[redgolum]

I read that book also. Part of the reason the last German offensive failed in WWI was that most of the troops got sick. The guns of France didn't save Paris, a flu bug did.

Will another Cat 5 heading to Houston, and the resulting dislocation of people to shelters, if one of those large groups gets the flu..

Well, that is usually the part of the movie I start eating popcorn. Bad things.

[Lazamataz]

The thing that's got me effed-up is, everyone's talking about a 50% mortality rate. That's not an illness, that's more like a natural bioweapon.

[M. Espinola]

"Part of the reason the last German offensive failed in WWI was that most of the troops got sick. The guns of France didn't save Paris, a flu bug did."

It's a shame the same effect could not have prevent the 3rd Reich in 1939, Japan in 41 too.

To think this year's hurricane season does not technical conclude until November. A TV weatherman stated the water temperature in large portions of Gulf of Mexico is 85 degrees. It's like a giant self-heated whirlpool.

Fill up the gas tank now since it looks like another round of energy price hikes. Oil, Gasoline Rise as Hurricane Rita Shuts Gulf of Mexico Rigs

Since real Fall weather (cooler) takes a lot longer to reach Gulf coastal areas hopefully that will lessen any forms of flu outbreak.

In another week or so the regular flu shot shall be available.