ChrisT Posted October 14, 2005 Share Posted October 14, 2005 So in the past year we've had a major tsunami (or was that 2 years ago), hurricanes, floods on the east coast, fires in Calif., mud slides in Guatemala, earthquake in Pakistan...I'm sure there are other disasters I'm overlooking. What's next? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catbirdseat Posted October 14, 2005 Share Posted October 14, 2005 The next disaster will be man-made. Either a terrorist attack or a big oil spill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archenemy Posted October 14, 2005 Share Posted October 14, 2005 It will be the plane I am on crashing into the ground at high speed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cj001f Posted October 14, 2005 Share Posted October 14, 2005 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
underworld Posted October 14, 2005 Share Posted October 14, 2005 Terror in the middle east Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisT Posted October 14, 2005 Author Share Posted October 14, 2005 Â pfft - he'll never beat me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thinker Posted October 14, 2005 Share Posted October 14, 2005 So in the past year we've had a major tsunami (or was that 2 years ago), hurricanes, floods on the east coast, fires in Calif., mud slides in Guatemala, earthquake in Pakistan...I'm sure there are other disasters I'm overlooking. What's next? Â does the bird flu virus mutating to infect humans qualify? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foraker Posted October 14, 2005 Share Posted October 14, 2005 So in the past year we've had a major tsunami (or was that 2 years ago), hurricanes, floods on the east coast, fires in Calif., mud slides in Guatemala, earthquake in Pakistan...I'm sure there are other disasters I'm overlooking. What's next? Â does the bird flu virus mutating to infect humans qualify? Â only if FEMA doesn't do their job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ducknut Posted October 14, 2005 Share Posted October 14, 2005 My vote would be for the cc.com server to crash. Â BTW, FEMA has nothing to do with the Bird Flu. Homeland Security, CDC, USDA, WHO and others are all falling all over themselves. Keep in mind that it hasn't been found in North America yet and it still requires a mutation to become a human threat. You may now return to your Krispy Kremes and Starbucks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Posted October 14, 2005 Share Posted October 14, 2005 Bird flu found on Europe's doorstep recently in Turkey. Hey Ducknut - are you guys keeping an eye on our ducks and such? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
underworld Posted October 14, 2005 Share Posted October 14, 2005 the bird flew in turkey? that's just fowl! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TREETOAD Posted October 14, 2005 Share Posted October 14, 2005 The big disaster will not be avian flu but that GWB will be in power when it happens. Listening to him on the news makes me think that he is getting you ready for a little bit of martial law. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catbirdseat Posted October 14, 2005 Share Posted October 14, 2005 My vote would be for the cc.com server to crash. BTW, FEMA has nothing to do with the Bird Flu. Homeland Security, CDC, USDA, WHO and others are all falling all over themselves. Keep in mind that it hasn't been found in North America yet and it still requires a mutation to become a human threat. You may now return to your Krispy Kremes and Starbucks. An epic struggle...must resist...urge to eat a second donut...must fight it...noooooo! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archenemy Posted October 14, 2005 Share Posted October 14, 2005 My vote would be for the cc.com server to crash. BTW, FEMA has nothing to do with the Bird Flu. Homeland Security, CDC, USDA, WHO and others are all falling all over themselves. Keep in mind that it hasn't been found in North America yet and it still requires a mutation to become a human threat. You may now return to your Krispy Kremes and Starbucks.  I thought that it was a human threat, but that it required further mutation to become communicable among humans (not just from bird to human) and thus become a pandemic-sized threat. Is that a gross oversimplification? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TREETOAD Posted October 14, 2005 Share Posted October 14, 2005 The spanish flu was an avian virus that mutated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EWolfe Posted October 14, 2005 Share Posted October 14, 2005 The return of Trask Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ducknut Posted October 14, 2005 Share Posted October 14, 2005 Jim-We are ever watchful of them ducks. Been working on survellience monitoring. Its unlikely we'll see migratory birds with avian flu in North America this year. If it does show, I'd bet on domestic poultry or smuggled wild birds. Â Arch- Avian flu (H5N1) is capable of infecting humans. It is not yet capable of human to human transmission. If it does mutate and become spread human to human it could become pandemic flu like the Spanish Flu of 1918 like Treetoad indicated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TREETOAD Posted October 14, 2005 Share Posted October 14, 2005 We had outbreaks on the mainland here last year, and they destroyed millions of poultry birds. I believe that there is a mix in there somewhere with a cross over from birds to swine to humans. (swine flu) pretty scary stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EWolfe Posted October 14, 2005 Share Posted October 14, 2005 Major San Juan Fault quake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TREETOAD Posted October 14, 2005 Share Posted October 14, 2005 Thats another good one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EWolfe Posted October 14, 2005 Share Posted October 14, 2005 (edited) Also, major subduction of Juan De Fuca Plate, more locally. link  We're WAY overdue.  Although the last giant earthquake hit Washington's coast 300 years ago, scientists say that the Cascadia Subduction Zone may be storing up energy to be released in the next catastrophic earthquake. The stresses detected off Washington's coast could generate a huge earthquake (magnitude 9 or more). That would rival the largest earthquake ever recorded. (A magnitude 8.7 earthquake would release 1,000 times the energy of the magnitude 6.6 earthquake that struck Los Angeles in 1994.) Edited October 14, 2005 by MisterE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ducknut Posted October 14, 2005 Share Posted October 14, 2005 We had outbreaks on the mainland here last year, and they destroyed millions of poultry birds. I believe that there is a mix in there somewhere with a cross over from birds to swine to humans. (swine flu) pretty scary stuff. Â Which Mainland? H5N1 has not been detected in North America. Mainland China, Vietnam, Russia all yes. There are a bunch of other avian flus out there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TREETOAD Posted October 14, 2005 Share Posted October 14, 2005 Lower mainland B.C. not h5 but another avian flu strain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottP Posted October 14, 2005 Share Posted October 14, 2005 So in the past year we've had a major tsunami (or was that 2 years ago), hurricanes, floods on the east coast, fires in Calif., mud slides in Guatemala, earthquake in Pakistan...I'm sure there are other disasters I'm overlooking. What's next? Â does the bird flu virus mutating to infect humans qualify? Â only if FEMA doesn't do their job. Â Some guy named Stewart Simonson is the shrub's main man for a flu pandemic. The only problem is he has no public health management experience. Before joining HHS, he served as a corporate secretary and counsel for AMTRAK. He got his job because he is a close associate of ex-Health & Human Services honcho Tommy Thompson. Sound familiar? ("Stewie's doin' a great job!") Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ducknut Posted October 14, 2005 Share Posted October 14, 2005 Aside from pandemic flu and FEMA, do any of you wild and crazy Seattlites have an opinion on the effect of an eruption of Mt. Rainier and subsequent lahars? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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