The New York Times. April 04, 2020

A24 N THE NEW YORK TIMES NATIONALSATURDAY, APRIL 4, 2020

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51/40 Clouds and sun, milder

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stalled front and a surge of
humid air from the Gulf of
Mexico will create a
favorable setup for heavy
rainfall over parts of
south-central Texas today.
Portions of the Texas hill
country may end up with
over 3 inches of rainfall by
tonight due to heavy rain
and thunderstorms. Farther
south, any rainfall will be
beneficial, as much of the
region is in a drought.

Highlight: Flash Flood Threat For Texas

New Orleans

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Oklahoma City

Little Rock

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Metropolitan Almanac

In Central Park for the 16 hours ended at 4 p.m. yesterday.

Temperature

this month.............. –0.5°

Avg. daily departure

from normal

................ +5.4°

Avg. daily departure

from normal

this year

Reservoir levels (New York City water supply)

Yesterday............... 98%

Est. normal............. 96%

Precipitation (in inches)

Yesterday............... 0.09

Record.................... 1.90

For the last 30 days

Actual..................... 3.61

Normal.................... 4.34

For the last 365 days

Actual................... 50.78

Normal.................. 49.90

LAST 30 DAYS

Air pressure Humidity

Heating Degree Days

Trends

High........... 29.72 4 p.m.

Low............ 29.60 4 a.m.

High............... 76% noon

Low.............. 44% 1 a.m.

An index of fuel consumption that tracks how

far the day’s mean temperature fell below 65

Chart shows how recent temperature and precipitation

trends compare with those of the last 30 years.

Yesterday................................................................... 17

So far this month........................................................ 52

So far this season (since July 1)............................ 3708

Normal to date for the season............................... 4295

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Cities
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Expected conditions for today and tomorrow.

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United States Yesterday Today Tomorrow

N.Y.C. region Yesterday Today Tomorrow
56/ 45 PC 58/ 46 C
Bridgeport 50/ 42 0.35 55/ 42 PC 55/ 43 C
Caldwell 51/ 44 0.20 59/ 43 PC 62/ 44 C
Danbury 48/ 40 0.22 55/ 40 C 57/ 39 C
Islip 51/ 42 0.27 54/ 40 PC 54/ 42 C
Newark 51/ 44 0.11 58/ 44 PC 60/ 45 C
Trenton 52/ 42 0.11 57/ 43 PC 61/ 44 C
White Plains 48/ 41 0.29 56/ 41 C 57/ 41 C

Albany 52/ 41 0.26 58/ 45 C 61/ 40 C
Albuquerque 67/ 43 0 71/ 47 S 73/ 46 S
Anchorage 39/ 27 Tr 41/ 35 C 41/ 26 SS
Atlanta 76/ 55 0 77/ 57 PC 79/ 58 PC
Atlantic City 52/ 46 0.05 52/ 43 PC 55/ 49 C
Austin 77/ 52 0.22 59/ 53 R 68/ 63 Sh
Baltimore 59/ 44 0 62/ 46 PC 67/ 49 C
Baton Rouge 81/ 62 0.02 81/ 62 C 80/ 62 C
Birmingham 76/ 54 0 79/ 58 PC 81/ 58 PC
Boise 52/ 32 0 57/ 40 C 59/ 42 C
Boston 45/ 39 0.80 44/ 36 C 50/ 39 C
Buffalo 46/ 39 0 53/ 41 PC 54/ 34 PC
Burlington 51/ 36 0.13 53/ 40 PC 56/ 33 C
Casper 37/ 17 0 49/ 27 PC 57/ 35 PC
Charlotte 72/ 47 0 75/ 48 S 76/ 53 PC
Chattanooga 72/ 50 0 76/ 51 PC 79/ 53 C
Chicago 65/ 43 0 51/ 36 Sh 53/ 39 S
Cincinnati 67/ 44 0 70/ 50 PC 64/ 50 Sh
Cleveland 50/ 33 0 58/ 43 PC 50/ 33 PC
Colorado Springs 42/ 23 0 54/ 35 S 68/ 40 PC
Columbus 62/ 35 0 65/ 49 PC 58/ 44 Sh
Concord, N.H. 45/ 36 0.41 53/ 33 PC 56/ 35 C
Dallas-Ft. Worth 67/ 43 Tr 54/ 48 T 63/ 56 C
Denver 42/ 26 0.03 59/ 36 S 69/ 41 PC
Des Moines 36/ 26 0.61 48/ 32 PC 60/ 49 PC
Detroit 61/ 35 0 58/ 40 PC 55/ 33 PC
El Paso 80/ 55 0 80/ 57 C 80/ 60 PC
Fargo 25/ 3 0.13 37/ 25 PC 42/ 33 PC
Hartford 50/ 41 0.31 57/ 40 C 60/ 40 C
Honolulu 81/ 68 0.01 82/ 69 Sh 81/ 70 Sh
Houston 80/ 64 0 66/ 58 R 73/ 66 PC
Indianapolis 66/ 48 0 64/ 41 C 58/ 46 PC
Jackson 77/ 57 0.01 81/ 58 C 80/ 58 PC
Jacksonville 79/ 52 0 83/ 59 S 79/ 59 PC
Kansas City 37/ 29 0.22 50/ 35 S 62/ 54 PC
Key West 82/ 74 0 83/ 76 S 83/ 76 PC
Las Vegas 73/ 53 0 77/ 56 S 76/ 54 PC
Lexington 66/ 44 0 69/ 49 PC 68/ 51 PC

Little Rock 70/ 54 0.18 65/ 52 T 71/ 57 C

Los Angeles 72/ 55 0 70/ 58 S 63/ 55 R

Louisville 70/ 49 0 73/ 53 PC 71/ 55 PC

Memphis 68/ 55 0 74/ 55 C 76/ 59 C

Miami 84/ 66 0 85/ 69 S 84/ 71 PC

Milwaukee 53/ 39 0 48/ 33 Sh 47/ 36 S

Mpls.-St. Paul 35/ 22 0.14 47/ 30 PC 57/ 44 PC

Nashville 71/ 51 0 76/ 52 PC 76/ 53 PC

New Orleans 82/ 66 0 81/ 65 C 81/ 67 C

Norfolk 62/ 49 0 58/ 45 PC 64/ 51 PC

Oklahoma City 43/ 34 0.14 54/ 40 S 65/ 54 C

Omaha 39/ 24 0.13 50/ 31 S 59/ 51 PC

Orlando 84/ 59 0 88/ 65 S 81/ 64 PC

Philadelphia 55/ 46 0.10 57/ 45 PC 64/ 48 C

Phoenix 84/ 59 0 85/ 59 S 85/ 57 S

Pittsburgh 55/ 36 0 62/ 45 PC 58/ 38 C

Portland, Me. 48/ 37 0.31 49/ 36 PC 48/ 37 C

Portland, Ore. 52/ 37 0.02 53/ 43 R 60/ 42 C

Providence 48/ 40 0.52 50/ 35 PC 54/ 40 C

Raleigh 70/ 44 0 68/ 46 S 71/ 54 PC

Reno 60/ 35 0 56/ 41 W 52/ 34 Sh

Richmond 66/ 44 0 63/ 45 PC 69/ 49 PC

Rochester 46/ 39 Tr 53/ 40 F 54/ 32 PC

Sacramento 68/ 44 0 58/ 50 R 56/ 42 R

Salt Lake City 53/ 35 0 64/ 46 PC 63/ 52 C

San Antonio 78/ 57 0.10 60/ 54 R 68/ 62 Sh

San Diego 67/ 56 0 67/ 58 PC 67/ 59 R

San Francisco 60/ 49 0 59/ 50 R 57/ 45 R

San Jose 64/ 45 0 61/ 52 R 58/ 45 R

San Juan 88/ 73 0.05 86/ 74 PC 83/ 74 Sh

Seattle 48/ 34 0.03 52/ 41 C 54/ 40 C

Sioux Falls 37/ 16 0.11 48/ 29 S 59/ 45 PC

Spokane 44/ 27 0 48/ 34 C 50/ 33 C

St. Louis 68/ 44 0.12 54/ 44 T 64/ 53 PC

St. Thomas 84/ 76 0.01 85/ 75 PC 84/ 74 S

Syracuse 47/ 39 0.18 55/ 40 PC 54/ 34 PC

Tampa 83/ 63 0.01 84/ 66 S 82/ 67 PC

Toledo 61/ 36 0 60/ 42 C 54/ 32 PC

Tucson 83/ 51 0 84/ 52 PC 83/ 51 S

Tulsa 48/ 37 0.29 55/ 45 S 70/ 58 C

Virginia Beach 60/ 47 0 55/ 44 PC 58/ 49 PC

Washington 61/ 47 0 63/ 48 PC 68/ 51 C

Wichita 44/ 30 0.22 54/ 37 S 64/ 54 PC

Wilmington, Del. 56/ 46 0.08 60/ 44 PC 65/ 48 C

Africa Yesterday Today Tomorrow

Asia/Pacific Yesterday Today Tomorrow

Algiers 61/ 47 0.26 65/ 49 PC 71/ 51 PC

Cairo 82/ 61 0 93/ 75 PC 84/ 60 PC

Cape Town 85/ 60 0 78/ 59 PC 69/ 57 C

Dakar 79/ 68 0 76/ 66 S 76/ 67 S

Johannesburg 64/ 48 0.20 61/ 50 Sh 71/ 52 PC

Nairobi 79/ 59 0.17 79/ 58 PC 81/ 61 PC

Tunis 59/ 53 0.49 64/ 46 PC 66/ 46 S

Baghdad 81/ 56 0 84/ 57 PC 87/ 65 C

Bangkok 97/ 81 0 99/ 83 PC 98/ 82 PC

Beijing 77/ 40 0 65/ 37 S 69/ 43 PC

Damascus 70/ 41 0 76/ 54 S 82/ 52 C

Hong Kong 75/ 67 0 75/ 66 T 72/ 65 W

Jakarta 91/ 77 0.11 89/ 77 T 90/ 77 T

Jerusalem 66/ 45 0 76/ 65 S 77/ 52 PC

Karachi 98/ 72 0 96/ 74 PC 96/ 72 PC

Manila 93/ 78 0 96/ 77 S 96/ 78 S

Mumbai 93/ 80 0 92/ 80 PC 92/ 79 PC

South America Yesterday Today Tomorrow

North America Yesterday Today Tomorrow

Europe Yesterday Today Tomorrow

New Delhi 87/ 54 0 91/ 64 PC 93/ 67 PC

Riyadh 93/ 67 0 91/ 67 PC 92/ 73 S

Seoul 61/ 37 0 56/ 32 S 58/ 32 S

Shanghai 63/ 49 0 69/ 46 PC 59/ 48 PC

Singapore 91/ 80 0.26 89/ 80 Sh 89/ 79 T

Sydney 78/ 65 0.65 80/ 56 W 75/ 56 S

Taipei City 73/ 64 0.35 68/ 61 R 68/ 61 R

Tehran 72/ 52 0 70/ 48 PC 69/ 51 S

Tokyo 64/ 45 0.02 67/ 52 W 54/ 46 W

Amsterdam 48/ 40 0.25 56/ 42 PC 67/ 49 PC

Athens 54/ 46 0.12 61/ 54 R 60/ 50 R

Berlin 52/ 36 0.06 54/ 34 PC 62/ 42 S

Brussels 50/ 39 0 58/ 40 S 69/ 49 PC

Budapest 61/ 28 0 62/ 38 S 62/ 37 S

Copenhagen 46/ 36 0.12 49/ 41 PC 50/ 43 PC

Dublin 52/ 36 0.04 53/ 45 PC 58/ 41 Sh

Edinburgh 48/ 33 0 53/ 42 PC 63/ 48 PC

Frankfurt 55/ 37 0 59/ 39 S 68/ 42 S

Geneva 59/ 35 0 60/ 39 S 65/ 40 PC

Helsinki 41/ 32 0.19 42/ 25 PC 44/ 37 PC

Istanbul 50/ 43 0.18 53/ 48 R 51/ 46 Sh

Kiev 59/ 33 0 55/ 31 PC 51/ 29 S

Lisbon 68/ 46 0 62/ 56 Sh 66/ 55 R

London 55/ 40 0 59/ 45 PC 66/ 51 PC

Madrid 63/ 40 0 66/ 49 PC 63/ 53 Sh

Moscow 50/ 34 0 47/ 29 PC 40/ 25 PC

Nice 59/ 46 0 63/ 52 S 65/ 50 S

Oslo 42/ 32 0.06 44/ 35 PC 49/ 39 C

Paris 57/ 43 0 63/ 43 PC 70/ 48 PC

Prague 48/ 32 0.08 50/ 32 S 59/ 38 S

Rome 60/ 38 0 66/ 43 S 66/ 44 S

St. Petersburg 42/ 35 0.16 40/ 30 S 40/ 28 PC

Stockholm 43/ 30 0.01 44/ 27 PC 50/ 38 Sh

Vienna 60/ 31 0 60/ 34 S 61/ 39 PC

Warsaw 52/ 34 0.02 51/ 30 PC 56/ 35 S

Acapulco 90/ 75 0 85/ 75 S 85/ 76 PC

Bermuda 65/ 60 0.15 68/ 63 Sh 69/ 61 PC

Edmonton 14/ -3 Tr 19/ 4 PC 21/ 11 C

Guadalajara 89/ 55 0 90/ 52 S 89/ 54 PC

Havana 88/ 57 0 88/ 65 S 88/ 66 S

Kingston 86/ 73 0 88/ 77 PC 89/ 74 S

Martinique 88/ 69 0 88/ 73 PC 87/ 73 PC

Mexico City 75/ 55 0.05 77/ 55 T 80/ 55 PC

Monterrey 80/ 68 0.09 81/ 65 T 74/ 65 T

Montreal 47/ 40 0.17 50/ 35 C 51/ 29 Sn

Nassau 80/ 64 0 80/ 71 S 81/ 71 PC

Panama City 91/ 71 0.04 92/ 74 PC 93/ 75 T

Quebec City 43/ 36 0.02 42/ 30 C 45/ 29 R

Santo Domingo 86/ 68 0 87/ 71 PC 88/ 70 T

Toronto 49/ 33 0 51/ 38 C 55/ 31 PC

Vancouver 44/ 36 0.02 48/ 37 C 52/ 38 PC

Winnipeg 25/ 12 0.12 35/ 23 S 39/ 25 C

Buenos Aires 69/ 54 0 76/ 64 S 76/ 59 PC

Caracas 87/ 75 0.05 86/ 77 PC 88/ 76 T

Lima 77/ 69 0 75/ 69 PC 76/ 69 C

Quito 71/ 47 0.01 72/ 56 Sh 73/ 55 Sh

Recife 86/ 75 0.25 89/ 76 T 89/ 79 PC

Rio de Janeiro 91/ 78 0.02 80/ 71 S 79/ 71 PC

Santiago 83/ 50 0 83/ 50 PC 79/ 52 S

From Montauk Point to Sandy Hook, N.J., out to 20

nautical miles, including Long Island Sound and New York

Harbor.

The wind will be from the northeast at 15-25 knots. Waves

heights will be 2-4 feet on New York Harbor and Long

Island Sound and 4-7 feet on the ocean. Visibility 5 miles

or greater.

Atlantic City .................... 4:47 a.m. .............. 5:26 p.m.

Barnegat Inlet ................. 5:00 a.m. .............. 5:40 p.m.

The Battery ..................... 5:26 a.m. .............. 6:15 p.m.

Beach Haven .................. 6:19 a.m. .............. 7:04 p.m.

Bridgeport ...................... 8:40 a.m. .............. 9:16 p.m.

City Island ....................... 8:30 a.m. .............. 9:17 p.m.

Fire Island Lt. .................. 5:47 a.m. .............. 6:32 p.m.

Montauk Point ................ 6:33 a.m. .............. 6:57 p.m.

Northport ....................... 8:52 a.m. .............. 9:26 p.m.

Port Washington ............. 8:49 a.m. .............. 9:33 p.m.

Sandy Hook .................... 5:01 a.m. .............. 5:46 p.m.

Shinnecock Inlet ............. 4:59 a.m. .............. 5:32 p.m.

Stamford ........................ 8:40 a.m. .............. 9:15 p.m.

Tarrytown ....................... 7:15 a.m. .............. 8:04 p.m.

Willets Point .................... 8:33 a.m. .............. 9:22 p.m.

High Tides

New York City 51/ 45 0.09

Metropolitan Forecast

TODAY ........................Clouds and sunshine

High 56. The breeze will gradually dimin-

ish as a large storm over the ocean

moves away. It will be a dry day with

intervals of clouds and sunshine.

TONIGHT ................................Mostly cloudy

Low 45. It will be rather cloudy as high

pressure moves into the region. Low

temperatures will be around 5 degrees

above normal for this time of year.

TOMORROW .....More clouds than sunshine

High 58. A weak system will bring some

clouds, but dry conditions are expected.

MONDAY ...................................Partly sunny

High pressure will bring intervals of clouds

and sunshine. It will be a mild afternoon.

Partly to mostly cloudy at night.

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY ..............Showers Wednesday

It will be quite mild Tuesday with a mix of

clouds and sunshine. The high will be 63.

Mostly cloudy Wednesday with a couple

of showers. The high will be 61.

As a powerful storm with some tropical

characteristics moves farther out to sea

today, clouds, wind and rainfall will begin

to ease over New England and southeast-

ern New York State. Tides may remain

above normal into the evening along the

coast. Most areas from Florida to north-

ern New York can expect a dry day.

Downpours will drench central and

southeastern Texas to the point where

flash flooding may be a concern. Lesser

showers will extend from Arkansas to

Michigan. Most areas from Minnesota to

Arizona and Southern California will be

dry, with sunshine.

Snow from Canada will skirt Montana. A

slow-moving storm from the Pacific

Ocean will bring rain and mountain snow

to Northern California and part of Oregon.

High pressure will bring a dry day with

intervals of clouds and sunshine from the

Blue Ridge Mountains north into New

England. High temperatures in the Blue

Ridge will be in the 50s and 60s. It will be

a chilly day across New England with

highs mainly in the 30s and 40s.

Pandemics are not partisan.
And the coronavirus outbreak
is no different: It threatens
Americans of all political persua-
sions, and a fast-growing body of
survey data shows that this
pandemic has affected how both
Democrats and Republicans
describe their daily habits, the
state of their pocketbooks and
even their mental well-being.
At the beginning of the crisis,
stark political differences
emerged over whether people
viewed the virus as a real threat.
But now that gap is rapidly clos-
ing — driven by similarities in
life experiences, and by the
overwhelming attention now
being paid to the pandemic by
top officials in both parties.
Last month, the Bloomberg
Consumer Comfort Index — a
polling indicator of the national
economic mood — recorded its
sharpest two-week drop in 34
years of collecting data.
A large majority of both Re-

publicans and Democrats think

the worst is yet to come, accord-

ing to other polls. Three-fourths

of Americans said so in a survey

conducted through the beginning

of this week by the Kaiser Family

Foundation.

“It is rare to see something

change so dramatically in a

two-week period,” said Mollyann

Brodie, the executive director of

the foundation’s survey research

program. “Our last poll was a

couple weeks ago. And then in

this poll we saw a real narrowing

of the partisan divide.”

She continued: “I think some

of that is just the course of the

pandemic. It spread a lot farther

across the country, and a lot

more people were seeing it in

their daily lives. But I think you

also can’t dismiss the change of

tone at the top. President Trump

really changed his tone over that

time period, and certainly his

followers picked up on those

cues.”

Common experiences seem to

be playing a big role. Twenty-two

percent of both Democrats and

Republicans said in the Kaiser

poll that they had lost income

from a job or business because of

the virus. Independents were

markedly more likely to say so,

at 30 percent.

And Republicans lagged just

behind Democrats on reporting a

range of other experiences: from

becoming unable to get nonvirus-

related medical care (30 percent

of Republicans; 37 percent of

Democrats) to suddenly finding

themselves without access to

groceries (28 percent of Republi-

cans; 34 percent of Democrats).

On a lighter note, members of

both parties are using technol-

ogy to keep in touch with loved

ones at just about the same rate.

More than three in five Republi-

cans and Democrats said they

had video chatted with a friend

or family member in the past

week.

Of course, there are signs that

Democrats and Republicans still

see this crisis differently. While

most Democrats said the virus

had had a negative impact on

their mental health, two-thirds of

Republicans said it hadn’t, ac-

cording to the Kaiser poll. And

unsurprisingly, Republicans were

far more likely to trust the presi-

dent to handle the crisis.

Differences in geography could

also be playing some role. Re-

publicans are more likely to live

in rural areas, many of which

have not been as affected by the

virus. And Republican governors

have generally been slower to

issue stay-at-home orders, mean-

ing a possibly less drastic shake-

up in the lives of their residents.

In another poll released Thurs-

day, by The Associated Press and

the NORC Center for Public

Affairs Research, most Demo-

crats described the national

economy as poor, but 65 percent

of Republicans said it was still

doing well. Independents tend to

agree more with Democrats

here, and over all, Americans are

far more likely to say the econ-

omy is in bad shape. That is a

huge change from January, when

two-thirds of Americans said the

economy was doing well in a

different AP-NORC survey.

Since January there has been a

seven-percentage-point jump in

the share of Americans describ-

ing their financial situation as

poor; 38 percent now do, the

AP-NORC poll found.

More than six million people

joined the unemployment rolls

last week, but we’re not quite in a

depression yet: In the Kaiser

survey, 7 percent of respondents

said they were unemployed and

looking for work. That is far

lower than the nearly 25 percent

unemployment rate at the height

of the Great Depression.

But among all respondents

without jobs, 54 percent said

they had lost work at the hands

of the virus. With the crisis’s

impact expected to grow only

deeper and more widespread

over the coming weeks, those

numbers will most likely rise.

Unemployed Americans were

twice as likely as those with jobs

to tell Kaiser that the virus had

had a major impact on their

mental health.

And unemployed people were

more likely to express grave

concern that supplies would run

out at their hospital — and that

the nation’s health care system

would become overrun. They

were more apt to be seriously

worried that local businesses

would wind up permanently

closing because of the crisis. On

all of these measures, about

three-fifths of jobless Americans

expressed strong concern, while

the number was closer to half

among those with jobs.

These feelings may come

partly from experience: The

Kaiser poll found that 54 percent

of jobless Americans said the

crisis had already prevented

them from getting medical care

for conditions not related to the

virus. And 50 percent of them

said the pandemic had prevented

them from getting prescription

medication.

In both cases, the numbers

were far less dire among re-

spondents who were still work-

ing.

Yet the overall story, Dr.

Brodie said, is one of commonal-

ity. “Nobody’s been immune,” she

said. “Certainly there are some

harder-hit groups: groups that

are part-time workers, paid by

the job, or by the hour. But what

is really striking is that the im-

pact has been wide and deep and

quick.”

POLL WATCH

The Left and Right Agree on Something: The Worst Is Yet to Come

By GIOVANNI RUSSONELLO

Poll Watch is a weekly look at
polling data on the candidates,
voters and issues that will shape
the 2020 election.

A rising pandemic is

leading Americans to

find common ground.