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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 26391 United States05/28/2006 12:42 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | There has been plague found in CA, CO and NM in the last week. click on the biohazard icons on the US map [link to visz.rsoe.hu] |
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 99233 Canada05/28/2006 12:51 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Lake Erie perch perish off Cleveland, Lorain May 23, 2006 Lake Erie fish are unexpectedly dying, with anglers reporting thousands of yellow perch floating off Cleveland and Lorain in recent days. It follows a massive die-off of tens of thousands of sheepshead, or freshwater drum, along the Ohio shoreline in late April and early May. That fish kill was due to a viral infection, hemorrhagic septicemia or VHS, diagnosed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service laboratory in La Crosse, Wis. "At first we thought the perch kill may have been a bycatch issue from commercial trap nets, but it was too widespread," said Kevin Kayle, an ODNR Division of Wildlife fisheries biologist at the Fairport Harbor station. "The perch kill stretches from Lorain to Conneaut. "It's important to know if this could be VHS spreading from freshwater drum, or perhaps a bacterial infection in perch like Ontario experienced last spring in the Western Basin [of Lake Erie]." The majority of the dead perch are in the 6- to 8-inch range, members of a plentiful year class that hatched in 2003. Only a few thousand perch from a population in the millions has been affected so far, said Kayle. Fisheries biologists were on Lake Erie on Monday looking for perch. Only fish that are sick or have just died can be accurately sampled for a bacteria, virus or fungus. Fish kills have become common this year. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is still investigating a winter kill that claimed about 4,000 muskies in Lake St. Clair and the Detroit River. [link to www.cleveland.com] |
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 26391 United States05/28/2006 01:14 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | No EQ strong enough to generate a tsunami. And why is the 6.7 in Tonga no longer on the EQ list? [link to earthquake.usgs.gov] |
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(OP) User ID: 632 United States05/28/2006 01:32 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | [link to visz.rsoe.hu] Epidemic Hazard New Mexico reported its first death from the plague in 12 years Friday. The state Department of Health confirmed a Bernalillo County woman died from septicemic plague early last week. The agency does not release details on plague victims. Plague, a bacterial disease, is generally transmitted to humans by the bites of infected fleas but also can be transmitted by direct contact with infected animals - rodents, wildlife and pets. The septicemic form occurs when the bacteria multiply in the blood. It does not spread from person to person, said the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. New Mexico reported four human plague cases last year. There were no human cases in the state in 2004. Plague activity increased last year in Bernalillo County and other areas of north-central New Mexico, a trend that appears to be continuing this year, said Dr. Paul Ettestad, public health veterinarian for the Department of Health. |
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 5795 United States05/28/2006 02:54 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Jesus Christ it's snowing in South Africa! Johannesburg As South Africa’s coldest winter in years descends on the country, people have started losing their lives in the struggle to keep warm. A national warning released by the South African Weather Services on Monday morning has stated that “very cold conditions are expected over the high ground of the Northern, Western and Eastern Cape provinces, the Free State, KwaZulu-Natal and the highveld of Gauteng and Mpumalanga”. The warning follows a weekend of freezing conditions. At least five people have reportedly died in the Eastern Cape because of exposure to the cold. The weather service reported the falling of snow in certain parts of the country. The season fell on the Matroosberg in the Ceres district and the Little Swartberg in the Ladismith area. Snow was also reported in the Winterberg at Aberdeen, Cradock and Queenstown, as well as in the Drakensberg at Elliot, Barkly-East and Cala. Widespread rain and bitter cold prevailed in most of the Northern, Eastern, Southern and Western Cape on Sunday. There were also showers in Gauteng and other parts of the country. According to the weather service's seven-day forecast, minimum temperatures in Johannesburg and over the Vaal Rand area are expected to plummet to minus figures during the week. When AND spoke to the MEC for social development in the Eastern Cape, Thoko Xasa, to determine what her department planned to do to avoid similar tragedies in the province – in light of the warnings of continued extreme weather – she seemed unaware of the weekend’s deaths and declined to comment on the matter. The Weather service has said that the icy conditions will continue until at least Thursday. |
| Phoenix User ID: 99327 Canada05/28/2006 03:04 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | If you have a cottage or den or cave in the woods, don't sweep the droppings and create a cloud of dust. Wet it down with bleach and water, then remove. |
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User ID: 82710 United States05/28/2006 03:51 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | For those who laugh about plague-keep laughing and soon enough blood will spurt when you do-truly ignorant, and juvenile is key. School is out now, it is time to learn truth not just programming. Listen and learn young ones-so you have a greater chance to survive. Ignore the signs surrounding you at your own peril. The old ones may pass soon and what will you have as a teacher??? Amazing the thumb strength these young ones have.  Take care DS  All choices have consequences, choose wisely, CHOOSE WISELY. |
| Thunder Wolf 7 User ID: 20962 United States05/28/2006 04:36 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | The syptoms they are discribing are also the symptoms for the flu or other illnesses. Very vague. I feed the squirrels every day along with wild birds. No problems. However there have been numberous reports in the midwest of these syptoms especially high fever and the trots and they are not linking it to a plague. I do believe however there is something airborne that is causing current illnesses. I also find it interesting that the midwest region has also been dealing with a mumps outbreak. Ironically enough the ones getting it have been vaccinated with the MMR but I have not heard one report of a none vaccinated person coming down with the mumps. |
