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Uncool Links of the Day: Ohio Covid-19 Information

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Ohio Covid-19 Information

In this global crisis, there’s a ton of sites out there to monitor the situation. Here are some of the ones I think are most useful for Ohio Covid-19 information.

The Ohio Department of Health counts for Ohioans tested and those that have come back negative and positive. It is only updated once a day at 2pm, however.
https://coronavirus.ohio.gov/wps/portal/gov/covid-19/

The Reddit r/Coronavirus is a constant source of new information, not only in the US, but globally.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Coronavirus/

This is the best global case counter I know of. The World Meters site seemingly updates live, and has a running total of every single confirmed case by nation and territory, as well as the numbers of recovered, active cases and deaths. All the numbers are sourced at the bottom of the page.
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/

Here’s a link the CDC, which does a daily update on the situation.
https://www.cdc.gov/

This is another map site, with information on testing numbers and positives near a given location.
https://covidnearyou.org/#!/

Here is a link to employment information related to the virus’ effects.
https://novoresume.com/career-blog/coronavirus-impact-on-careers

Cool Link Housing and Carbon Footprints

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First up is a link to a story on the growing housing crisis across Ohio, with a focus on the Columbus area.
https://kevinverhoff.com/index.php/2020/02/13/ohios-housing-crisis/
housing and carbon footprints
The article uses an interesting metric to quantify just how bad the housing shortage is in counties across the state- the number of jobs versus the number of available housing units. In Columbus, there is only about 0.7 units per 1 job, leading to a Central Ohio shortage of more than 200,000 units!

Second, here is a link that gives the average annual carbon footprint of all US zip codes. In general, it seems that the most urban zip codes have the lowest footprints, along with far rural areas. The highest footprints seem to be in suburban and exurban areas. In the Columbus area, the zip code with the highest carbon footprint is 43021, which contains much of Westerville. Second highest is 43054, which contains New Albany. Take a look at the interactive maps here: https://coolclimate.org/maps



1950s Ohio Severe Weather Reports Map

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Here is a map for all the listed 1950s Ohio severe weather reports during that era. Click on the pins for more information.

1950s Severe Weather Reports

The map incudes information for tornadoes, high wind and hail reports.

1950s Ohio severe weather reports map

June 8, 1953 Northeast Ohio tornado damage.


Cool Link of the Day: Urb-I Urban Ideas

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I saw this site mentioned on the CityLab site awhile back and thought it was a very cool idea. The site highlights how cities are transforming public spaces and making car-centric areas much more pedestrian, bike and transit friendly. Since I found the site, I have been lucky enough to become a regular contributor working to help make the site even better. The great thing is that anyone can send in before and after photos from their own cities of public space transformations. Take a look: http://www.urb-i.com/ The site covers cities across the world.

Columbus has several examples that I have added, but the photos are not yet updated on the site’s map. Until they are, here is a sneak peek:

Civic Center Drive
Urb-I Urban Ideas

West Town Street

Columbus Commons



Cool Link The Geography of Jobs

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This link shows a time lapse of metros across the US from 1999 to 2014 and how total jobs changed over the months and years. You can click on a metro for more individual details.

http://tipstrategies.com/geography-of-jobs/