Kansas Crimson

TDub wrote: ↑Fri Mar 20, 2020 8:44 am I work with a guy that used to be the facility manager for the local hospital. The current staff has contactes him about possibly producing parts and pieces for ventilators (he has 3d printer, CNC machine etc) they also inquired about his thoughts on using non medical grade vents (ie welding supply hoods for underwater welding/enclosed welding) and are investigating the ability to outfit thoae with a hepa filter. They told him they have 4 ventilators.....for the entire 4 county region they serve.

CONTROL - WHITE
- Whoa, whoa, guys! The power's everything. Power is
everything.

GENE KRANTZ (FLIGHT DIRECTOR - WHITE)
- What you mean?

CONTROL - WHITE
- Without it they don't talk to us, they don't correct their
trajectory, they don't turn the heatshield around... we
gotta turn everything off. Now. They're not gonna make it to
re-entry.

GENE KRANTZ (FLIGHT DIRECTOR - WHITE)
- What do you mean everything?

CONTROL - WHITE
- With everything on the LM draws 60 amps. At that rate in
sixteen hours the batteries are dead, not 45. And so is the
crew. We gotta get them down to 12 amps.

MOCR ENGINEER
- Whoa. 12 amps!
- How many?
- You can't run a vacuum cleaner on 12 amps, John.

CONTROL - WHITE
- We have to turn off the radars, cabin heater, instrument
displays, the guidance computer, the whole smash.

JERRY (FIDO - WHITE)
- Whoa. Guidance computer. What... what if they need to do
another burn? Gene, they won't even know which way they're
pointed
.
CONTROL - WHITE
- The more time we talk down here, the more juice they waste
up there. I've been looking at the data for the past hour.

GENE KRANTZ (FLIGHT DIRECTOR - WHITE)
- That's the deal?

CONTROL - WHITE
- That's the deal.

jfish26 wrote: ↑Fri Mar 20, 2020 7:53 am Bordering on “take it to the Petri Dish thread” territory

Mrs. Fish is sick. She has a history of sinus infections, and this one looks like a sinus infection and quacks like a sinus infection.

Still, with everything going on, we’re closely monitoring temperature, pulse O2 and the emergence of symptoms suggesting greater concern.

We’ve also been texting her PCP on a regular basis, first for a prescription for the infection, and more generally to establish a record if needbe.

What a time to be alive.

jfish26 wrote: ↑Fri Mar 20, 2020 8:56 am

TDub wrote: ↑Fri Mar 20, 2020 8:44 am I work with a guy that used to be the facility manager for the local hospital. The current staff has contactes him about possibly producing parts and pieces for ventilators (he has 3d printer, CNC machine etc) they also inquired about his thoughts on using non medical grade vents (ie welding supply hoods for underwater welding/enclosed welding) and are investigating the ability to outfit thoae with a hepa filter. They told him they have 4 ventilators.....for the entire 4 county region they serve.

I think to Apollo 13 a lot when thinking about crisis management and response. For instance, a couple weeks ago, I thought of this scene:

CONTROL - WHITE
- Whoa, whoa, guys! The power's everything. Power is
everything.

GENE KRANTZ (FLIGHT DIRECTOR - WHITE)
- What you mean?

CONTROL - WHITE
- Without it they don't talk to us, they don't correct their
trajectory, they don't turn the heatshield around... we
gotta turn everything off. Now. They're not gonna make it to
re-entry.

GENE KRANTZ (FLIGHT DIRECTOR - WHITE)
- What do you mean everything?

CONTROL - WHITE
- With everything on the LM draws 60 amps. At that rate in
sixteen hours the batteries are dead, not 45. And so is the
crew. We gotta get them down to 12 amps.

MOCR ENGINEER
- Whoa. 12 amps!
- How many?
- You can't run a vacuum cleaner on 12 amps, John.

CONTROL - WHITE
- We have to turn off the radars, cabin heater, instrument
displays, the guidance computer, the whole smash.

JERRY (FIDO - WHITE)
- Whoa. Guidance computer. What... what if they need to do
another burn? Gene, they won't even know which way they're
pointed
.
CONTROL - WHITE
- The more time we talk down here, the more juice they waste
up there. I've been looking at the data for the past hour.

GENE KRANTZ (FLIGHT DIRECTOR - WHITE)
- That's the deal?

CONTROL - WHITE
- That's the deal.

Your story makes me think of this scene:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ry55--J4_VQ

TraditionKU wrote: ↑Fri Mar 20, 2020 9:00 am diagnosed as panic attack (not surprising, given the exacerbated situation in SLC over the past couple days) coupled with severe seasonal allergies

Vega wrote: ↑Fri Mar 20, 2020 9:11 am

TraditionKU wrote: ↑Fri Mar 20, 2020 9:00 am diagnosed as panic attack (not surprising, given the exacerbated situation in SLC over the past couple days) coupled with severe seasonal allergies

Completely understandable in these times, where we have no leadership, more questions than answers, and it feels like no one around us (my family not in NYC) are actually taking this thing seriously when we all knew that this would come to a head.

TraditionKU wrote: ↑Fri Mar 20, 2020 9:51 am

Vega wrote: ↑Fri Mar 20, 2020 9:11 am

TraditionKU wrote: ↑Fri Mar 20, 2020 9:00 am diagnosed as panic attack (not surprising, given the exacerbated situation in SLC over the past couple days) coupled with severe seasonal allergies

Completely understandable in these times, where we have no leadership, more questions than answers, and it feels like no one around us (my family not in NYC) are actually taking this thing seriously when we all knew that this would come to a head.

she wouldn’t admit it, but i’m convinced the earthquake put her over the top

we experienced one in Lawrence a few years ago, but it was quite mild comparatively

defixione wrote: ↑Fri Mar 20, 2020 10:12 am I just heard from a friend who has a friend in the National Guard that they have been put on alert and are expecting to be sent out to control the containment that Kelly will be putting on Kansas.

ousdahl wrote: ↑Fri Mar 20, 2020 10:46 am "hi yall, we're one of the last guests still in house. We're obviously not buying into the hysteria, and are hell bent on spring break. Since the resorts and restaurants and everything up here is closed, I've been all pushy the last few days trying to leverage yall's management into giving me a discounted rate. Why haven't yall followed up?"

I'm sorry, ma'am, this is the first I've heard of this. I just checked with the manager who said, he sent you an email detailing your discussion to the address we have on file, per your request.

well what address do yall got on file?

this one, ma'am, it's the one you provided to us.

oh, well there's the problem. I didn't think yall would send it to that address, I never check that one.

ok ma'am, what email address would you prefer?

send it to my work email, it's so-and-so@CDC.GOV...

TDub wrote: ↑Fri Mar 20, 2020 8:54 am I wish you well Vega.

ousdahl wrote: ↑Fri Mar 20, 2020 10:53 am nope.

like for real actually happened.

maybe the biggest spit take of my service industry career.