Journeys through the mist
My friend Frank DeMarco posted an interesting article on his blog titled, News item from This is London, about a young Czech motorcycle rider that was knocked unconscious during a race, and for a while after coming to, spoke perfect English without an accent.
I don’t really know what to make of it, but it is certainly an interesting read.
The other day the Schwartz Report had a link to a story in the Wall Street Journal written by Jennifer Corbett Dooren, titled Study Shows Steep Rise In Adverse Drug Reactions. In the eight year period from 1998 to 2005 the number of serious drug side effects reported to the FDA more than doubled.
According to the story:
A serious adverse drug event, defined by the FDA, means an event that resulted in death, a birth defect, disability, hospitalization, was life-threatening or required medical intervention to prevent harm.
From 1998 to 2005, there were 467,809 serious adverse events reported. The annual number of reports rose from 34,966 in 1998 to 89,842 in 2005 [250% increase] while the number of fatal adverse drug events increased from 5,519 to 15,107 [274% increase] in the same time frame.
The study noted that, overall, the relative increase in serious reports was four times faster [400% increase] than the growth in total U.S. outpatient prescriptions, which grew in the same period from 2.7 billion to 3.8 billion [140% increase].
More progress according to the latest InciWeb news release:
Firefighters Gain 70 Percent Containment
Friday, September 14, 2007Bone Creek Fire Information Inquiries: Karl Brauneis, Information Officer
Greybull, WY – Firefighters continued to construct fire lines yesterday and attained 70% containment by late evening. Crews will continue to construct containment lines, suppress hot spots, and mop up today.
Firefighters will also utilize the findings from a fixed wing infra-red flight to help focus their suppression efforts on specific hot spots. Infra-red imaging is a tool designed to map the fires burned area and help assist firefighters in locating hot spots.
In addition, a hand held infra-red heat sensing device will also be used by firefighters to target specific spots. The operator sits airborne in a helicopter and flies over areas identified by either the fixed wing mapping flight or by field firefighters. The hand held infra-red can pick up heat buried below ground in stumps, logs and debris.
Current information, along with maps and photographs, can be viewed on line at www.inciweb.org
Fire Facts:
Size: 13, 670 acres
Containment: 70%
Personnel Assigned: 233
Crews: 3 Type I Hot Shot Crews
3 Regular Type II Crews
Air Resources: 1 Heavy Helicopter, 1 Medium Helicopter and 2 Light Helicopters
Engines: 2
Dozers: 0
Water Tenders: 3
Structures Threatened: 1 commercial property (Shell Falls Visitor Center) and 3 outbuildings (Horse Creek Cow Camp)
Costs to Date: Estimate $2,500,000
Land Ownership: Bighorn National Forest
The wind did not get as bad as expected and the fire lines held. This news release from InciWeb:
Fire Lines Hold
Thursday, September 13, 2007
Bone Creek Fire Information Inquiries: Karl Brauneis, Information OfficerGreybull, WY – Fire lines held through the high wind event associated with yesterdays passing cold front. Fortunately, wind speeds did not reach their forecasted intensity. Still, a remote weather station set up near the fire recorded winds from 15 to 20 mph with gusts to 30.
Firefighters were able to gain 60 % containment on the fire by late yesterday evening.
Crews will continue to construct containment lines, suppress hot spots, and mop up today.
Current information, along with maps and photographs, can be viewed on line at www.inciweb.org
Fire Facts:
Size: 13, 670 acres
Containment: 60%
Personnel Assigned: 232
Crews: 3 Type I Hot Shot Crews, 3 Regular Type II Crews
Air Resources: 1 Heavy Helicopter, 1 Medium Helicopter and 2 Light Helicopters
Engines: 2
Dozers: 0
Water Tenders: 3Structures Threatened: 1 commercial property (Shell Falls Visitor Center) and 3 outbuildings (Horse Creek Cow Camp)
Costs to Date: Estimate $2,300,000
Land Ownership: Bighorn National Forest
Things must have rolled right along today for the firefighters on the Bone Creek fire. InciWeb is now reporting 45% containment, and none too soon with a cold front and wind moving into north central Wyoming tomorrow afternoon. Personnel is up to 227.
Projected Movement: A forecasted cold front with winds up to 40 miles per hour is expected to pass over the fire area on Wednesday (9/13/07) afternoon to evening. The high winds will test the containment efforts to date.
Total estimated cost to date for fighting this fire: $2,100,000.
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