In an overnight frenzy, the whole touring industry came to a halt.
..This is hard.
Overnight, mine and thousands of others' lives fell apart.
With the recent unfolding coronavirus panic, the trucking industry has again been hit hard.
Here are 17 truckers discussing how the situation has affected them.
If all the truck drivers just stop, the whole country is going to be stopped.
One of the biggest concerns for me is not having work.
One of the biggest concerns for me is not having work.
I have bills and other things that require me to drive, load, and unload product.
I have been questioned twice about having the virus.
Hope for the best, prep for the worst.
If you show up to pick up or deliver and appear sick, it might escalate.
Hopefully you wont get forcibly hauled off into an isolation unit.
My wife & I are stocking the truck with several weeks of grocery/water/etc.
in case we have to isolate somewhere.
Until then, we continue to run all 48 and hope for the best, prep for the worst.
Keep it simple: You will be exposed at some point.
You will either get sick or not.
If you get sick you either survive, or not.
My biggest worry is when the outbreak gets to the point that the economy shuts down.
Drivers start getting sick, go into quarantine along with truck.
When you do get sick, do you isolate at a truck stop and ride it out?
At what point do you call 911?
These are the questions keeping me awake.rickyboricky
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Before it gets better, its going to get worse.
Before it gets better, its going to get worse.
Were really gonna struggle.
We do have a little bit of savings, but its not going to last that long.
If I cant move my legs or arms, Ill definitely stay home.
Singers, comedians, sports, everything that involved touring.
Our shows have been canceled and or postponed until at least the end of the summer.
Overnight, mine and thousands of others lives fell apart.
David
6.
Where does a person like me turn for aid?
Where does that person turn to for aid during this time?Chad
7.
Be kind to those drivers.
In times like these the trucking industry will bring us lifes essentials no matter what conditions.
Remember to thank a professional driver when you go to the store to restock your home.
yo be patient, give the trucks plenty of room, and be kind to those drivers.
They are working extra hard for every citizen in this country!Thomas
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Lets hear it for the truckers.
A ton of people are giving shout outs to healthcare and first responders during this current climate.
Those truckers live isolated lives which minimizes exposure, you want to see the U.S. get crippled?
Those trucks stopping would stop everything including basic health care folks.
So lets hear it for the truckers.Anthony
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I used plastic gloves when pumping diesel.
I read that travelers and healthcare workers are at higher risk, we are travelers first.
Everything at every store is sold out.
Would the government pay for a nice hotel room for me?
With free food delivery!?
Anyone got any answers to this???
Normal high-volume areas are dead.
Normal high-volume areas are dead.
Or the rates sank.
If you are actually sick, it will be a bad deal all around.
Its sort of like being a soldier off to war.
Its not good to maintain a negative stereotype of a filthy trucker unable to use modern toilets.
Besides it only takes one offended person calling the law to arrest you for indecent exposure and so forth.
With the way things are today you DO NOT want that problem.
YOU WILL guaranteed to get infected in Jail packed in like sardines.
(They dont care.
They can bury you or release you.
Its all the same to them.)
You do a job in trucking that keeps America rolling, even now more than ever.
Sort of as a Soldier off to war.
The problem is that we have been just in time for far too long.
They will be homeless.
Wall Street Expects 10 million unemployed by August.
Dont worry, that rig will keep rolling.
There is 50 more lining up behind you waiting until you drop.
Again, we cannot really halt the infections, I may be infected already myself.
I dont know until the body gives me a reason to suspect it.
Its early yet in the overall battle.x1Heavy
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Ive had a certain degree of schadenfreude about this.
Being a poor dumb trucker it seems to be infecting the educated elites for now.
I went to Canada twice.
Then it affected air travelers.
(Oh Muffy, its so nice to avoid that flyover country!)
And now its hitting coastal cities.
and are going stage 3 prepper.
Panic is a very dangerous thing.
Just saw the first person wearing a mask, at Poarch Truckstop in Atmore Al.
Wife wants to spend $160 on 3, advertised on the Internet.
The fact that it could be spreading now, without knowing yet, is concerning.
Im a doubting Thomas, no need to panic, yet.
A pending snow storm, and theyre fighting over bread and water.
She had 3 gallons, he had about 20 gallons, but wanted 1 more.
Panic is a very dangerous thing.
The only thing that concerns Me, about this situation.Rideandrepair
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I have 40-50 people sitting behind me in a closed, climate-controlled environment.
Quite the breeding ground to start a localized outbreak.
Quite the breeding ground to start a localized outbreak.
Im almost out of hand sanitizer and noticed all the truck stops have been sold out all week.
He kept saying, theres too much goin on right now.
So Im almost out of hand sanitizer and noticed all the truck stops have been sold out all week.
I guess people finally decided to stop being slobs.Boom Tube
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My orders pending summer delivery have been essentially vaporized.
My orders pending summer delivery have been essentially vaporized.
The Chinese and other factories for those orders are not working now.
They will NOT produce or deliver to me in time for summer deadline.
The items WILL be produced.
Pharmacy tells me antibiotics and other medicines strictly made and sourced in China has vaporized in supply.
Doc can take a stab at prescribe something else but there is no point.
Im already there at home providing for that future.
I worry about the Internet.
The National Grid at the Level3 and other very top-level providers of internet core.
No internet or technology needed or available.
There are two generations of people who dont know how to function in such a world.
Weapons and ammunition etc.
have been stable a very long time in years.
It wont be the first emergency we faced at the state level or higher.
Those who dont have anything will storm the ammunition and guns sales soon enough.
I dont need to….
Two companies have admitted that they finally ran out of product.
Hand sanitizer and one other item.
It will be a while before they make up more batches to ship.
Should not take too long while trucks slowly surround the shipping dept and sit for potentially days to load.x1Heavy
