’ve never seen happen before, because food supply chains are seizing up?