Not to scare anyone in Denver, but...

[BurtWorm]

:scared:

http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/woalert_read.php?lang=eng&cid=11357


GLIDE Number: EP-20070516-11357-USA
Date / time: 16/05/2007 03:24:51
Event: Epidemic Hazard
Area: North-America
Country: USA
State/County: State of Colorado
City: Boulder
Number of Deads: None or unknow
Number of Injured: None or unknow
Damage level: Minor

Description:
Fleas carrying Bubonic Plague were found in a field near Boulder's water treatment facility, health officials said Monday. There have been no cases of animals infected with the plague in Boulder. Sixteen dead squirrels have tested positive for plague in Denver, Aurora and Jefferson County. Most of those animals were found in Denver's City Park. Traps have been set up in the park to study the disease and dead animals. This is the first plague outbreak in the metro area in nearly 40 years.

[Trajan]

1. The Plague isnt quite the monster it used to be ....

Bubonic plague has been in California for decades ....

[BurtWorm]

2. Really?

It sounds so...bubonic.

[Trajan]

7. Its the squirrels who complain most ....

The dreadful high pitched screaming is just awful ....

Not to mention the gnashing of teeth .... :sarcasm:

[seabeyond]

3. peachy. we are going up there in a week and half for vacation

thanks. wink

[BurtWorm]

5. Avoid the squirrels.

And don't drink the water.

;)

[seabeyond]

6. avoiding the squirrels wont be tough, unless they are squirrely squirrels

that go in attack mode. i have 4ncountered that in the past. scary little buggers. generally in fall though.

but dont drink the water? huh

[Trajan]

9. Boulder is absolutely gorgeous .....

I awoke to a grand view of the Flatirons every morning ..... I love that place ....

[seabeyond]

10. i love it too. i think we are going in the aspen area. not sure exactly where

was going to find out today and forgot. but i love colorado. i am stuck in the panhandle of texas. hubby promised when he married me he would get me out quarterly. instead of a prenuptial about finance it was my mental health. we love colorado.

[StarryNite]

4. On this day one would think

it would be a plague of locusts. :sarcasm:

[Solly Mack]

8. went through that when I lived in Colorado Springs

with the prairie dogs

[hlthe2b]

11. Plague is endemic in some areas of Colorado--typically in

prairie dogs, but often spilling over into various squirrel species. It is a nuisance, but not the dire situation those outside the west might think, nor evidence of some bioterrorist event. There is intent in having the presence of wildlife plague be picked up by national media--who might otherwise misinterpret or totally overreact (along with DHS) when future national events are held here (i.e., DNC)

[BurtWorm]

13. I wasn't thinking bioterrorism.

I was thinking something more along the lines of this:

[hlthe2b]

17. Relax dear... We deal with epizootic plague every year.....

Human cases are rare-- deaths rarer still.

[BurtWorm]

24. So you want to piss on squirrel graves now, eh?

:crazy:

[hlthe2b]

26. Only for those named...

Falwell.....


(you had to know that was coming)


:evilgrin:

[colorado thinker]

12. I'm in Jefferson County

just a few miles outside of Denver proper. We have bubonic plague prairie dogs every summer, it's very common. As long as you don't insist on hanging out in a prairie dog village, or pick up dead animals in City Park, or let your dogs chase the little blighters, your risk is low.

I'm often amazed at how long the human race managed to survive over the centuriers, without all the broadcast health warnings every 20 minutes . . .

[hlthe2b]

20. Extended families... Grandma and Grandpa were around &

could give that all important common sense and perspective that so many of us seem to be lacking in this day and age. Now, we have to have programs to send health workers around to TEACH breast feeding and basic child-rearing skills, as one example.

And, we rely on those health warnings and tv health info segments to try to teach so much that is lacking.

[colorado thinker]

25. Sad, isn't it?

What are all the poor dears going to do if the oil/climate/environment crashes and they have to rely on their hands to survive? I'm going to be very valuable because the Grandmas taught me how to garden, can foods, sew on a treadle machine, etc.!

[hlthe2b]

27. You'll be very much "in demand"

that's for sure...

[lpbk2713]

14. M - O - O - N. That spells plague.

It's the beginning of the end. Bend over and kiss your ass good bye. Falwell had a hotline to god. He knew this was coming and left while he could.




:rofl:

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

15. As a long time Denverite, I am used to a metro area which is inhabited by

foxes, coyotes, rabbits, skunks and prairie dogs as well as deer and elk.

West Nile and Hantavirus have popped up out here, as well, but not in significant numbers.

This is a small blip on our local news, except to alert folks to be aware of wild animals, however "cute", in the city parks.

MKJ

[colorado thinker]

19. How long have you been in Denver?

My parents moved us here kicking and screaming in 1969 - the natives say I'm still an outsider, but I say that every significant event in my life except for birth happened to me here, so that makes me a native (yes, I do own the roads, I've been paying for them for 30 years!):evilgrin:

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

28. Oh dear, I'm a newbie at 21 years. My daughter is a native, though.

:-) MKJ

[leftofthedial]

16. bring out yer dead!

bring out yer dead!

[rasputin1952]

18. "but I'm not dead yet"..."you will be soon enough, lie down in

the cart and be quiet"...:D

[leftofthedial]

21. I'm getting better . . .

[kestrel91316]

22. Plague in ground squirrels in the SW US became a well-established

enzootic many years ago. They keep tabs on it. Relax.

[SoCalDem]

23. Happens every year.. wild critters often carry plague n/t