Denver Drone Footage - City Under Stay at Home

[JDC]

[mahatmakanejeeves]

1. That is scary, on one level, but on another, it is quite reassuring.

It's good to know that somewhere, people aren't listening to Trump.

[magicarpet]

2. It is like one of those Hollywood films where everyone gets kidnapped by aliens and then shipped....

.... off to another galaxy. Leaving the streets and freeways barren and empty, even though it is the middle of rush hour.

[ZZenith]

3. The cleanest I have ever seen the air in Denver.

The birds must be loving this.

[PatrickforO]

6. Except I hear that in order to aid the struggle against the

coronavirus, the Trump administration has accelerated the regulatory rollbacks. Now, according to the NYT, they are weakening auto fuel efficiency standards, loosening controls on toxic ash from coal plants, relaxing restrictions on mercury emissions and weakening the consideration of climate change in environmental reviews for most infrastructure projects.

Here's the link: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/25/climate/coronavirus-environmental-regulations-trump.html

But yes, right now, the air in Denver is very clean, the sky blue and the clouds majestic. The view of the mountains is magnificent!

I'm thinking when we win in November, we can reverse EVERYTHING Trump and the Republicans have done.

[yonder]

7. Thanks, I was wondering about the extent of his muckiness.

And this shit will become fast and furious while we're preoccupied.

On edit after reading the link: the fucking fuckiness of the fuckers is fucked up beyond all fucking belief.

The administration’s industry allies applauded the push to compete deregulation policies as a way to deliver certainty to businesses when the economy is in free fall.

The certainty is already there you motherfuckers, abide by what stands to keep that certainty. Don't go making brand fucking new changes and call that fucking certainty.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

10. Never waste a good crisis.

Trump gets a $500 billion slush fund to use as he wishes. Regulations of all kinds are eliminated. Social Security trust fund drained. It's a Republican wet dream.

[captain queeg]

4. Hollywood ought to stock up on footage. This could be used for a variety of films.

[Warpy]

5. Around here (NM) it's reminding me of "On the Beach"

when the guy goes into San Francisco in a radiation suit and nobody's left.

It's not going to last, of course, people tend to crack rather badly after a couple of weeks or so.

[Harker]

8. A lot of people in western PA

evidently can't go two days without a candy bar or some ice cream.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

9. It reminds me of the 1984 movie, "Night of the Comet."

A spectacular comet flies by Earth, and almost everyone goes outside to watch it. In the morning they have all turned to dust, except for two teenage girls, a couple of guys, two scientists, and of course, zombies.

There are several shots of empty streets that look like this drone footage.

I would imagine Neil deGrasse Tyson, aka "Buzzkill of Science Fiction," would have a field day tearing it apart.