Home |
Search |
Today's Posts |
|
#1
|
|||
|
|||
Anticipating problems
On Wed, 4 Feb 2004 11:13:45 -0500, "Ted Byers"
wrote: Frank, Anyway, this isn't the forum for a detailed treatment of risk analysis and public health. I just wrote what I did to enable you to effectively deal with your fears as they impinge on how you deal with your orchids. Cheers, Ted I have to both agree and disagree with you Ted. I am from Colorado. We were hit the HARDEST of any place with the West Nile this last year. It kills birds, horses, and humans. It mimics the flu but is not an easy recovery. It will be 6-8 months for someone that had a serious case. The saving grace is mosquitoes are easy to avoid.... stay inside, wear long sleeves, wear deet, change bird bath water, make sure toys and pots standing around are not collecting water. It takes 3 days for the water cycle. Yes, I know several people who had West Nile. A couple that came close to dying. One of those was because she went to Washington state to visit and the Dr. would not believe she had West Nile. They say that either this year or next our birds will start showing a natural immunity to it and they will survive to eat the mosquitoes. So the question is do we have to get thru another bad year? Some of the worst was along the river where there are backwater ponds that fill during wet cycles, spring thaw or heavy rain. Because these areas are mostly pasture, they were not sprayed as early in the season as they should have been. All standing water ponds need the floats for mosquito control. SuE http://orchids.legolas.org/gallery/albums.php |
Reply |
Thread Tools | Search this Thread |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Forum | |||
Mosquito Magnet Pro problems - anyone else having problems? | Gardening | |||
Houseplant problems... | Gardening | |||
anyone else having NG problems? | Gardening | |||
Mail order plants Any problems? | Gardening | |||
Paph problems | Orchids |