Are businesses boarding up windows where you live?

Yes.

All of the corporate owned businesses. Many of the mom & pop shops.

They showed stores being boarded up on our television news last night. It was quite shocking to watch to be honest. The reporter commented by saying " Is this the face of American Democracy"  I'm so sorry for you guys that this has to happen for the results of an election of all things.
I can't stop  asking myself the question of what the hell has this man done, and is still doing, to your country.

Chicago started boarding up last week. The city has taken such hits this past summer. The mayor has come out and talked about the heavy equipment that they are using too besides the stores boarding up.

So very, very sad.

Add me to the list of "NEVER in MY LIFE". Yeesh, I remember when voting took place in the learning center in my school. The kids were kept to one side while the public voted on the other side.

Since I posted earlier, I got a text from a friend who lives in downtown/Belltown who says that police there have told residents that they may not be able to leave their apartments and to be prepared not to go to work Wednesday. I don’t know if that was a formal notice or if she just ran into an officer who told her that, but that would explain the boarded-up downtown buildings.

Not in my town where downtown is dead and the only march we had was closer to city hall, away from businesses.

A few businesses in the city where DH's office is have already posted that they would be closing early. There's a park in the middle of downtown that has always been the starting point for a lot of protests and marches. Businesses closest to that park are closing early. I haven't seen any reports of boarding up but I wouldn't be surprised.

I haven't been to downtown Louisville in months, but I would imagine things might still be boarded up from the Breonna Taylor case.

DD is assistant manager in a suburban outlet mall ( an outside mall).Her chain sent email that she is authorized to board up and close the store if a situation arises. I said, who does the boarding? She had no idea and couldn’t imagine going to Lowe’s to buy boards, nails, etc.She said she and the crew would lock the doors and go out the back door. I hope nothing happens here or anywhere.

I’m in the suburbs, so not near me. But I’m sure there are areas in the cities that have. All of the kids in hybrid school have a home day today though because so many schools are also being used as polling places.

Not here (yet?) but our downtown streets are pretty much closed off for construction anyway.

My hubby is traveling in another state for work, and he called me last night and asked me to please take our Biden signs inside—based on what he was hearing a bunch of jackasses talking about yesterday.

While I know how to properly use our guns, I’m not afraid or in fear of having our home attacked.

But since he’s out of town and worried, I did pull in our signs this morning.

Usually the property maintenance will do it, or a local handyman.

A friend owns a salon in an outdoor strip mall place. They had to board up their own windows. It was not done by the property management company. They have a regular handyman that had to run to Lowe’s and buy wood and stuff to board up their windows during some of the BLM protests. Luckily it turned out there was no issue in our suburb.

They boarded up DHs shop yesterday-- they had 5 windows broken the last time.

I feel so ignorant for asking, but what the hell is going on? Never in the history of ever have businesses felt the need to board up their storefronts in anticipation of a presidential election??? I have felt for the last four long, hellish years that we're living in some kind of alternate universe, but this just takes the cake. He is building a goddamn fortress in front of the White House! Who does that?

What is the expectation? If Biden wins this election, are those trumpers going go invade our cities and burn them down? There's actually a site where you can check what cities are most at risk right now for militia engagement. The Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project, along with Militiawatch, are warning residents in Philly, Portland, Atlanta, as well as the specific states of Georgia, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Oregon and Wisconsin of "high risk for armed conflict from "militia groups" aka domestic terrorists. Moderate risk states are listed as Texas, California, Virginia, New Mexico, and North Carolina. I can't even wrap my head around this.

I live in St. Louis in south city and DH said the Walgreens at Chippewa/Kingshighway was boarded up.  Not sure if ours is.  That’s all he noticed while he was out running errands.