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Open Thread: Hamilton Cast Getting Out The Vote

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So we just got a disturbing alert from the city:

Longmont Fire, Police and Community Health and Resilience Longmont residents: if you received an evacuation order they are removing residents from west of 75th, east of Hwy 36, south of Hwy 66, and north of Neva Road.

We are fine – except for air quality, this is about a mile two miles, I just saw the map, outside of town on the west. But we do have an evacuation plan, including the ducks, if the air gets too bad. You can about chew the air right now.

Speaking of the ducks, my duck sitter is the best:

 

@cressiemae##ducktales ##duckfriends ##ducky ##duckcrossing ##animalsdoingthings♬ DuckTales Theme Song – Kids Pups Superstars & Various Artists

She’s a professional dancer, check out her other videos if you need some beauty today.

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  4. 4.

    thylacine

    Can see the huge plume from South Boulder. The tankers that refuel at JeffCo airport are being re-routed from the Cameron Peak fire to this (the Cal Wood) fire.

  5. 5.

    jeffreyw

    We had a red flag fire advisory today here in Southern Illinois due to high temps, low humidity, and gusty winds.  It has been wet most of the summer but Sept and Oct have been very dry.  If I wasn’t deaf I would hear the grass crunch underfoot.

  6. 6.

    Wag

    That is a huge evacuation area.  Stay safe and stay healthy.

    we drove to the mountains today, and the smoke plume looking north was so sad to see.   

  7. 7.

    laura

    Please err on the side of caution TaMara. Take what you can and leave as soon as practical and feasible to save yourself and reduce road traffic in the hours to come

    Yes- I’m fretting when it comes to fire.

  8. 8.

    Dahlia

    @zzyzx:  Nice!  I just voted myself.  It’s good to know that it will be collected and (I hope) counted promptly.

  9. 9.

    ewrunning

    I see Trump’s threatening to leave the country if (when) he loses. Much as I’d love to see him in an orange jumpsuit, I would go along provided he surrenders everything he plundered first. I’m sure his buddy Vlad can spare him a dacha, preferably somewhere in Siberia.

  10. 10.

    TaMara (HFG)

    @laura: I’m only worried about the smoke/ash here. I’m on the other side of town and there is a lot between me and this fire, including a river. But I have friends about 20 minutes northwest who are in “be prepared to flee” mode. I’m terribly worried about them.

  12. 12.

    FelonyGovt

    Stay safe! I suppose this is the same huge fire that my friend in Loveland can see clearly from her house?

  14. 14.

    Kent

    @zzyzx: I won’t say that King County (Seattle) is getting out the vote of anything but they’re doing extra drop box emptying runs.

    https://twitter.com/kcelections/status/1317540785382850560?s=21

    Here in Clark County WA I think it is a bit more sedate. I dropped mine and my daughters off yesterday evening in Camas and didn’t see any other cars. I dropped my wife’s off this morning at a different drop box at the Fishers Landing Park and Ride and there was one car in front of me, and then one pulled in behind me as I was leaving. Everyone was thumbs-upping.

  19. 19.

    debbie

    @laura:

    Seconded. I’ve never been near one of these fires, but from the many witness accounts I’ve heard, those fuckers move fast.

  22. 22.

    laura

    @TaMara (HFG): I’m going to remain in defensive crouch and think good thoughts/fret on your behalf till tomorrow at the earliest. Wishing the best for you, your friends and all in harm’s way. Earlier’s better- just sayin’

  23. 23.

    laura

    Roadie brother the younger’s property above Lake Oroville burned as fast as a football field a minute.

  24. 24.

    LuciaMia

    @ewrunning: Yup, he said he’d have to leave the country. Not ‘want to’ or ‘decide’. No, ‘have to’.

    Indictments like the Sword of Damocles.

  28. 28.

    Laura

    Long-time lurker and Santa Rosan here, who too well knows the tension of staying alert for nights on end, and the hassles of bugging out. I’m sure you’re being completely practical…it’s good to have a clear plan with multiple exit routes and a meet-up spot if you’re taking separate cars. For folks who have time to spare, walk around your house and film it all, including opening drawers/cupboards/closets/shelves. Spares one a lot of insurance hassles. And do you know about making an air purifier by attaching a furnace filter to a box fan? Economical and effective. That air will be around for a while….do your best not to breathe it. Beasties, neither. Hoping all is resolved soonest and folks stay safe. I’m sorry you have to experience this.

  29. 29.

    Sebastian

    I still cannot believe that nobody brought up the Simpsons in the Bears vs Libertarians thread

  37. 37.

    TaMara (HFG)

    @Cheryl Rofer: Hope they are safe! It whipped up so quickly…we were actually outside about the time it happened…we thought the wind had just shifted and we were driven back inside by a heavy cloud of smoke from the Cameron fire. Then the alert came through.

  40. 40.

    Starfish

    Here is the fire map for those of you following along.

    I live just south of the evacuation warning area.

    We packed a suitcase just in case and put some papers together, but the air quality seems better than yesterday where I am.

  45. 45.

    CaseyL

    Oh, jeez, TaMara – I  hope you and the critters stay safe.

    So many parts of the country going up in smoke, it’s awful.

    (Your duck sitter rocks!)

  46. 46.

    Punchy

    Just got back from RMNP, and the enormous plume of smoke visible from Trail Ridge Rd was just stunning (in a bad way).  The 80+ kph winds were insane and making it sooooo much worse….

  47. 47.

    Starfish

    @TaMara (HFG): I read something that 900 people lived in the area that has been evacuated, and only four of them were having trouble finding a place to stay.

    Two people that I know in localish Twitter have evacuated. One was in the mountains near Boulder. Another was in Lyons.

    The animal stuff has been interesting, and I am glad that you have plans for all of yours. The Fairgrounds in Longmont are full with the horses that had to be evacuated. Someone was getting ready to evacuate, and a goat slammed their car door shut so someone was rushing out to help them unlock their car so they could evacuate.

  48. 48.

    Mary G FR=

    Even the smoke and ash is traumatizing. There’s a reason that “I Can’t Breathe” slogan took on. Double because you just drove home from Nebraska with two giant puppers in tow. Hope you get the wind going the right way.

  49. 49.

    laura

    • @Laura: howdy! I’m a Santa Rosa laura too – transplanted to Sacramento but the heart remains where the roots lie. We will try to convey the unimaginable risk and the need to heed the get out. It can happen in an instant.
  50. 50.

    dww44

    @ewrunning: while I’m not naive enough to think he will actually pay for his crimes as he should, I want him to have to spend the rest of his days here and suffer the ignominy he so deserves. And without the ability to ever tweet again.  We’ve earned this respite.

  51. 51.

    Starfish

    @dww44: My spouse was talking this way this morning. I had very strong “Everyone can go to jail, and they can take John Yoo with them” feelings about the matter.

  54. 54.

    Betty

    @Croaker: It isn’t as bad as it sounds. I am one of those who requested a mail – in ballot without realizing that when I applied in the primary for an electronic mail-in ballot, I was already on their list to get one for the general. My process went without a hitch.

  55. 55.

    CaseyL

    I’ve received and filled out my ballot.  My original plan was to take it personally to the Elections Division Office, but I may use a drop box after all, as King County seems to have ballot security absolutely in hand.

    That would save me having to drive down to Renton Monday morning.

  56. 56.

    The Thin Black Duke

    My beloved and I voted today. It felt great. Long lines, but we didn’t mind because it moved steadily. Folks were patient and they had a good attitude. Lots of cool t-shirts to look at (“Make America Smart Again”) In and out quickly, wore our “I Voted” stickers proudly. Today, Life Was Good.

  57. 57.

    Yutsano

    Enemy of my enemy and all that but…

    The Lincoln Project is gunning for Florida pretty hard. I’m ignoring the noise that wants us to be pessimistic here. Let’s vote. And let’s get everyone else to vote. We need to clean sweep everywhere.

    @The Thin Black Duke:  I’m smiling at this. I really hope things go well.

  59. 59.

    dmsilev

    Adventures in ‘We fucking told you this would happen’:

    How the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally may have spread coronavirus across the Upper Midwest

    Within weeks of the gathering, the Dakotas, along with Wyoming, Minnesota and Montana, were leading the nation in new coronavirus infections per capita. The surge was especially pronounced in North and South Dakota, where cases and hospitalization rates continued their juggernaut rise into October. Experts say they will never be able to determine how many of those cases originated at the 10-day rally, given the failure of state and local health officials to identify and monitor attendees returning home, or to trace chains of transmission after people got sick. Some, however, believe the nearly 500,000-person gathering played a role in the outbreak now consuming the Upper Midwest.

    It’s a long article, well worth reading, but will also make you want tp punch a hole in the nearest wall.

  60. 60.

    Sebastian

    @dmsilev:

    “Played a role” does a lot of heavy lifting here. I would like to know if the author has any other reasonable hypothesis as to the possible cause of a record spike in this region.

  62. 62.

    Roger Moore

    @debbie:

    No, I’m thinking it needs to be prison. He can’t tweet from there like he can from anywhere in the world.

    The most important thing to me is that there be some kind of trial where all the sordid facts about Trump can be brought before the public.  I want there to be no excuse for the media to ignore how corrupt the Republican party is.  That means putting everything out in the open, and a trial is the best way to do it.

  63. 63.

    dmsilev

    @Sebastian: No, not really. They make the point that contact tracing is so incomplete that we’ll never really have a definitive answer, but that there are enough confirmed cases linked to Sturgis that it’s very likely a strong contribution to the outbreak in the upper Midwest. So, highly probable but not definitive.

  64. 64.

    Chacal Charles Calthrop

    @dmsilev:  assuming you want all the people in red states like North Dakota and South Dakota to live full, happy lives.
    I remember when one of the Dakotas absolutely banned abortion, including in cases of rape and incest. The Onion ran with the tagline: “We just wanted to see what would happen.” Since this was in the days before Amy Covid Barrett was on the Supreme Court, the appellate court overturned it and the Supremes didn’t take the case.

  66. 66.

    dmsilev

    @Roger Moore: The sad thing is we tried to do that with impeachment and the Republicans screamed partisan witch-hunt and the media went all both-sides-opinions-differ.

  67. 67.

    RaflW

    @TaMara (HFG): FWIW, when I was in Summit County for 10 days at the end of Sept, into early Oct, the Williams Fork fire caused several days with AQIs hitting the 120s (about like Longmont now) I made a quick run to a big box homebuilder and bought a 20×20 Honeywell FPR 10 filter and used blue tape to attach it snugly to the intake side of a box fan, which I ran continuously on low inside the condo, for the week+ to remove at least some of the smoke particles. Fortunately it was cool enough to not need open windows (based on ‘normals’, it shoulda been cooler out, in fact!).

    I already had the fan, so it was 15 bucks. Maybe it was mostly for peace of mind, but it is rated to remove ‘most smoke’, and 2.5micron particles, ie smoke, is the worst for one’s lungs.

    Hope you all stay safe. Wishing for a variety of reasons that it’d start snowing out there where the fires are – we need the moisture bad!

  69. 69.

    Kay

    @dmsilev:

    It’s really surging in NW OH and into Michigan. They started cancelling high school athletic events this weekend. This will be the first wave here, since we didn’t really get one in March/April.

  70. 70.

    mrmoshpotato

    @debbie:

    @ewrunning: Yeah.  It needs to be prison, if not hanging, after the American Nuremberg trials.  Hitler and Himmler escaped justice.  Dump and Dense (both Soviet shitpiles) shouldn’t get to do the same.

  72. 72.

    dmsilev

    @Kay: It seems like each region of the country gets to go through one or two big waves (so far). California got hit over the summer, but we recovered and now are mostly in a plateau with some ups and downs, but not the massive spike that is consuming the Midwest right now. And yes, we have our share of idiots, though nothing on the grand scale of Sturgis.

  74. 74.

    Bokonon

    Hey Tamara – if things get rough in Boulder, remember you can come down here and stay with us here in Centennial.  Drop me a line if you need to.

  75. 75.

    Kay

    @dmsilev:

    One thing having opened the schools does is make surges blindingly obvious, because the school systems report the students who test positive and that sets it off in parents, and it becomes all anyone talks about. You really can’t ignore it when you’re getting a text from the school saying they have four positives so they’re cancelling the football game.

  77. 77.

    Roger Moore

    @Kay:

    I think the worst hit spots are getting bad enough that it will be basically impossible to ignore.  The Dakotas are in the range of 0.1% of the population testing positive daily.  That means within about one person in 150 will test positive within a week.  Since it’s been going for a while, the total number of positives will be even higher.  At that level, most people will know someone who is sick or recently was sick.  People pay a lot more attention when it’s personal than when it’s abstract.

  78. 78.

    PPCLI

    @Yutsano: They may need to update that ad. Not only did 21 Florida players get a positive test for Covid, but the coach Mullen just did too.

  79. 79.

    PsiFighter37

    @Bill Arnold: Really funny until you realize that Japan is a ‘democracy’ that has endured one-party rule since McArthur decided he might become God while killing the Commies in the Korean War. The culture is admirable, but the politics are complete shit – they are ruled by old men who want to rewrite the history of WWII, and the young people there simply do not give a shit, I say this as someone with Japanese ancestry who has been back a few times before the current troubles.

  80. 80.

    Ken

    @Kay: One thing having opened the schools does is make surges

    You could have stopped there.

    If only someone in charge had known back in March that school-age children and teens could contract the disease and spread it, and had acted on it.  Or even told it to a journalist who was recording the conversation and immediately reported the information in one of the nation’s most prominent newspapers.

  81. 81.

    opiejeanne

    @Ken: But how could everyone who has lived with children not know? Children are disease vectors, and really an efficient way of spreading it.

  85. 85.

    cain

    @PsiFighter37: 
    I remember that the (now) old politicians didn’t like the somewhat reverence to the U.S. that the older generations had of the U.S.

    The Japanese are a proud people with admirable traits – they have a lot that they should be proud of – but they should embrace the not so nice things about themselves. As should we. Cuz I know plenty of things to be proud of – but we can always do better.

  87. 87.

    Comrade Colette Collaboratrice

    @Dahlia:

    Nice!  I just voted myself.

    I read that as “I just voted for myself” and was about to be super pissed off that even among the jackals there are self-regarding, ostrich-headed dipshits dumb enough not to understand that a vote for a third-party or write-in  candidate is a vote for the Pusillanimous Pamplemousse and JFC why are people so stupid and … uh … never mind.

    Go you!

  89. 89.

    Sab

    @Jay: How weird is it to be a Canadian  watching Americans behaving badly? I know historically this has always happened. But we have really outdone ourselves this time on the badness of our bad behavior.

  90. 90.

    NotMax

    Right on, girl!

    A 94-year-old Michigan woman went more than the extra mile to vote in this year’s election.

    In fact, Mildred Madison traveled over 300 miles to make sure her vote was counted.
    [snip]
    Madison is staying with family in a suburb of Chicago and when she did not receive her absentee ballot, she asked her son to drive her to Detroit so that she could vote. Source

  92. 92.

    Jay

    @Sab:

    there are a shit ton of people standing up for the right thing,

    it’s usually bottom up.

    Sar-Covid-19 has turned what were cracks in our societies, into gaping maws.

    Trudeau, of all people, has started talking about UBI.

  94. 94.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    I wonder if Lorne MIchaels ever asked a second person if they thought Jim Carrey’s Biden impression was funny.

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