As I pack for my Key West vacation, which was a Mexico vacation until this week's mass hysteria, I wanted to leave my faithful three readers with a few parting thoughts before I leave. As you are all gathering animals two by two next week in the city, I want you to thank your lucky stars that we have such brilliant weathermen here to issue a "Flood Advisory" yesterday for the Chicagoland area. Apparently, this is for those of you who are blind, don't have any windows, or haven't been outside in the last 6 days. Who would've have thought that 6 straight days of rain would cause a lot of standing water?
Also, isn't it amazing how every newspaper, every news broadcast, every radio station, hell even the bums begging for change at Dunkin' Donuts are constantly cramming the paranoia of the Swine Flu down our throats, and then urging the public not to panic? I don't know about my wife, but I'm sporting a bio-hazard suit and sandals for our flight to FL tomorrow. Now I'm just praying that nobody sneezes on the runway at O'Hare causing us to be delayed. By the way, according to http://www.cdc.gov/, approximately 36,000 people die each year from influenza. The Swine Flu has had a reported 257 cases worldwide with a total of 8 deaths, or roughly half the number of shootings that will occur this weekend on the southside. Might we be slightly overreacting a little bit?
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