Welcome to class today as, everybody doing all right . So this is history outside. A field school in finding america so awesome. Esther, weve been going to different places around campus and trying to think about what we see how the landscape impacts where we are and what we think about where we. So those Big Questions for the semester are, where am i . Whats the next one . Can you remember that one . So we got where am i . What happened here . And then how do i fit into that . Now . All right. So were going to do that today to think about where am i . What happened here and how do i fit into it . And so to set this up in the long term, im going to pull a quote from a book called ecclesiastes from the old testament, and ill read it so that i dont mess it up, although there are a lot of different versions of it all. The rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not yet full to the place from which the rivers came there. They return again. So one thing i want us to think about as we look a
Whats the next one . Can you remember that one . So we got where am i . What happened here . And then how do i fit into that . Now . All right. So were going to do that today to think about where am i . What happened here and how do i fit into it . And so to set this up in the long term, im going to pull a quote from a book called ecclesiastes from the old testament, and ill read it so that i dont mess it up, although there are a lot of different versions of it all. The rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not yet full to the place from which the rivers came there. They return again. So one thing i want us to think about as we look at this creek that were standing over is what happens to water. What happens when it falls from the sky and it lands up the hill near horseshoe in enough of the drops get together that they roll downhill and they roll past here. And so i want us to think about this creek. Do we know what the name of this creek is . Walking around . Okay, so rocky branch a
To feel foe so soso great outside. Take a look, here on storm scan, not much happening at all, you have got the tristate sweep, picking up on virtually nothing, nice and clear, across the delaware vale, thats definately being reflected in our cameras here on skycam 3. We overlook very, very lightly, feels like what the thermometer reads there is time around, you dont have that humidity to contends, with northwest flow, definitely do that, but with High Pressure anchored overhead, you wont notice much after breeze. Sixtysix the current temperature meanwhile at Philadelphia International airport. For the most part low and mid 60s region wide, cooler up in the mountain us terrain, spot where you may want to think p grabbing light jacket, fleece, or Something Like that were you walk out the door if you have to take the dog for a walk, Something Like, that but really is going to be fantastic day star after monday, heating up for mid week, eventually the return every thunderstorms on the rad
Heres michigan. This is where hundreds of protesters stormed the capitol. Some of them carrying guns. They demanded an end to the state of emergency that the governor just extended through memorial day. Then over in georgia, there was this mock funeral procession outside of the State Capitol. They were protesting the governors order to reopen because they think that that puts their lives at risk. John . This morning, cnn learned the white house is now reviewing a draft document from the cdc. It details how businesses, schools and others should handle reopening. Dr. Anthony fauci said that states face a significant risk if they reopen too soon, especially where the cases are still spiking. A new report predicts the pandemic could continue to spread for up to two years. This report says we would need 60 or 70 herd immunity to get it under control. That means 60 to 70 of us need to get it and recover from it to get the pandemic under control. On the hopeful side, dr. Fauci suggests a pote
His morning tweet at the michigan governor prods her to, quote, give a little. People want their lives back again, he says. More than two dozen states lightening restrictions. This from the governor does sound more like politics than science in georgia. Im trusting people, i think would be the way ive been saying it. Government policies are only good as long as theyre reasonable and people will follow them. I can tell you, after people being sheltered at home for a long time, on the verge of losing everything theyve got, not being able to work, you know, not being able to get their kids out of the house, people are at wits end. You cant cause people to revolt. Take a look, this is the fiveday rolling average of cases in the past two weeks. That is not a steady, much less consecutive, decline. As we begin the month of may, this scale of deaths is telling and chilling. 1 in february, 3,434 in march and nearly 60,000 in april. The governor says he does have a choice here, but he recommend