OK So how does Nika get here?

[Plebe]

The bigger question is will the 2020-2021 season go forward?

If travel bans persist long enough to prevent Nika's timely entry into the country, that will bode very, very badly for the viability of the sports season.

 

[Biff]

That was quite a clever response. I am not that clever for sure. But I heard Nika is planning to arrive by a 20 Muhl team express.

 

[mhshuskies]

A slow boat FROM China...

 

[SVCBeercats]

Planes recycle fresh air 20/30 times per hour, about the same as hospital air handling systems.

Actually 50% of the plane's air is removed and the other 50% is mixed with fresh air for each cycle. Not sure if the "fresh air" at 30,000 feet contains a comfortable level of oxygen. Presumably the mixture is forced through HEPA filters, however, God knows when they were last replaced. Am I on a plane with a new filters or one with old filters near their replacement date?

As for hospitals "With the advent of sealed high-rise buildings and forced ventilation, expensive negative pressure rooms have been introduced to house patients with infections thought likely to be transmitted by aerosol. The spread of tuberculosis among HIV patients was a recent dramatic example of the problems with enclosed rooms and prisons. To ensure sufficient dilution of the bacterial load around an infected patient, room air should be changed 10–12 times every hour. Actual room air changes in negative pressure rooms often fall below this level because of poor plant and maintenance." Airborne transmission of disease in hospitals

 

[Dove]

This could be interedting with the current travel ban.

Fly to England? Fly here?

 

[FridaFriend]

Everyone can still fly from Russia.

 

[JordyG]

I have friend who has a friend who knows a guy that knows another guy that owns a boat that can "get people" to the United States through Canada...Does that help?

An ice boat?

 

[BostonBay]

She needs to turn left at Greenland....

 

[HuskylnSC]

GroanI wish I was quick enough to think of it.

It doesn't work. I been focusing on pronouncing her name correctly so I read it phonetically as 'something to MULE over'

 

[mbr33ct]

Let's give this Muhl a rest.

 

[Steelerone]

I guarantee you - Geno will take care of Ana.

 

[BBallF]

I guarantee you - Geno will take care of Ana.

And Nika. She will get here. BTW, recent videos of her playing are very exciting. What a handle!

 

[jabstep]

I have to say by reading this blog I have a smile from one ear to the other. Very entertaining on a sports less Sunday.

 

[Stinger92860]

She can fly to England then fly to USA ...but be fast. Not too many countries are not in the list.

I love this logic. Your passport is required and your travels will be reviewed. This has always been the case. It’s a moot point now.

 

[Stinger92860]

Actually 50% of the plane's air is removed and the other 50% is mixed with fresh air for each cycle. Not sure if the "fresh air" at 30,000 feet contains a comfortable level of oxygen. Presumably the mixture is forced through HEPA filters, however, God knows when they were last replaced. Am I on a plane with a new filters or one with old filters near their replacement date?

Is oxygen mixed in? All of a sudden this is important.

 

[hoopsfan22]

The bigger question is will the 2020-2021 season go forward?

If travel bans persist long enough to prevent Nika's timely entry into the country, that will bode very, very badly for the viability of the sports season.

She just might not be able to come here. I guess on the bright side Geno would have one more scholly to hand out.

 

[bluedevil]

Just hope Muhl is stubborn enough to still come

 

[SVCBeercats]

Is oxygen mixed in? All of a sudden this is important.

The outside air comes from the jet engines prior to combustion. It is compressed and some of it is routed into the cabin while the bulk is combined with the fuel. Prior to entering the cabin the air is cooled since compression heats it. It then goes through HEPA filters. The resulting air is similar to air found at aproximately 6,000 or 7,000 feet. No oxygen is added. Apparently the compression concentrates the oxygen content. There probably is more exposure to airborne germs in the terminal. People are clustered together rather closely around the gate area. Also I recall being trapped inside a plane in Minneapolis on the tarmac for over an hour in the summer, This is bad since the air conditioning is generally not active in such cases irrespective your discomfort.

 

[Stinger92860]

Thanks, the compression makes sense. I believe that’s how the portable oxygen machines work and my grandson used something similar in NICU at Yale NH. Thanks!!!