Today March 6, 2020 - My Family starts our own "Self-Quarantine". Here in: Lakeland, Florida

My Wife and I are both Retired Army and My 2 Kiddo's are both Adult Autistic, and will never leave home.

I will make regular post in this thread of our day to day happenings.

Are you sure you want to remain Lakeland??? Gated community or fortified home safety?

Every City in Florida has Covid19. I am Retired Army, we have extremely sufficient Force Protection here ... lol

Last Edited by Lupe_Ate_My_Taco's on 03/06/2020 01:12 PM

Im just worried about your high crime rate & that will jump significantly. Im sure youre ready though. Id be interested in knowing how well your kids do being inside long term. I work with autistic adults & im frantically stressed about how theyd handle a lockdown situation, maintaining a routine...

I have spent over a decade in shtf Theater's of Operation. I have seen the worst of the worst. My Kiddo's rarely leave the house, their autism keeps them glued to the computer 24/7. I have them do house chores at certain times during the day. They know their schedule and adhere to it, even when I forget ... lol

The kid's literally wont know they are quarantined, we are not going to tell them.

Army - Tours:
1990-1991 - Desert Shield/Storm/Provide Comfort
1992-1993 - South Korea 
1994-1995 - U.N. Mission in Haiti
1996-1998 - Bosnia U.N./NATO Mission IFOR/SFOR
1999-2000 - South Korea

Last Edited by Lupe_Ate_My_Taco's on 03/06/2020 01:23 PM

Thank you so much for your service. I for one, consider it an honor to sit on the curb and clap as folks like you and your wife walk by. May the Almighty God our Father be with you and your family always. In advance, much appreciation for the updates, and you all keep well. Cheers brother.



Nick®

Last Edited by Nickadimus on 03/06/2020 01:26 PM

Seems we have a few swans on this board. North or South side?

Thank You very much

..... lol
North

I live in Lakeland too!

My family went to the Tamp Bay Vipers XFL football game on Sunday. We went to the Tampa Bay Lightning hockey game on Tuesday.

I've been all over town going about my business. Lakeside Village. Publix.

For the first time yesterday I saw a lady with a mask on in one of the local Publixes. As soon as she and her husband stepped outside, she whipped off the mask.

Then she leaned ALL OVER her cart and cart handle as she was putting her groceries in the trunk of her car.

I think the mask is a placebo at best.

You have a better chance of dying from driving ANYWHERE than from this virus. I am Zero Percent worried about it. You can't stay in your house forever unless you have a caregiver.

And if the caregiver goes to the grocery store...

Remember to rearrange the furniture to beat stagnation.
Remember to garden as much as possible since playing in the sunshine increases your Vit D.
Remember to turn the TV off most of the day time to prevent addictive, negative propaganda.
Remember to tell stories, have home movie night, and make some films of your own. Creating plays, cultural or acting out Shakespeare can further improve your multifaceted personality traits.
Don't cook too many foods at once, a balance can be found in stretching leftovers.

:goodluck:

Another Lakelander.... lol Many of us here. We are preppers and have been prepped since 2010. We can stay right here without leaving our property for well over a year.

good advice. Yeah we have game night (phase 10 & monopoly) and we have movie night with lots of snacks.

Maybe one day when this is all over we could have a like minded GLP meet-up.. one day...

****** Our Thoughts on Covid19 ******

This covid19 may have corona virus in it, but we have seen proof that this is a "Bio-engineered Weapon". So rather than pretend to "Beat the Virus", we are simply backing out of the way of this bio-weapon.

stay safe, and good luck to your family!

Yeah that would be fun to BBQ at Lake Parker, near the Detroit Tiger Stadium. We BBQ there regularly. My Kid's love the birds out there.

Thanks, I think many people will start to self-quarantine once they start putting two and two together.

Speaking of BBQ... Tomorrow is Fire it up Frostproof KCBS Competition and I have the privilege of judging the Masters category.
*It's amazing the quality of BBQ you get when money is on the line.

But is it worth the risk to pass around boxes of the best "free" food you'll every eat if it ends up being one of the last meals you'll ever eat?

Last Edited by Goatar on 03/06/2020 01:59 PM

OP, what is that in that pic? Where did the pic come from? More info on what you are showing us please.

....lol awesome. I smoke Briskets, Hams Turkeys, Chicken, Ribs and Sausage. We love BBQ here :-)

Ok Lakeland im impressed! Stay safe & sane! OP- what exactly is that a picture of? Tic tac ufo?

*** I have a feeling FLORIDA will be like WUHAN, CHINA ***

Feb 11, 23:30 hrs. I along with my Son, Daughter, 3 other Adult friends witnessed what we believe to be aerial deployment of between 8-16 weapons.

They dropped from high altitude down to just below cloud level, and "Kind of like" M127A1 The Army Flares with Parachute's, they hung at a certain altitude then began to brighten and wiggle like a (Crown-Flash) and material just started spilling out the bottom and floating away towards Disney Land & Orlando.

I notified proper authorities. Some one else saw them as green laser's kept pointing at them from far off.

The pics dont really fit GLP loading dock so they seem a little mis-shaped but you get the general idea.

The Light is from a Street light across the street. down-load the pic and use you computer to blow it up larger to see the weapon deployed

Each yellow dot was a deployment, I could have missed some as I was walking around our Condo complex and when I saw them I ran and grabbed my cell phone and caught the last one deployed before it flamed out.

Just outside of the Lakeland city limit headed toward Disney and Orlando, if you go to googlemaps go to lakeland, Florida, and then locate Orlando in between them is Disney. now compare to my map and you'll get a basic idea of what I saw

We watched Green Laser's pointing out where the weapons deployed so I geuss they were "Target Painters"

We smelled almost like a "Burn't Ozone almost gun-powdery type smell" My first thought was, We just inhaled the bio-weapon" but so far everyone with me is not showing symptoms yet.

Last Edited by Lupe_Ate_My_Taco's on 03/06/2020 02:11 PM

I saw aerial burst of what I imagine was covid19. I am trained and have experienced aerial deployments. In Desert Storm I called in the first NBC1-FLASH Report (along with a dozen other soldiers ....lol)

Then dove head first into our under ground bunker as they covered the entrance with ruck sacks. The yellow mist contained "Sarin Gas"

Last Edited by Lupe_Ate_My_Taco's on 03/06/2020 02:14 PM

As we decon'ed, all of our gear was useless, so we headed to KKMC 5 hours later to get new gear and at the entrance gate, a nother SCUD missile came zooming in. We were like wtf twice in one day ... lol

No Sarin this time

Thank you for that info OP, that's some scary shit. Will be paying close attention to reports from that area to see if anything develops. Hopefully it doesn't. Stay safe OP, and thank you for your service and your first-hand reports.

Today I am making a huge stock Pot of Dirty rice (I use Smoke sausage & Ground Beef) and this will yield 3 large meals. 2 go into the freezer.

I cook things like, Chili, Spaghetti, Goulash, Mac & Cheese with Ground Beef or Ham, Beef & Chicken soups, and this are all made in very large proportions, so I get 3 meals out of each.

It's great because I can cook 7-8 day's in a row, then not have to cook for 21-24 days in a row, just "re-heat" :-)

Last Edited by Lupe_Ate_My_Taco's on 03/06/2020 02:29 PM

Thanks :-)

I have been getting reports of massive outbreaks of covid19 all over Florida and every State in America. I have insider type information due to my affiliation with InFraGard over the last 16 years. Daily I can log right into the FBI system and get FLASH reports, and other things or chit chat with other long-timers ....

PH above 7.0-7.35 and Vitamin D sufficient, no problem.