Kansas City and surrounding counties going into lockdown.

[lastlib]

effective Tuesday.

https://www.kansascity.com/news/coronavirus/article241400106.html

Jackson (MO), Johnson (KS), and Wyandotte (KS) Counties, KCMO, and KCK covered by the stay-at-home orders. Affects approx 1 million people. Order to last 30 days.

Damn.

[dem4decades]

1. Why wait till Tuesday? So people can scatter?

[lastlib]

2. Maybe to increase the panic level in the area stores?

IDK

[rainbow4321]

6. KCMO mayor said to let people get stuff from their offices

if they are gonna work from home and also to “run errands” before it kicks in. Of course, people’s errands will probably only be more grocery hoarding despite him saying don’t use the time to go hoarding.

[sinkingfeeling]

3. Has Missouri's governor done anything yet? This seems like a local

decision.

[rainbow4321]

7. Nope..and the mayor alluded to that

Said he’d been in contact w/ the mayors from STL, Springfield, and Columbia and how some elected officials are doing what they need to do even if *others* “are not so inclined”. FYI, STL had just announced their stay in place a couple hours before KCMO so it wasn’t too surprising when it was announced in KCMO.

[leftyladyfrommo]

4. It's really just stay home except for essential workers.

Essential stores are open. Drive through coffee places are open. I think hospitals aren't allowing any visitors. It's mostly just stay home except for grocery runs. I haven't talked to another live person in a week except for the Scooters person through the window.

Lots of people are working from home.

Not much traffic.

[lastlib]

5. I saw a fair amount of traffic in the suburb I frequent--

not as much as would be normal, but still a fair amount.

Didn't get out today tho. Suspect tomorrow and Monday will be madhouses at grocery stores. Only human contact I've had in two weeks have been my physical therapy folks.