World 33.8 million Saudi Arabia 330K+ Pakistan 310K+ The weather is warming up, but it’s humid and drizzly. We’re expecting a good dump of rain at the weekend with wind and a cool change. The weather bureau has issued an official La Nina forecast. I remember the last one in 2011-13. There were floods […]
Archive | Finey’s Blog
In this daily blog I explore our personal and collective responses to the transformation we are all experiencing as we battle the COVID-19 pandemic. I began writing in mid-March 2020, but only decided in April to create this blog and post it to my website. I’m posting all of March as a single entry and will follow up with posts either daily, weekly or every few days as events unfold. Stay safe.
The Corona Crucible – Tues 29th September
World 33.5 million Israel 230K+ Canada 150K+ The Federal Government cuts to JobKeeper and JobSeeker come into effect as from now. This will make it especially tough for those who are unemployed. The economic recovery will be slower too. If people don’t have money to spend then they can’t spend it. We’re personally doing okay. […]
The Corona Crucible – Mon 28th September
World 33.3 million India 6 million Brazil 4.7 million Today the world reached a grim milestone, with over one million deaths worldwide. Large numbers of new infections are being reported in Europe. This week the Netherlands was the latest country to reached over 100,000 infections of COVID-19. In France daily numbers are in the order […]
The Corona Crucible – Sun 27th September
World 33 million Colombia 800K+ Peru 800K+ Everyone has been eagerly anticipating Daniel Andrews’ appearance today to announce the next step in our road map out of COVID lockdown. Public gatherings of up to five people from a maximum of two households allowed outdoors (infants under 12 months are not included in that number)Childcare […]
The Corona Crucible – Sat 26th September
World 32.6 million Argentina 670K+ South Africa 670K+ The Health Minister Jenny Mikakos faced the Hotel Quarantine Inquiry on Thursday andDaniel Andrews gave his evidence yesterday. Minster Mikakos said she was not part of the decision to use private security and did not know who made the decision. The many issues that emerged at […]
The Corona Crucible – Fri 25th September
World 32.3 million Spain 700K+ France 500K+ The 2020 AFL season has concluded and now on to the finals. It’s been good that they have managed to run the competition despite all the issues with COVID. The finals will start on 1 October. Go Tigers! I didn’t win the footy tipping competition, but I ended […]
The Corona Crucible – Thurs 24th September
World 32 million India 5.7 million Brazil 4.6 million While the new windows are being installed it’s been a good opportunity to focus on some artwork. I made some gift cards and I’m trying my hand at a portrait. The knitting is also progressing. I’ve done about 25 squares in the past couple of weeks. […]
The Corona Crucible – Wed 23rd September
World 31.7 million Russia 1.1 million China 85K+ Our house faces west and in summer the living room gets very hot, though in winter it’s really cold. Our bedroom is east, but the windows there face south, so it gets very cold in winter. With heating and cooling bills getting higher and higher, we thought […]
The Corona Crucible – Tues 22nd September
World 31.4 million Argentina 640K+ Chile 440K+ Three more countries, Morocco, Belgium and Kuwait have now recorded over 100,000 cases of COVID-19. That’s 37 countries to reach that number of infections. The situation in Europe is getting worse with only minimal restrictions in force in many countries. They could learn a thing or two from […]
The Corona Crucible – Mon 21st September
World 31.1 million USA 7 million Mexico 700K+ The US has now recorded more than seven million cases of COVID-19 and over 200,000 fatalities. In the wake of hurricane Sally, there are floods in Florida and Alabama. Fires still rage across several states on the US west coast. Meanwhile, the insanity and incompetence continues in […]