We all have plenty to worry about these days--those of us on the front lines of treating patients or with businesses and jobs directly affected more than others.
My wife and I have been lucky. She's actually getting more work than normal--there is huge demand for online-training modules related to PPE and other Covid-19 management strategies. My work has not been affected yet, although it almost certainly will be before the summer is over.
Right now I'm working with a land trust, a federal agency biologist, and a state agency biologist to figure out if we can conduct a mid-May stream survey to find some locations for brook trout and Atlantic salmon habitat restoration via addition of large wood.
We're dealing with four different versions of social-distancing guidance from our various employers. All of them are similar and make sense, but have enough small differences to make planning a day in the field challenging. For now, it looks like we can get the stream surveyed so long as none of us share a vehicle, we wear masks, and we keep at least 6 feet part. I figure most people have more challenging worries right now than figuring our how we are going to park four trucks off the side of narrow logging roads.
There has been more impact to our home life. My wife and are very close--but not close enough for 24/7 sharing of the same house/office over a single phone line and (slow) internet connection. Be forewarned--if you attempt two different Zoom meetings over the same slow internet, both will fail. Even worse if one is a Zoom and the other a Webex that also ties up the phone line for three hours.
Biggest impact is to our summer plans. We spend a week or so in Maine's Baxter State Park--the nation's finest wilderness state park--every May/June. Wildlflowers and cow moose with calves for photos; brook trout on more ponds than I can count. This is a long tradition--I'm going on 30 years of doing it every year, but this year we can't go. We've tentatively rescheduled for July, but I think even that may not be possible. Maybe this will be the year we actually get most of our garden in by June 1 instead of being 2 weeks behind all summer.
I'm hoping that current restrictions on camping get lifted soon. I've got no interest in a big group campsite sharing facilities, but I can social distance just fine in a solo tent by myself. If allowed, the cancellation of my Baxter trip may open up opportunities to use those vacation days instead to explore some hike-in ponds that have been on my "someday" list for a long time.
How's this affecting everyone else?
My wife and I have been lucky. She's actually getting more work than normal--there is huge demand for online-training modules related to PPE and other Covid-19 management strategies. My work has not been affected yet, although it almost certainly will be before the summer is over.
Right now I'm working with a land trust, a federal agency biologist, and a state agency biologist to figure out if we can conduct a mid-May stream survey to find some locations for brook trout and Atlantic salmon habitat restoration via addition of large wood.
We're dealing with four different versions of social-distancing guidance from our various employers. All of them are similar and make sense, but have enough small differences to make planning a day in the field challenging. For now, it looks like we can get the stream surveyed so long as none of us share a vehicle, we wear masks, and we keep at least 6 feet part. I figure most people have more challenging worries right now than figuring our how we are going to park four trucks off the side of narrow logging roads.
There has been more impact to our home life. My wife and are very close--but not close enough for 24/7 sharing of the same house/office over a single phone line and (slow) internet connection. Be forewarned--if you attempt two different Zoom meetings over the same slow internet, both will fail. Even worse if one is a Zoom and the other a Webex that also ties up the phone line for three hours.
Biggest impact is to our summer plans. We spend a week or so in Maine's Baxter State Park--the nation's finest wilderness state park--every May/June. Wildlflowers and cow moose with calves for photos; brook trout on more ponds than I can count. This is a long tradition--I'm going on 30 years of doing it every year, but this year we can't go. We've tentatively rescheduled for July, but I think even that may not be possible. Maybe this will be the year we actually get most of our garden in by June 1 instead of being 2 weeks behind all summer.
I'm hoping that current restrictions on camping get lifted soon. I've got no interest in a big group campsite sharing facilities, but I can social distance just fine in a solo tent by myself. If allowed, the cancellation of my Baxter trip may open up opportunities to use those vacation days instead to explore some hike-in ponds that have been on my "someday" list for a long time.
How's this affecting everyone else?
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