Coronavirus is slowly turning Bay Area into a ghost town

[karthikn]

33 minutes ago, Spartan said:

On a regular Tuesday morning in the Bay Area, everything is busy – from bridges and traffic to bustling BART trains and lack of parking at stations.

But none of that was the case this morning as more and more people are apparently staying home amid the growing coronavirus outbreak.

A photo sent to KRON4 by viewer Gina Rodriguez shows an empty BART parking lot in Concord at 8 a.m.; not normal by any standards.

Photo: Gina Rodriguez

The video above shows the Embarcadero BART station around the same time, with only a handful of people seen milling around the station compared to the hundreds that usually flock the area on a regular morning.

BART officials tell KRON4 last week there was an 8% drop in ridership.

A decrease in the population is evident in part to some big companies in the area telling their employees to work from home, such as Facebook, Salesforce, Amazon, Microsoft, and Twitter.

There are 88 confirmed cases of the coronavirus in the Bay Area.

Several schools around the Bay Area have also closed or modified their class schedules amid the outbreak.

Even traffic is seeming lighter, too.

KRON4’s Robin Winston reported Tuesday seeing fewer commuters on the Bay Bridge on what would normally be a very busy morning.

Im also seeing fewer commutes on Bay Area bridge this morning. Bridges have already thinned out when normally on a Tuesday at this time, they are pack. So yup they are working from home and so many schools are closed or offering online classes.

— Robin Winston (@RobinWinstonTV) March 10, 2020

Bongu ghost towns, Seattle already ghost town antunnaru eeda em ledhu. WFH gurinchi em matladatle maa client  evarikanna vachi sick avuthe, vaadu sick ayye lopu andariki antisthadu ga

[supportamaravathi]

34 minutes ago, JambaKrantu said:

Next Irvine adi oka chinkitown

Irvine unnadi socal lo post esindi norcal gurinchi nee dhed dimag ga...

 

[Sarvapindi]

moddem kadu antha ledu....evad pattinchukotle coronavirus gurunchi eeda...evadra rasindi adi..

[MiryalgudaMaruthiRao]

1 minute ago, Sarvapindi said:

moddem kadu antha ledu....evad pattinchukotle coronavirus gurunchi eeda...evadra rasindi adi..

kron 4 ba news chadavaledha 1st post lo

[Sarai_Veerraju]

Lawrence Expwy was empty today mrng around 9:45, which is a very very rare sight during a weekday. WFH effect clear ga kanipisthondi.

[Chinna84]

59 minutes ago, Spartan said:

maaku 14 day wfh icharu...ninna ivala vacha..

case confirmed ivala..so wfh from tomorrow..

meee office lo na ??

[ARYA]

41 minutes ago, Sarvapindi said:

moddem kadu antha ledu....evad pattinchukotle coronavirus gurunchi eeda...evadra rasindi adi..

evadu pattinchukoledu 

[Spartan]

19 minutes ago, Chinna84 said:

meee office lo na ??

nope area lo.

[Chakram12]

Just now, ARYA said:

evadu pattinchukoledu 

ok tengeyi

[Chakram12]

Just now, Spartan said:

nope area lo.

nothing to worry if ur healthy anta

[Spartan]

Just now, Chakram12 said:

nothing to worry if ur healthy anta

ha.

[MiryalgudaMaruthiRao]

Just now, Chakram12 said:

nothing to worry if ur healthy anta

b alt's not about only ur health neekun aa virus antukuntey nuvvoka carrier vi avutavu

aa side liquors pakkana unna senior living ki vellavu anuko rama rama krishna krishna ani @Spartan cheppadu

[Catabolite]

Arey maku holiday iyyandira howle gallu

[tacobell fan]

1 minute ago, Catabolite said:

Arey maku holiday iyyandira howle gallu

Frustration tho poyav anukunna

[Chakram12]

4 minutes ago, MiryalgudaMaruthiRao said:

b alt's not about only ur health neekun aa virus antukuntey nuvvoka carrier vi avutavu

aa side liquors pakkana unna senior living ki vellavu anuko rama rama krishna krishna ani @Spartan cheppadu

no more living there uncle