Giggles ... & Consequences

Macaw on the beach
never know what you will see next!
it may have escaped later in the day

Giggle: OK, I know what they mean, but really doctors advertising  "face-face televisits" - something of an oxymoron. Well lots of oxymorons around these days!

hinged mask for eating

Florida is opening up fast - Friday 5th June saw bars (50% capacity), movie theaters, and tattoo shops amongst others open along with increased  100% capacity at gyms and the opening of some theme parks, like Universal Orlando. So if you are out and about and really desperate to eat whilst wearing a mask - try this!

Wear a mask, I wear a mask to protect you. Please wear a mask to protect me. You may not know you are asymptomatic and very contagious!  In doubt check this out. Need to make a mask - here's the current 'best fit' mask.

Just remember consequences: your risky [non mask wearing] behaviour, forces me to be more cautious and isolated. A U of Hong Kong study suggests face masks can reduce COVID-19 transmission by up to 75% and that those who still become infected had less virus than those without face masks. WHO meta-study shows masks drop wearers risk of infection between 50-80 percent.

More Consequences:
Want to support change around societal privilege and disadvantage?  Read this.

Starting as Tropical Storm Amanda which developed in the Pacific south of Mexico on 31st May, this storm then dissipated over land (still heavy flooding) and then reformed as 

swimming in storm (!?!) on offshore sandbank

Tropical Storm Cristobal on June 2. She again dissipated, then reformed re-emerging in the Gulf of Mexico landing in Louisiana Sunday night 7 June.  By Tuesday the 9th the retirements of Cristobal were threatening to unite with a significant storm moving east from the Rockies bringing more bad weather to the upper Midwest.  Wow!

Weather reporters say Cristobal is the "earliest 3rd tropical storm on record in the Atlantic basin"-- get your head around that. Water temperature is a key determinant and our waters are warmer than average.

Giggle: door decoration for neighbour

Water temperature also triggers marine turtle nest laying. The second turtle nest mini me can see from the window was laid overnight on 4/5 June.  Both nests were 'washed over' by the outer bands of Cristobal on Sunday the 7 June so only time will tell if these nests are still viable. N13 is between the people in the photo below; the 2nd nest is off to the left  near the dune. A third nest in mini me's line of sight was laid overnight the 8/9 June up high in the dunes! Yipee!!

Permit holder nest checking (in rain gear)

Consequence: On our beach:  Found by the local sheriff on patrol at 5:45 a.m., this large female loggerhead turtle had its head trapped underneath a beach cabana chair whilst laying her eggs.  Fortunately she was discovered, freed and all seems well. This is why the beach needs to be left clear of human introduced stuff!

The kids (of all ages!) really enjoyed Cristobal's wave action - just beware of the rip current.

Random Fun Facts and Implications of a COVID-19 Mask Wearing World:

• Receive any mail order catalogues recently? Notice they had been getting thinner, but now seem to be bulking up.

newspapers.com
Covina Argus – Covina, California 08.25.1950

• Do you think ... lipstick sales will decline with the public wearing of masks everywhere? Well maybe not, if we all put in the clear window to help out the hard of hearing who lipread.

• Drive-in Movies first opened on June 6, 1933, in Camden, NJ transforming automobiles into “private theatre boxes” allowing guests to “smoke, chat, or even partake of refreshments.” But drive-ins were on the decline by the 1970s and done in by VHS tapes in the 1980s.  Read more about it here. There are about 300 drive-ins left in the USA: will they make a comeback (if the land/ space can be found for them)? Imagine they were touting a benefit of 'no need to dress up' - but who dresses up to go out to a movie  these days?
• Hand washing and face masks - less flu this season?  After all effective hygiene doesn't discriminate between respiratory infectious diseases! No special covid hand-rub.
• BUT ... dramatic? increase in use of plastic - including grocery store plastic bags, take-aways etc.

Giggle: Just rolling down the beach - a lost inner tube and a lost? bride

Skimmer feeding