Here most everything is closed. ( your not even supposed to hire companys to do landscaping i.e mow your lawn) but some people are doing it anyway and I don't see or have yet to hear of fines being enforced for that)
Construction here is halted.
Most work is near non existent. People having a hard time getting unemployment due to an overload of calls and the state site getting overloaded and crashing.
The places that remain open are Walmart of course, but they are no longer open 24hrs. they close at 8pm. They are only allowing a certain number in at a time. One way entrance and single file lines 6 ft apart.
Other essential stores like grocery stores are open with the same things in place. Limited hours with limited amount of people to be inside at a one time.
Sneeze guards are now in all these stores. Along with CDC Covid-19 guidelines posted and tape marking the distance between people.
As far a stores having restocked, they are doing a great job, but toilet paper is still hard to find and no one has hand sanitzer. ( finally found alcohol and aloe vera gel to make my own, just in time as I was getting low)
Meat was wiped out but now seems plentiful or at least reasonably stocked.
Crime is rising, especially domestic violence. Suicides are rising. ( not enough data to see just how much yet, but enough to hit the news and papers)
I see and hear a lot of teenagers, 20 year olds and unfortunately even some older, acting like its no biggie and running around as if its a vacation or something, not abiding by the social distancing rules. Like yesterday, some guy that lives near me came up to my window (no face mask) trying to talk to me 1 foot away from my face. I told him a couple of times to please use social distancing. He didn't listen so I sprayed Lysol in the direction of his face.lol. He got the hint.
Businesses are now putting up for sale signs, many of which have been here for over 30 plus years. So much for saving small businesses as touted by the Governor and our other elected officials.
Traffic is really light.
Schools giving away free lunches to kids whether you go to their district or not.
This area in particular is known to have the best food banks up until a month ago. They are/were set up like mini grocery stores. I used to go because farmers and local grocery stores would donate tons of fresh organic vegetables of just about anything you can imagine. Which would have cost me an easy hundred dollars at the store. Many people preferred to take the processed foods and other junk crap. So they always let me take as much as I wanted so it didn't go bad. Now they all have limited hours, no getting out of your car, funding fell thru the roof and its army style food rations. I saw the main guy in charge of one, on his knees crying because the government just took over and so many cant be feed now. It was a horrible sight. And devastating to many in the community. Also there is a lack of volunteers now due to most of them being elderly and being ordered to go stay at home. ( its interesting that the older ones are the people willing to risk their lives so the younger generation can survive)
Pizza places are thriving. And one hamburger joint in particular here is doing well. All other fast food joints are near dead.
Also much to my defiance ,the state issued a fishing ban. Fortunately there are some places way off the the beaten path I could go.
Even though I don't like that the state has closed the parks and entrances into the national forest(federal too), (unless you know where to look/go) three weeks ago many people poured into the beaches and parks here to camp when the lock down happened and they brought COVID with them. There were no cases here until that weekend. Then it blew up with the confirmed cases coming straight from Seattle. Thanks Seattle! I probably would have done the same thing if I lived in a metropolitan area and wanted to get out in nature, but it defeats the purpose when its 1000s of people crammed on the beaches or one park with hundreds stacked on top of each other. So the state shut it all down. State responded very quickly.
This might be the only time in history that Wa states knee jerk reaction or snowflakes continuous meltdowns to just about everything worked in its favor in regards Covid. Maybe.
