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A lot of Great Lakes shipwreck events are going to be online. I can’t tell you how happy I am. This is stuff I’d never get to see in person due to distance driving in the fall. Gales of November, the big one in Duluth in November, a one I’ve always wanted to attend. A lot of the presentations for this kind of stuff are power point presentations with video and music, so I don’t think much is lost by going online.
The last two movies I saw in a theater were The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel and The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel 2 - roflol - so I really won't miss going to the movies. I don't know for sure, but I believe the one close to us has also closed.
I see that on Youtube the Detroit Historical Society convened a presentation called Gales of November. It is 1 hour and 10 minutes long. produced by WROK cable TV. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaDdSUaMl_YQuote:
Originally Posted by Tradd
Thank you! The Detroit Historical Society/Dossin Great Lakes Museum have some great stuff on YT.Quote:
Originally Posted by dado potato
It turns out that while covid is more contagious than the regular flu it is not catchy in the way the Spanish flu was, and the absence of restrictions leads to no worse infection rates than the presence of them:
https://www.bbc.com/news/health-53741851
I belong to a group that has had monthly presentations with fairly well known speakers at out natural history museum auditorium. They now do a Zoom presentation at the normal meeting time where even the speaker is at home. It's actually nice in a way since no driving is involved. Something is missing by not being more personal even though there is a way to ask questions. The presentations are archived and then you can stream them anytime. I could see it making in person presentations obsolete due to convenience.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tradd
As a side point, I recently read The Death and Life of the Great Lakes by Dan Egan. It was a NYT best seller a year or two ago. I thought the history of the Great Lakes and their manipulation was simply amazing.
What does everyone make of the rise in Lake Michigan this year? So many places we usually swim, there was no beach left--the water is so high.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rogar
It was high last year, too. The Great Lakes go through cycles.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tybee
I’m a member of the local underwater archaeology society. I’d have to drive to the south side of Chicsgo for meetings before. Get home very late. I LOVE having Zoom meetings. We have a half hour social time before the online meetings, like we would when meeting in person. More people are able to participate online, too, such as members who have moved out of state.
Yppej: the linked BBC story does not seem to say that about the Spanish flu. When you talk about the absence/presence of restrictions, are you referring to restaurant seating and open shops in Sweden?Quote:
Originally Posted by Yppej
Around the United States there is a wide range in the incidence of COVID per 100,000 population in each state. Vermont is lowest at 339. The states with the 3 highest incidence are Mississippi 3,918; South Dakota 4,604; North Dakota 5,237
I don't know if an international comparison adds to the discussion, but I will mention Iceland (lots of restrictions, people in quarantine, contact tracing). I looked at a 14-day moving average of the incidence of COVID-19 per 100,000 Iceland population. There was a peak at about 260 3/30/2020. It dropped to near zero from 5/9/2020 to 7/24/2020. It spiked again around 290 and is currently 211. I was eyeballing graphed data, but it should be possible to download the exact numbers. http://www.covid.is/data