May Tide Table

OXFORD, MD MAY 2021

HIGH LOW AM PM AM PM

1. Sat. 2. Sun. 3. Mon. 4. Tues. 5. Wed. 6. Thurs. 7. Fri. 8. Sat. 9. Sun. 10. Mon. 11. Tues. 12. Wed. 13. Thurs. 14. Fri. 15. Sat. 16. Sun. 17. Mon. 18. Tues. 19. Wed. 20. Thurs. 21. Fri. 22. Sat. 23. Sun. 24. Mon. 25. Tues. 26. Wed. 27. Thurs. 28. Fri. 29. Sat. 30. Sun. 31. Mon. 7:54 8:54 9:59 11:06 12:33 1:28 2:19 3:05 3:46 4:24 4:59 5:32 6:05 6:41 7:20 8:05 8:55 9:51 10:48 11:46 12:33 1:28 2:21 3:14 4:05 4:57 5:48 6:42 7:37 8:34 8:23 9:26 10:29 1:33 12:12 1:10 1:59 2:41 3:20 3:57 4:34 5:12 5:53 6:35 7:19 8:06 8:55 9:47 10:41 11:37 12:43 1:38 2:32 3:26 4:20 5:15 6:11 7:09 8:08 9:08

1:18 2:23 3:38 4:58 6:16 7:26 8:27 9:22 10:12 11:00 11:44 12:26pm 1:06pm 12:05 12:49 1:39 2:37 3:44 4:58 6:14 7:28 8:37 9:43 10:44 11:42 12:38pm 12:02 1:04 2:12 3:38 4:35 5:31 6:23 7:11 7:53 8:30 9:01 9:29 9:55 10:23 10:53 11:27 1:46 2:25 3:06 3:48 4:31 5:15 5:58 6:40 7:20 8:01 8:43 9:28 10:15 11:06 1:31 2:23 3:15 4:05

SHARP’S IS. LIGHT: 46 minutes before Oxford TILGHMAN: Dogwood Harbor same as Oxford EASTON POINT: 5 minutes after Oxford CAMBRIDGE: 10 minutes after Oxford CLAIBORNE: 25 minutes after Oxford ST. MICHAELS MILES R.: 47 min. after Oxford WYE LANDING: 1 hr. after Oxford ANNAPOLIS: 1 hr., 29 min. after Oxford KENT NARROWS: 1 hr., 29 min. after Oxford CENTREVILLE LANDING: 2 hrs. after Oxford CHESTERTOWN: 3 hrs., 44 min. after Oxford 3 month tides at www.tidewatertimes.com 43

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Hunger Games the number of Americans who have died from COVID. As of that day, the friends stepped in to assist others total number of deaths in America with registering for vaccines. Also, was 527,726 (a sad and grim milelater came state and county websites stone). He said that the total was and call centers through which to more deaths than in World War register. Even though closed for One, World War Two, the Vietnam in-person visits, our local librar- War and 9/11 combined. On a posiies offered the use of computers to tive note, he announced that there those who needed to use them to would be enough vaccine supply for register. A Facebook group called all adults by the end of May. the Maryland Vaccine Hunters Fantastic, we said! Let the Hunpopped up to assist. ger Games end!

March 9: So, keep searching until you get

During this week and the week vaccinated. Be patient. Keep trying. following, the floodgates opened Ask for help if you need it. If you and we started to receive emails can, help others to get vaccinated: and calls from organizations that we family, friends and neighbors. Vachad registered with almost a month cination is the only way to get back earlier for the much-desired poke in to normalcy. the arm. UMMS, Luminis Health, Continue to practice safe behavDorchester County, the Baltimore iors. Continue to mask up. Continue Convention Center mass vaccine to socially distance. Wash hands. site, Walmart and Walgreens were Avoid crowds. By all of us beready to play the vax game with us, ing responsible and following the though we hadn’t heard from our guidelines, maybe by July Fourth, own Talbot County. as the President said, we can safely

Although Talbot County reported celebrate. high vaccination rates, we learned Hope is the only thing stronger that other Maryland counties and than fear. other states were way ahead in offer- ~ Suzanne Collins, The Hunger ing vaccines to more groups/phases Games and that the state of Alaska was of- March 18: fering the vax to all adult Alaskan We received our second Moderna citizens over age 16. vaccine in Ocean City. Instead of a

March 11: nurse administering the vaccine in

President Biden commemorated a screened-off area, as we experithe one-year anniversary of the enced with the first shot, the pharpandemic shutdown. He said that macist, Ashley, administered the he carries a card in his pocket with vaccine in the public waiting space. 44

Due to a downpour of rain, we again could not celebrate with a bucket of Thrasher’s French fries and a box of Dolle’s caramel popcorn. Oh, well, we were vaccinated. Hooray, we are thankful! Thrasher’s and Dolle’s could wait until summer.

We had some mild flu-like symptoms for a few days after and, after a two-week waiting period, according to the CDC, we can gather with other twice-vaccinated family and friends, maybe still masked. Let the hugs begin!

By March 19, 100 million Americans were expected to be vaccinated.

On March 22, John and I were emailed to compete to make an appointment for a vaccine at the Talbot County Community Center, a month and a half after registering with the county.

But things are looking up. A mass vaccination site opened in Salisbury, mobile vaccination buses will be offering vaccines to rural areas, more Maryland pharmacies will offer the vaccine, Dollar Stores across the country will offer the vaccines and vaccines might be available for all adults in the U.S. by April.

The Vaccine Access Hunger Games are over.

Bonna L. Nelson is a Bay-area writer, columnist, photographer and world traveler. She resides in Easton with her husband, John.

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