The fear of the day.

[Betty]

There's this organism or amoeba or whatever the heck it is that lives in warm, fresh water. It gets into your system - perhaps through the nose when your child jumps into the water at Lake Elsinore - and then dies from it a week or less later!

[scaeagles]

Originally Posted by Betty

There's this organism or amoeba or whatever the heck it is that lives in warm, fresh water. It gets into your system - perhaps through the nose when your child jumps into the water at Lake Elsinore - and then dies from it a week or less later!

This happened at a lake near Phoenix just this summer. Ick!

Seriously, though, and without trying to go into the man made global warming debate again, this is how I regard the whole global hysteria.

[BarTopDancer]

Originally Posted by alphabassettgrrl

Well, if you're not afraid you might not watch the news. The news will save us all.

Of course they give solutions to things that actually only affect about 6 households in the entire LA area but make everybody paranoid about them.

Originally Posted by Not Afraid

But.....it could happen to YOU!

Thank god I don't live in LA! I am safe!