by Doug Thompson | Jan 10, 2021 | Musings
Damn, it’s cold out this morning. Probably some black ice on some of Floyd County’s secondary roads. Think I will wait until the thermometer hits 40 or so today (the forecast calls for a high of 44) before venturing out to pick up wife Amy’s meds. If...
by Doug Thompson | Jan 1, 2021 | COVID-19, Entertainment, Musings
Welcome back our friends to the show that never ends,We’re so glad you could attend,Stay inside, stay inside!–Karn Evil 9 by Emerson Lake & Palmer (edited to recognize COVID-19) We did stay up Thursday night to welcome 2021, quietly, at home with soda,...
by Doug Thompson | Dec 5, 2020 | Coronavirus, COVID-19, News
Virginia’s increase in COVID-19 cases rose by 3,793 in Saturday’s report from the Virginia Department of Health, which included a notation that some of the cases were a “backlog” that had been reported earlier but the numbers follow a pattern...
by Doug Thompson | Nov 28, 2020 | Coronavirus, COVID-19
Floyd County suffered its highest one-day hit of COVID-19 virus infections Saturday with 15 new infections added by the Virginia Department of Health’s daily report that also shows Virginia’s case count rising by 3,173. Cases in the Roanoke Valley rose by...
by Doug Thompson | Nov 15, 2020 | Coronavirus, News
For a while, and in retrospect probably too long, Gov. Ralph Northam tried to give Virginians a chance to step up and take the steps to fight the COVID-19 Coronavirus pandemic by wearing masks, maintain social distancing and act like adults. In Southwest Virginia,...