Lubbock On Ice

 

Putin's vaccine does not seem to be working. Their cases continue to rise and the country is mandating masks. 

But eventually the ice will thaw and the tide will turn.

Covid Surges Lubbock Icy

 Winter struck with a bum blast. Cold and icy. 73 wrecks and counting on icy roads. And Covid surges on. Wishful thinking and anti-science falls on its face. But the wishful thinkers and science deniers still don't get it. They never will get it. It's a cult thing. 

The weather was very nice when I took these photos.

Not so now. Still, I really don't expect much of a winter. A few spasms of cold weather interspersed with unseasonal warmth is most likely. One thing for sure: Covid is not going to go away. 

Lubbock Lubbock

 Covid in Lubbock rolls on. It would be a very good idea to shut down the bars, AND the churches. These are two places where you are very likely to be infected, or to pass an infection to others. That would be fair, and even-handed. But I think most politicians realize that, as dangerous as it might be to get between a bar hopper and a drink (or a prospective pickup), it is even more dangerous to try to come between a pastor and the collection plate. The bigger the church, the greater the greed. It's a sad fact. Even though such measures would be temporary, to bring the hospitalization rate to a manageable number, the hue and cry would be too great. Wedding extravaganzas are another bad idea. Public gatherings of any kind are simply a bad idea at this time. One thing for sure, Covid is not going away. We aren't "turning a corner". It's more like falling off a cliff. So let's look at what ought to be safe places in this great town.

Ahhh! Nobody home.

Covid should really be viewed as a natural disaster. It IS a natural disaster, but instead of being a sudden event, like an earthquake, a tsunami, or an asteroid strike, it is unfolding slowly and insidiously. But it is perfectly natural, for all of that.

That Lubbock

 Five days with hospitalization rates above 15% and now approaching 20%. What a town! It should be in lockdown. Hell, it should be in a wire cage. Lubbock is a very CONSERVATIVE town. That explains a LOT.

Looking at Lubbock should be safe enough.

I hope.

A Quiet Place In Lubbock

 Hitting 60,000 new US Covid cases in one day again. That simply can't be. Didn't Dan Patrick assure us that would never happen? Lubbock has so many cases it ought to be in lockdown mode but the assholes on the city council are trying to wriggle around the mandate. One thing this virus is doing very well is proving how bloody incompetent conservatives are, and how disconnected from reality conservative "thought" is. In fact "conservative thought" is another oxymoron. 

There were interesting human artifacts here.

Tires!