https://businesswest.com/blog/bankruptcies-expected-to-skyrocket-in-the-months-to-come/Bankruptcies Expected to Skyrocket in the Months to Come
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Steve Weiss says the wave of bankruptcies that he and others in his line of work are ... J. Crew, Brooks Brothers, Gold's Gym, Neiman Marcus, JCPenney, Hertz, 24-Hour
Could be bad news out there
Of course I remembered many companies bottom up in 2009 10 and market still skyrocket upward
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It was widely reported yesterday that Walmart was seeing declines in spending as the various stimulants ended, or were spent down. Is Walmart likely in trouble. No.
But as the article points out, small landlords that can't pay the mortgage may not be all that far behind people that can't pay the rent.
How's the air quality from the fires?
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2020 20:29:56 +0000 (UTC)
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ALERTSF: Air Quality-Unhealthy: Active youth/adults/people w/respiratory diseases should avoid prolonged outdoor exertion.
(Cool! First time I've gotten to use "therefrom" in years.)
Worst I ever saw was the Oakland Hills fire, which is a drop in the bucket compared to what seems to be an annual event in the region now. That LNU fire above Vacaville looks like the biggest yet. I hope the rainy season arrives early this year.
I suppose the "good news" is people heeding the call for voluntary electricity conservation measures.
Up at the weekend place in Guernville that fire complex isno within two miles of Rio Nido, and three or four miles of Guerneville. We'll be verylucky to get through this in one piece.
Yes, people have been very good about heeding the call to conserve power- no blackouts since the one on Monday, I believe.
Thanks for checking in.
Stay safe (and, per rono) "Wear the damned mask!"-
OJ
The pandemic just accelerated things.
Not much chance of the fire getting into The City. But when I think of where we used to live in Novato near the end of Arthur St., it was about a 1/4 mile to the Coast Range. And our house was nowhere near modern fire code ready.
I'm reading The Chomical again, and checking the weather. Looks like the marine layer is providing some relief to the coastal areas. I hope that allows Cal Fire a chance to regroup.
You mentioned Phenoix and that is quite different climate than that of Pacific Northwest. I visited all the National Parks in southwest except Texas in different seasons. Mt favorite is the spring before Memorial holiday.
We spent some travel time on the west side before kids, when we would do things like snow camping to go x-country skiing. It's generally warmer on the west side during the winter.
There was a funky old-fashioned spa not too far up the Columbia from Portland in those days. Men's side, women's side, and you'ld sit in an open room of ancient enameled iron bath tubs. Then they would wrap you in a sheet and give you a massage. The old-fashioned outfits they wore made you happy they didn't wrap you in a rubber sheet, or a straight jacket.
Saw the Stonehenge WWI memorial to British war dead, and the attached museum, a couple of times. The museum is a little sister to the Legion of Honor Museum in San Francisco. Little sister got the hand me downs. Wikipedia describes the memorial differently than the way I remember it.
But the east side is awesome country. We were camping near Baker City one time and happened to catch the Shriners doing their thing for the east-west high school football game. Been to the Malheur preserve. Driven past Steen's mountain multiple time. Closest we ever got was a trip to Frenchglen because it was the smallest dot in that corner on our Rand McNally Atlas. Must have been when we went to Malheur.
We haven't got used to the Arizona deserts yet. Mainly because it's so bloody hot most of the time. However, the sky is awesome. We can see that show out the window.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=JN2oy_T_mFU
I can't travel like I used to. The ox-bows on 17 leave me feeling like I've been in a NASA stress test. Tuscon, and areas south of there are easier for me to get to. They're higher, and cooler. But they're still desert. And my wife hates it. She's up north this weekend in the National Forest west of Flagstaff camping with a friend of ours that retired to Henderson.
I can handle the heat until it gets to 110. Looking back on it I was a borderline hypothermia case for nearly 40 years in the Bay Area. So I can putter in the garden for 2-3 hours in the morning til around 12 or 1.
I'm not a fan of the monsoon season. It's not a dry heat when the humidity goes over 25%. And they give me the kind of headaches I used to get when I was living in the midwest. That's one reason I've been yakking online so much the last few days. Can't get going to do what I would be doing normally. I'm going to see if I can be a good do bee today. Or at least talk about something besides my health. Sheesh.