Suddenly, everyone in western Washington has friends and acquaintances who are testing positive for the virus. This is new for us. From the beginning of the pandemic, our state had some of the strictest restrictions in the country. Now they're gone, so I guess the rising case numbers are to be expected.
I find it depressing that after all the closures, social isolation and masking, everything we gave up for 2 long years, we've arrived at this point. John does point out all the lives that were probably saved. Now people have stopped worrying about it (some never worried in the first place) and gone on with their lives.
Through a combination of caution and blind luck, we've avoided it so far, but it feels like just a matter of time. Vaccinated and boosted, the odds are great we would be fine, but it's worrisome for older people and can be debilitating until you finally shake it off. At least that's what I've heard from friends.
Enough of that. What else is new? How about a day of depressing May weather? Another storm coming down from the Gulf of Alaska, this one bringing strong winds across Puget Sound. But on Saturday, be still my heart, the warmest day in Seattle this year-- a scorching 70 degrees.
Would gladly trade you a handful of sunny 90-degree days for some of your rain. (We've had a couple of 100+-ers already and it's only May.) We've been having sandstorms like we haven't had since the 1950's simply because we're dry as a bone. The slightest breeze and our landscape is airborne.
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