2020 Release Update/COVID-19

I have a 3 month supply of coffee, some home-made whiskey in an oak barrel, and enough flour to make pizza 3 more times.  The last part is a little discouraging.  I've been carefully following the developments of COVID-19 in both New York City, and in my area of NY (Erie County) since the beginning.  Experts believe we have not reached the Apex in Erie County, but in my opinion we're doing a whole lot better than NYC.  NY Gov, Andrew Cuomo, has pushed back the schools from reopening until April 29th.  I assume the same would be true for most businesses.  Realistically, I think he'll push that date back much further as it approaches.  Technically, Sole Proprietorships such as mine, are allowed to continue working since I work alone.  However, a few factors have prevented that for me.  Number one is child care.  I'm staying home with my toddler while my pregnant wife continues her work as a doctor.  She's due next month, which will definitely make things a lot more difficult.  Number 2 is safety.  If I'm driving to work, I'm going to need to visit the gas station where other people visit.  I don't want to become a part of the problem.  Lastly, I had the electricity turned off and the rent was placed on hold in anticipation of reduced income and highly limited work hours.  I have since gone in for a few hours to work in the cold, dark lab with just battery powered lights to continue with some hand labor aspects of building the 2020 transformers.  When I have the power turned back on I should be able to complete the first run in about 8 hours.       

All that said, I'm working out a couple different plans for getting the first run completed and shipped in a safe and timely manner.  I'm bumping back the release date by 1 week to May 1st.  I think that is doable, but I don't know for a fact.  Things could always get much worse if too many people act like selfish idiots.  Please check back to my blog as I will try to continue providing updates.  Be careful, stay healthy, and thank you for supporting Lightning Boy Audio!

​-Mike