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To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (19185)	12/14/2007 12:59:50 PM
From: DizzyG	Respond to of 224749

Are you speaking from experience, Kenneth?

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (19185)	12/14/2007 3:37:13 PM
From: Hope Praytochange	Respond to of 224749

Bird Flu Flares Again in Asia : fearmonger kennyboy, where r u ? By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Published: December 14, 2007 Filed at 3:04 p.m. ET HANOI, Vietnam (AP) -- Bird flu has resurfaced in parts of Asia, with human deaths reported in Indonesia and China and fresh outbreaks plaguing other countries during the winter months when the virus typically flares. Indonesia, the nation hardest hit by the H5N1 virus, announced its 93rd death on Friday. A 47-year-old man died a day earlier in a Jakarta hospital, said Health Ministry spokesman Joko Suyono. The man fell ill on Dec. 2 and was admitted with flu-like symptoms, becoming Indonesia's 115th person infected with the disease. In China, the military in eastern Nanjing banned the sale of poultry this week after a father and son came down with the disease earlier this month. Health officials confirmed the 24-year-old man died from the virus a day before his father, 52, became sick. It was the country's 17th bird flu death. The two were believed to have eaten a traditional dish known as ''beggar's chicken,'' in which the bird is wrapped in lotus leaves and baked. However, the cause of infection remained unclear. Most human cases have been linked to contact with sick birds, and experts say that no human bird flu cases have ever been traced to eating properly cooked poultry or eggs. The father is recovering after taking the antiviral Tamiflu, said Hans Troedsson, World Health Organization representative in China. More than 80 people who had contact with the family were being monitored for symptoms. Local animal health officials said last week no H5N1 outbreaks had been detected among the province's poultry, but Troedsson said sick birds typically are not reported prior to human deaths in China -- a sign the country's surveillance systems need to be improved. The virus has killed 208 people worldwide since it began ravaging Asian poultry stocks in late 2003, according to the WHO. Scientists say it is impossible to predict what the H5N1 virus will do, but more bird flu outbreaks often occur when temperatures drop as winter sets in. Officials in Pakistan were investigating the country's first suspected bird flu cases Friday after two poultry farm workers died this week after being hospitalized with flu-like symptoms in Peshawar, said Khushdil Khan, medical superintendent of the Khyber Teaching Hospital. Blood samples were sent to the Health Ministry in Islamabad for testing, but the results have not been confirmed, Khan said. Pakistan has grappled with bird flu outbreaks among poultry for the past two years, but no human cases have been reported. Meanwhile, the disease has resurfaced in several provinces across Vietnam in recent months, killing or forcing the slaughter of thousands of birds. So far, 46 people have died from the virus nationwide. Hong Kong closed its famed Mai Po bird sanctuary to the public for three weeks starting Friday after a wild gray heron discovered nearby tested positive for the virus. Russia and Poland also have experienced recent outbreaks among poultry, but neither have detected human cases. ------ Associated Press writers Irwan Firdaus in Jakarta, Indonesia; Audra Ang in Beijing; and Riaz Khan in Peshawar, Pakistan contributed to this report.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (19185)	12/14/2007 5:02:29 PM
From: tonto	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224749

Cold snowy winter continues. Record snowfall...for one day... OKLAHOMA CITY - Another wintry blast was forecast Friday for the nation's midsection, where 355,000 homes and businesses were still without power, while the Northeast dug out from heavy snow before it gets a second hit Saturday. Crews in Oklahoma, Kansas and Missouri worked overtime to get power back before the second storm hits later Friday. The system could complicate restoration efforts to the some 355,000 homes and businesses in Oklahoma, Kansas and Missouri still without power after the first storm darkened 1 million customers at its height earlier this week. Story continues below ?advertisement “If this turns out to be a heavy snow event, especially a wet snow, that’s going to cause a lot of problems,” said Sid Sperry of the Oklahoma Association of Electric Cooperatives. Between 2 and 6 inches of snow was predicted for parts of Kansas and Oklahoma, said Ken Harding, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Topeka, Kan. The National Weather Service issued winter weather watches for the northwest two-thirds of Oklahoma from Friday afternoon through Saturday morning. In Missouri, the weather service said two waves of snow Friday night and Saturday could dump up to 7 inches. Many emergency shelters already were filled, with some residents on their fourth or fifth day of waiting for power to return. Kim Harrel has been staying at an American Red Cross shelter in downtown Tulsa since Monday. “It’s a very humbling thing in life,” Harrel said, watching her kids play a game of Twister in the gymnasium on Thursday. Boston blanketed by 10 inches of snow In the Northeast, snow on Thursday and overnight included 10 inches in Boston, more than the city typically sees in the entire month of December. Thursday's storm hit hours before the afternoon commute, snarling roadways and leaving some travelers — many of whom left their offices early only to face the storm's full force on the road — stranded for hours during their trips home. Others had to abandon their cars or sleep in them after running out of fuel, local media reported. More than 400 flights were canceled at Boston Logan International Airport. The National Weather Service said the region could expect another blast over the weekend, when a second storm is expected to drop 6 inches of snow and sleet starting on Saturday evening. “As the system gets to the Northeast, it’s really going to intensify and deepen and this is going to cause a lot of trouble,” said Brian Korty, a National Weather Service meteorologist. "It is a powerful Northeaster," added colleague Charlie Foley. "The difference in this storm is that it is going to occur during the overnight hours and on the weekend, so we wouldn't expect it to have the impact that this thing yesterday did." Thursday's snowfall set a new one-day record for Dec. 13 and was more than the 7.8 inches that typically falls during the entire month of December. Logan Airport had returned to normal operations by Friday, with about 41 outbound flights canceled, said spokesman Phil Orlandella. "The airlines will have to play catch up for a couple of days," Orlandella said. "It's not a madhouse here, things are moving pretty well." He said airport management did not yet know how their operations would be affected by the weekend storm. Snow days Thursday’s snowfall ranged from 2 inches to just over a foot in some places. The heaviest snowfall was along the Connecticut-Massachusetts-Rhode Island state lines and eastward, said National Weather Service meteorologist Bob Thompson. Thirteen inches was reported at Whitman, Mass. Schools, businesses and government agencies in Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Rhode Island and Connecticut either closed early or didn’t open at all. Many schools remained closed Friday as well. A 23-year-old woman died Thursday morning when her pickup truck skidded and flipped over on a snowy highway in Waverly, N.Y., 74 miles southwest of Syracuse. Police said Jessica Rose Nash was partially ejected despite wearing a seat belt. Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick ordered state agencies to send home non-emergency employees and encouraged private businesses to follow suit. Many towns and cities also shut down early. In Rhode Island, the storm left many Providence schoolchildren stuck in buses or at school for hours.