I happen to be a big fan of Minnesota. They do have a very pro-social state. It's a great state, no I don't happen to live there, but, I think it provides a good quality of life for its people, not counting the weather, which, I share with them. It is good they tracked it down afterwards....fairly fast, I guess. I do think this could have been anticipated.

I still, however, do not understand how the government, be it local, state or federal has no real rules on what animal secretions or tissue we are exposed to, when, human secretions and tissues is generally something we prefer not to be splattered with. Look at how protected operating room workers are....except for sticks or slices, which, is a risk of the business. The only one inhaling any aersolized human is the patient, inhaling what becomes airborne of themselves. I won't get any more graphic.

To assume because it comes from an animal that it does not pose a potential contagion to a human is naive. Autoimmune mimicry aside, which is a totally different issue than infection, it seems a stupid assumption that inhaling animal 'inards' is OK.

Inhaling anything but plain old air, seems repugnant to me (somedays even our air is a stretch)....inhaling pig mist is beyond what I consider risky behavior....it seems to me, like a good way to get really, really sick. BEEEYUCK....which in my part of the country is worse than YUCK.

I love mn. as well,am always inpressed, how clean that state is..Now
Northern Mi. nice just do think Detroit is. Love holy cow you got
a 18 inches of snow in very preety central Wi. ouch!!! I hope we have
that much Friday,so I can cancel the Dentist. Just something iccky
about someone sticky had in mouth. Glen I think C and I would
like you to tell us about body parts. Yorkiemom just loves that,
stuff.. Me when I had all my teeth. Hugs to all Sue

Yep we are in a lateral avalanche....because of the bad tornadoes down south, there has not much has been news coverage up here, but it 'ain't pretty'. One small city just north of the IL. state line got 20 inches....now it is starting to blow. We have over 14 inches...and by Sunday it will be down to -3 degrees.

Nothing is open, and I mean nothing.

They are rescuing stranded motorists on I-90 south of Madison where it is at a standstill. Quite a few major highways drifted shut and the plows can't keep up. It has been snowing for over 26 hours straight.

You know it is bad when they stop the busses, pull the plows off the roads, close the malls, and close the courts but ask the jurors to report (odd logic-but that is law and I never got the hang of it)....oh and churches....only the Catholic churches remained open for Ash Wednesday. No one has gone by on my road for hours....I am sure it is drifted shut just north of my house, and I am sure the drifts are over 3-4 feet....even in a small snow storm they get to two feet up there. I have not seen a plow in quite a while, so I assume they pulled our plows off the roads here too.

If the EMS has a rural run, they will have to call for the closest municipal plow....I don't think an ambulance could get thru without a plow escort....

We are used to bad storms, but seldom do they close stuff like this. We dont have the barriers that the Plains states put up for their freeways, heh heh, we just have semis jack knife to close it. If you are dedicated or dumb enough to be out there, you had better be prepared to walk off. We all stayed home, at my insistence, (hissy fits) LOL. We have power, at least so far, so we are fine....just bored....only so much weather and election coverage you can watch.

Eh, by tomorrow it ought to be cleaned up pretty well and all the excitement will be over....poor kids will likely only have a two hour delay tomorrow for school.

Sue, now what about body parts, and Glenn??? I thought this was about pig brains...you know, pigs are very smart and lovable. My kids once rode a pig, a 1500 pounder named Teton....he had a special job...but I can't say what that is on here. Well, he made baby piggies....I guess that is OK to say. He did not go to the pig factory. He was a happy pig. He had hog heaven here on earth.

Okay I had brain fog,but I think he made a remark about body parts
on one of the forums...I think it's because he's so interesting like
you C. That was one lucky hog heh heh..

When my oldest had his first birthday party on Nov.26th in 1974 we had
60 people over, and 20 inches some left after 2 days rest after 4..I always the insane
one got out the sliding patio door,give him 1 more present,so I bundled
up went out and fell backwards to do a butterfly,well it was deep,dark
and getting weird,finally my husband came out and got me. What took
you so long,but nothing came out to cold. He got me inside,he showed
me that big fancy camera. Had to take a picture first ryan just clapped
his hands thinging it was funny, then he started to pucker up all he
knew was his Mama was there and then gone..Then my husband had to go
out and take one of me,well you could barley see me. Since he develope
his own pictures,I don;t remember it. But I'll give it to him for his 35th.

I couldn't stand it it seemed like when those storms hit,you always
short of food,it's cold,but it was nice to hugg those babies. Now we
worry if we are going to run out of the meds.

Got a very cute e card from Dan,well I think she talked me into the dentist
oh Boy!! help Hugs Sue

Sue,
I've got my fingers crossed for your dental visit. Just tell them they scare you and to please be gentle with you. Hugs and good thoughts your way.
Billye

Unreal, i just hope the employers look after their affected workers and i also hope that they can recover from this in time.
Thanks for posting this Glen,

Brian