[TheForge] Brainstorm -- any underutilized mobile homes out there?

Mon Apr 13 09:30:39 EDT 2020

Bruce -- just remember who was suppose to handle an event like this and who disbanded the group charged with being prepared. Hint - it's orange.  Then remember who backed him to the hilt regardless of reality.    steve
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Subject: Re: [TheForge] Brainstorm -- any underutilized mobile homes out there?

Here's the latest.  The Feds will pay for the accommodations:
https://www.nj.com/coronavirus/2020/04/feds-allowing-nj-to-use-hotels-for-first-responders-others-who-may-have-been-exposed-to-coronavirus.html
Damn appropriate, IMO.  NJ pays the Feds much more than it gets back, and I
for one am sick of this BS.  My girlfriend went to the hospital with
pneumonia (wasn't admitted -- was home the same day) and wasn't even tested
for COVID-19.  What the hell?  Why did the CDC get in the way of our
getting WHO test kits anyway?  Why do we have to import test kits from
South Korea.  Why is it that the Hong Kong *protestors* are providing NJ
masks that the Feds are withholding?  Heads should roll.
Bruce
NJ

On Fri, Apr 10, 2020 at 11:49 PM Bruce . <freemab222 at gmail.com> wrote:

> It looks like the State of NJ is handling this need through hotels and
> dormitories.  One of the (now closed) colleges has opened its dorms to
> healthcare workers and I believe the Marriott is doing something similar.
> However, this is the Jersey Shore (perhaps you've heard of it?) where
> motels can be found every mile or so along the highways.  Those that aren't
> being rented by the hour are probably available should anyone want a room
> (for more than an hour).  So it may largely be a non-issue here.
> I could envision that areas that are not "resorts" and lack this number of
> available living spaces might benefit from this idea.
> Bruce
> NJ
>
>
> On Fri, Apr 10, 2020 at 11:20 PM Saint Phlip <saintphlip at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> If most of you guys think it's a good idea, I can try to contact Mike
>> DeWine. He will at least listen to me, and perhaps through him, we can
>> suggest it to the rest of the states.
>>
>> On Fri, Apr 10, 2020 at 9:55 PM jerry Frost <akfrosty at mtaonline.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > I heard there is a reasonably reliable rapid as in under 10 minutes,
>> > antigen
>> > test being distributed, production rates will come up soon.
>> >
>> > I think it's a good suggestion Bruce. Hotels are letting hospital and
>> EMS
>> > personnel free rooms. I don't imagine suggesting private citizens can
>> offer
>> > the loan of unused RVs for the purpose is unreasonable.
>> >
>> > These folks are laying their lives on the line to help everybody,
>> anything
>> > we can do to help keep their families safe is a good thing.
>> >
>> > Does anybody here know how to make the suggestion? Maybe call a local
>> radio
>> > station? Maybe network news HQ?
>> >
>> > Good thinking Bruce. (;
>> >
>> > Frosty
>> >
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net
>> > [mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Bruce .
>> > Sent: Sunday, April 5, 2020 3:02 PM
>> > To: Blacksmithing List Sponsored by ABANA
>> > Subject: [TheForge] Brainstorm -- any underutilized mobile homes out
>> there?
>> >
>> > NJ is one of the states more heavily affected by COVID-19. My girlfriend
>> > went to the ER with possible symptoms, but was discharged (feeling
>> quite a
>> > bit better) with medications. She WAS told to self-quarantine for 2
>> weeks
>> > (which means me, too) because some of her symptoms are consistent with
>> > COVID-19.  (If we had antigen TESTS, we'd know!  Thankyouverymuch CDC!)
>> >
>> > However, that's incidental to my reasoning for posting.
>> >
>> > Driving up to the hospital to pick her up, I noticed two or three
>> various
>> > camper vans/Winnebagoes set up on the outskirts of the hospital parking
>> > lot.
>> > I didn't inquire, but it seems obvious to me that some medical staff
>> > probably brought them so they wouldn't have to go home to their
>> families --
>> > risking infecting the -- between shifts.
>> >
>> > So here's my thought:  I'll bet there are a lot of such "mobile homes"
>> out
>> > there underutilized.  Maybe they could be loaned to hospitals as crash
>> pads
>> > for the medical staff.  There certainly are lots of good reasons NOT to
>> do
>> > this, but maybe some owners will decide the reasons TO do it outweigh
>> > those.
>> >
>> > I lack such a vehicle of my own, so cannot offer my own. Sorry to come
>> > across as volunteering other people's stuff, but nobody is obligated and
>> > some might simply not have thought of it.
>> >
>> > Bruce
>> > NJ
>> >
>> >
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