10 July 2006
Bronco Bill – at 01:02
Continued from here.
Original post:
24 March 2006
Thom – at 06:59
It appears that Virginia is indeed making some progress as it is making it known that when the pandemic does hit that we (as a state) can expect NO help from the Feds and we will be on our own.
Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt held a summit here in VA yesterday and issued the normal warning – ‘Don’t depend on the Federal government - and again suggested residents keep a two-week supply of food and adequate medical supplies at home’ in the event of a massive outbreak.
Two (2) weeks? Maybe if he would start telling people to prep for two months he would get a little more attention.
Our new governor, Tim Kaine echoed the same “No federal resources are sufficient to handle all the problems we have,” Kaine said. “We need to make sure at the state level that the resources are available.”
One thing I did not know was that in 2002 Virginia had an outbreak of avian flu in the Shenandoah Valley that quickly spread out of control, infecting nearly 200 farms and forcing the slaughter of 5 million birds.
Now if our local city / county officials get on the band wagon maybe, just maybe, we will have an organized front to battle this coming fight.
Link to our local fish wrap for the news release: http://tinyurl.com/gm3n4
24 July 2006
On the fence – at 23:29