Date: Mon, 22 Sep 1997 10:26:55 -0400 (EDT) From: Oliver T Massey CFS <massey@hal.fmhi.usf.edu> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg3643$foo@default> Subject: Re: Best CP area?
> > Also... many people on this list have reported pitcher plants growing
> > in the wild along the Florida panhandle and Biloxi area. Would it be
> > safe to say that this area is the BEST area for seeing them in the
> > wild? OR... are there other areas even better?
> Whatever you do, DO NOT GO TO FLORIDA. If you have been watching the
> news lately, you may have heard about the DEADLY disease (I do not
> recall the name of it) that mosquitos there are carrying, and how
> doctors can do very little or nothing to save the life of someone who
> gets bitten and contracts the disease. People and businesses in
> Florida are closing their pools in the morning and evening because
> that is when mosquitos are most active, and the mosquitos also like
> the humid areas of pools. THIS ALSO GOES FOR WHERE CP GROW! Bogs,
> fens, wetlands, swamps, etc. are all MOSQUITO INFESTED. Walking
> around any area such as this is an incredible risk because of the
> mosquito situation.
Well, if this would keep retirees from moving down here (g) it might be a nice
story to promulgate. The truth is a little more mundane. There have been no
reported cases of encephalitis in humans to my knowledge. There have been
cases of the disease showing up in sentinel chickens in three counties around
central Florida (Disney World). I personally would not put off a trip to
Florida because of this situation.
Tom in Fl (slap)
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