Thank goodness for the little things: At least we probably don't have to worry about snow anymore

After 3 or 4 years of saying I needed to get a bigger snowblower, and not doing it, and regretting it the following winter, I finally did it this year. YOU ARE ALL WELCOME.

Recognizing that correlation is not proof of causation, I wonder if more snow and snow related disruptions could have lessened the impact of this here. If everyone was trapped in their homes with 10 feet of snow on the ground, they wouldn't be out and about spreading disease.

It would be great if Supermarkets would allow for appointments, at least for some days of the week.

The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary. H.L Mencken, 1918

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In this case the hobgoblin isn't imaginary but the doomsday predictions now appear to be.
Speaking of snow, the current situation reminds me of many a predicted "classic Nor'Easter" that was supposed to incapicitate the Boston morning commute but still hadn't arrived by lunchtime as the sun begins to poke through diminishing flurries. Realizing that the storm hadn't acted according to forecasts, the media begins to distance itself from the failure by saying, "the computer models (not the experts running them) got it wrong."

The Bill Gates/IMHE model predicted that even with all of the precautions in place, NY state would see over 65,400 beds in use yesterday. In reality, only 15,905 beds were actually used. Also hopelessly wrong, 12,000 NY state ICU beds were projected to be occupied yesterday but only 4,100 were. In some cases, highly trained medical staff are being laid off due to lack of work. The hospital ships and Javits Center are empty not because of "red tape" but because hospitals have not even reached capacity. The media won't tell you this because much like pre-blizzard coverage, pre-doomsday coverage drives the ratings. It's long past time to address the failure of computer models in this case. This is like a bad cold for most of those who develop symptoms, as demonstrated by a jocular Chris Cuomo joking about striped bass fishing and Mama's meatballs on live TV while in "isolation." My condolences to that miniscule but unfortunate group who became sick or died in this apparently natural (not manmade?) event but as Governor Cuomo (D-NY) has said all along, "the fear doesn't match the facts."

Some model runs have hinted at a late, slushy snow Apr 15-17.

And then for not-Marathon Monday … possibility of 50 and a tailwind. You know that this year is going to have perfect weather.

I believe the stores should give access preference, if they do not already, to the Instantcart and other delivery services. One of those shoppers could be shopping for a half dozen or more people at once... They are like the shuttle bus of the shopping world.