Summit County, Colorado, home of the ski resort and community of Breckenridge is putting a series of draconian measures in place (even closing hotels along with restaurants, etc.) as a result of the coronavirus.  They are only allowing "essential" businesses to remain open. I find two of their choices rather curious.  All retail business locations that see foot traffic from the general public will be required to close effective 10 p.m., Monday, March 16. The only retail locations permitted to remain open will be banks, grocery stores, liquor stores, marijuana dispensaries, pharmacies and gas stations. What about you?

Bumped and updated: The New York Times  and Amazon seem to think keeping these bottles of hand sanitizer off the market because of "price gouging" is a good idea. That's crazy! The man pictured is an entrepreneur and he's taken a risk by procuring all of these sanitizing products. Remember: he has to pay the manufacturer to obtain the products to sell. He had to purchase all of these units with no assurance he would be able to ultimately sell them. If others undercut his prices, he could go broke with a garage full of product. But, if you want these products delivered to your front door rather than going to the grocery store, you might have to pay a premium. It should be up to you.  While I can't comment on his specific prices, people are free to purchase them or not.  If we put the 17,000 bottles on the market, it will increase supply. If the supply increases, then pressure on the supply chain will decrease and prices, overall, will come down sooner. If ...

The news last night that American Airlines will ground most of its widebody fleet and cut 75% of its international flights is bad news for weather forecasting. While weather satellites take measurements over oceans, they are not as precise as those from instrumented aircraft and just about all of the widebody's have instruments. The primary effects, I think, will be on the west coast of North America as well as on forecasts of more than three days' duration.

Is there any worse advice on the planet than "don't panic"?

I apologize for the lack of blogging. While I do not  have coronavirus, I have been under the weather the last few days. As soon as I recover, I will resume blogging, finish my taxes, etc.