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When it rains, often the first thing I do is pack up my bag and go to the San Diego Zoo. But today's storm was the brutal kind, not the gentle watch-the-elephants-frolic-in-the-mud kind. It just feels a little irresponsible to be out on the roads when I don't have to. San Diego got kinda pummeled today and while it's needed, it's always a concern when considering how our San Diego infrastructure can handle it. I saw some video from Tijuana and the Tijuana River and it looked pretty bad. LA and Riverside and the Bay Area and Tahoe all had gnarly footage, too. The downstairs apartment used to always take in water with heavy rain, but I haven't heard anything, though the neighbors are in the process of moving out so I'm not sure we'd know anything anyway. The new building next door, however, had a nice deep moat around it for a few hours.
Because I was home I watched way too much news. I often complain about the dumb man-on-the-street interviews but today I caught an interview with a woman who made sense for once on a point that always drives me crazy: the position that San Diegans don't know how to drive in the rain. This stupid comment drives me crazy every time I hear it because (1) a solid majority of people are generally bad drivers and (2) our infrastructure can't handle rain. So the woman was saying that the roads were crazy, but it's to be expected because most people's cars aren't tuned up for it - they don't check their wipers or tire pressure or headlights which can be dangerous, especially when our roads have months and months of oil buildup. Spot on.
And today I learned what "areal flooding" is and it's the exact reason why everyone needs to slow down. "Areal flood warning in our area are issued when an area gradually picks up 1 to 2 inches of rain. It's a warning that indicates the potential for standing puddles of water on a roadway. Creeks and streams are ...stressed in this occasion, as they may grow out of their banks." I am not exempt from bad driving but I think becoming a pedestrian/bicyclist who was without a car for several years as well as having a partner who was a taxi driver for 20 years made me a better, safer, and more considerate driver, but I still think everyone should have to retake the driver's test every 5 or 7 years and that our state needs far more public outreach about how much our roads are changing with bike amenities, road diets on freeways, busses on shoulder, and other things that weren't around 10, 20, years ago. It's even worse after the pandemic. The road rage is real and it is is constant.
Stay safe out there.
- COVID-19:
- Omicron is getting more defined - In both good and bad ways - Ground Truths/Dr. Eric Topol (12.13.21)
- Omicron spreading rapidly in U.S., could bring punishing wave of infections , CDC warns - The Washington Post via Stars and Stripes (12.14.21)
- Two things that would help enormously - less travel during Christmas, and more consistent wearing of masks - are not likely to happen, because people are so tired of the pandemic and have tuned out many public health messages
- Omicron Variant: What You Need to Know - CDC (12.14.21)
- Early U.K. Data: Two Vax Doses Don't Cut It Against Omicron — But booster bumps effectiveness to more than 70%, technical briefing finds - MedPage Today (12.13.21)
- Omicron accounts for 3% of new US COVID-19 cases - Becker's Hospital Review (12.14.21)
- Omicron poses 'very high' risk but data on severity limited - Reuters (12.13.21)
- COVID toll hits 800,000 to close out year filled with death - AP News (12.14.21)
- U.S. records over 50 million Covid cases - NBC News (12.13.21)
- U.S. Hits 800,000 Covid Deaths 22 Months After the First - Statista (12.14.21)
- California revives mask mandate as hospitals fear hard winter wave of COVID-19 cases - LA Times via Stars and Stripes (12.14.21)
- Evidence makes it clear that masks help reduce transmission of the virus, Ghaly said. The coronavirus is airborne and can spread from infected people even if they are asymptomatic.
- Pfizer Announces Additional Phase 2/3 Study Results Confirming Robust Efficacy Of Novel COVID-19 Oral Antiviral Treatment Candidate In Reducing Risk Of Hospitalization Or Death - Pfizer Press Release (12.14.21)
- Merck’s COVID pill loses its lustre: what that means for the pandemic. Molnupiravir was initially heralded by public-health officials as a game-changer for COVID-19, but full clinical-trial data showed lower-than-expected efficacy. - nature (12.13.21)
- Politics:
- PowerPoint to overthrow democracy tracks Trump's public statements - Popular.info (12.14.21)
- House votes to hold Mark Meadows in contempt in Jan. 6 probe - AP News (12.14.21)
- After Years of Havoc, the Biden-Harris Title X Rule Is Now in Effect: What You Need to Know - Guttmacher Institute (12.14.21)
- Congress sends Biden $2.5T debt limit hike, avoiding default - AP News (12.15.21)
- News:
- Pandemic winter, part 2: 'While we’ve been at this for almost two years we’re still in the thick of things' - kpbs (12.14.21)
- Soaking storm setting sights on Southern California - AccuWeather (12.14.21)
- SDGE Live Outages
- Public Works — Taking it to the Streets in the Rain - County News Center (12.14.21)
- California’s Minimum Wage to Increase to $15 per Hour for Large Employers, $14 per Hour for Small Employers - Dept of Industrial Relation (12.14.21)
- Biden marks 9 years since Sandy Hook shooting with renewed call for tougher gun laws - CNN (12.14.21)
- Sandy Hook Promise Ninth Remembrance Day Comes On The Heels Of Oxford High School Murders - Sandy Hook Promise (12.13.21)
- Everytown Joins President Biden’s Call For Gun Safety Action from Congress While Commemorating Nine Year Mark of Sandy Hook Shooting - Moms Demand Action (12.14.21)
- Sandy Hook Promise
- Brady United
- Newton Action Alliance
- Moms Demand Action
- Government:
- White House
- Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki, December 14, 2021
- Progress at the Pump
- Statement by President Joe Biden on 800,000 American Deaths from COVID-19
- Statement from President Joe Biden on Pfizer’s COVID-19 Antiviral Pill
- FACT SHEET: Highlights From The Biden Administration’s Historic Efforts To Reduce Gun Violence
- Remarks by President Biden at a Holiday Celebration for the Democratic National Committee
- Statement by Press Secretary Jen Psaki on the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act
- Readout of White House Meeting with Bipartisan Group of Newly-Elected Mayors
- Remarks by Vice President Harris Before a Meeting with CEOs to Discuss Investment in Central America
- Remarks by Vice President Harris and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen in a Moderated Conversation at the Freedman’s Bank Forum
- A Proclamation on Bill of Rights Day, 2021
- President Biden Announces Nominee for Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency
- State Dept
- Secretary Antony J. Blinken And Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi At Memorandum of Understanding Signing Ceremony
- The United States-Malaysia Relationship
- The Politically Motivated Convictions of Belarusian Opposition Figures
- Dept of Justice
- Global COVID-19 Stats (JHU 12.14.21 7:21pm):
- 271,462,242 Known Cases/16,481,179 28-Day New Cases
- 5,320,236 Known Deaths/204,544 28-Day New Deaths
- US COVID-19 Stats
- CDC COVID-19 Vaccination Data Tracker
- American Academy of Pediatrics Children and COVID-19 Dashboard
- JHU
- 50,233,338 Cases/2,894,309 28 Day New Cases
- 800,343 Deaths/33,332 28-Day New Deaths
- CDC Data Tracker:
- +201,786 New Cases/50,052,008 Known Cases
- +1,350 New Deaths/796,010 Known Deaths
- 597,270,245 Doses Delivered
- 486,574,475 Doses Administered
- 239,553,956 Partially Vaccinated
- 202,504,037 Fully Vaccinated
- 61% of Total Population
- 64.8% of Population ≥ 5 Years of Age
- 70.4% of Population ≥ 12 Years of Age
- 72.1% of Population ≥ 18 Years of Age
- 55,121,533 Boosters
- California COVID-19 Stats:
- State of California Safe Schools For All Hub
- Vaccination progress dashboard
- Coronavirus: Resources for Californians
- R-effective: 1.06
- 72,270,505 Doses Delivered/61,499,935 Doses Administered
- 3,049,811 Partially Vaccinated/26,269,677 Fully Vaccinated
- 5,476 New Cases/4,891,985 Total Cases (13.6 new cases/100k)
- 19 New Deaths/74,704 Total Deaths (0.1 new deaths/100k)
- 2.2% 7-day test positivity rate
- 3,930 COVID-19 Hospitalizations (+126 patients, +3.3% from prior day)
- 990 COVID-19 ICU hospitalized in CA (+23 patients, +2.4% from prior day)
- 1,803 ICU beds available (+95 from prior day)
- San Diego County
- Free Testing Sites and Schedule in San Diego
- Vaccination Locations San Diego
- Vaccination Dashboard
- COVID ActNow Daily Updates for San Diego Metro
- San Diego Unified School District COVID Dashboard
- State Data:
- R-effective: 0.82
- 1,959 New Cases/395,266 Total Cases
- 3.8% Daily Positivity
- 11 Deaths/4,389 Total Deaths
- 367 COVID-19 hospitalized patients (+24 patients, +7.0% from prior day)
- 99 COVID-19 ICU hospitalized patients (+8 patients, +8.8% from prior day)
- 199 ICU beds available (+10 from prior day)
- County Data:
- One Year of COVID-19 Vaccinations - County News Center (12.14.21)
- more than 5.86 million doses administered in San Diego County
- close to 2.72 million with at least one dose (86% of eligible)
- more than 2.41 million (77% of eligible)
- more than 528,000 boosters
- 611 New Cases/395,071 Total Cases
- 4 New Daily Deaths/4,393 Total Deaths
- 3.9% Daily Test Positivity/3.9% 7-day average
- 27 Day Over Day COVID-19 Hospitalizations
- 1 Day Over Day COVID-19 ICU Patients
- Universities:
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