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Shot from 21st N & 359th W, Sedgwick County

Sped up 4x

I’m basing this solely on NWS discussions at this point, and haven’t looked at the models myself, so it may change. But I do plan to be out this afternoon, at least until the system devolves into a linear mode. Haven’t had time to plot a target, but it will be fairly close to home, so I have a few hours. <grin>

I’m more than a little peeved that everyone pooh-poohed Isreali Jews and Muslims offended by the name “swine” flu on Monday, but now that US pork producers are worried that the TV ratings-induced hype is scaring people off the other white meat, we have to DO SOMETHING about it…

Never mind the fact that more people have died in the (pick any two days between Jan1 and April 1) from *regular* flu than have died worldwide so far from H1N1. Regular flu deaths so far this year in the US alone: 13,000. Typical flu deaths from the regular flu each year worldwide: 40,000. Total worldwide deaths from this stuff so far — what, a couple hundred?

I’m more concerned about the winter flu season than now….there won’t be a vaccine for it — takes too long to develop one. And we won’t have the benefit of the ratings period and the end of the first 100 days to have the media pay attention to it….not until a celebrity comes down with it, of course…..