Largest wildfire in Kansas history continues to rage – Isaiah 1:7 country desolate-cities burned ; Revelation 8:9– A third of the earth was burned up, a third of the trees were burned up, and all the green grass was burned up.

Isaiah 1:7 = country desolate & cities burned; Revelation 8:9 = A 3rd of the earth was burned up, a 3rd of the trees were burned up & all the green grass was burned up.

Article By: Mark Katov 

About 1 inch of snow fell on parts of Kansas & Oklahoma on Easter Sunday & officials say the precipitation provided a boost to their efforts to contain a wildfire described as the largest in Kansas history.

The fire began last week in Oklahoma & spread north to Kansas. Oklahoma Forestry Services, a division of the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food & Forestry, says the fire has burned almost 400,000 acres of prairie & ranch land in 3 counties across 2 states.

Oklahoma Forestry Services says 370 firefighters are battling the blaze, which is known as the Anderson Creek Fire. The agency reported Sunday:

“Containment is now estimated at 40% for the portion of the fire in Woods County, Okla. Kansas officials are reporting the fire to be 31% contained in Barber County & 90% contained in Comanche County. When a fire is referred to as contained, it means a line is constructed, firefighters are working to extinguish or remove burning material near containment lines & the spread is stopped. Control means removing burning material near the lines is complete & the line is expected to hold. Once the fire is completely out & all resources have been released from the scene, the fire is 100% controlled.”

Melanie Karns, spokesperson for Oklahoma Forestry Services, told Reuters:

“Firefighters are trying to use some of [Sunday’s] precipitation to get a handle on things. If we just get a little bit of rain or snow, it helps, but it takes more than just a little bit to help put out some of the heavier fuels.”

Reuters had this update on the fire-fighting effort:

Fire-fighting teams have used Kansas Air National Guard Black Hawk helicopters to dump buckets of water in canyons & other dry areas. Helicopters continued to drop water in dry & burning areas on Sunday afternoon, said Shawna Hartman, spokeswoman for Kansas Forest Service.

View full article at: http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/03/27/472078483/anderson-creek-fire-is-slowly-being-contained?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=news

Girl Being Treated for Plague after Trip to Yosemite

Article By: Maggie Fox

 A Los Angeles girl is being treated for plague which experts think she may have caught in California’s Yosemite National Park.

The case is generating headlines, along w/2 deaths from plague in Colorado, but health officials say the public should not be alarmed. While plague is unusual in the U.S. an average of 7 cases are reported every year & people can die from it if they don’t get treated.

“ALTHOUGH THIS IS A RARE DISEASE, PEOPLE SHOULD PROTECT THEMSELVES FROM INFECTION BY AVOIDING ANY CONTACT W/WILD RODENTS.”
Colorado officials said Wednesday that an unidentified adult died from plague. A 16-year-old Colorado boy died from plague in June after he developed an unusual & hard-to-treat septicemic infection. 2 other Coloradans who caught plague this year were treated & recovered.

Just as in the Middle Ages, when plague swept across Europe & Asia, people catch the bacterial infection from fleas. Plague’s usually easily treated w/antibiotics if doctors diagnose it in time. There are 3 forms: bubonic plague, which affects the lymph glands; septicemic plague, a body-wide infection that can develop if early plague infection isn’t treated; & pneumonic plague, which is the only form that spreads from person to person.

Most people who catch it have handled or been near rodents. California officials say they’re posting extra signs cautioning people not to feed animals & to stay away from dead animals. The take-home message: don’t feed rodents, don’t touch dead rodents & keep your pet away from them.

“Although this is a rare disease, people should protect themselves from infection by avoiding any contact w/wild rodents,” state health officer Dr. Karen Smith said in a statement. “Never feed squirrels, chipmunks, or other rodents in picnic or campground areas, & never touch sick or dead rodents.”

“PROTECT YOUR PETS FROM FLEAS AND KEEP THEM AWAY FROM WILD ANIMALS.”
Pets can carry plague, too. Last year, a pet dog in Colorado caught plague & doctors believe it infected at least 4 people. Colorado health officials say 3 cats have tested positive for plague this year, although they are not known to have infected any people.

Symptoms include a sudden fever, a severe headache, nausea & chills. It can feel like flu.

Rodents carry more dangerous diseases than plague. In 2012, 3 campers in Yosemite died in an outbreak of hantavirus, which has no specific treatment. It was tracked down to mice living in insulated tents.

Plague is a bigger problem globally than it is in the United States. The U.S. was free of plague until about 1900, when steamships brought infected rats across the ocean.

View full article at: http://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/girl-catches-plague-yosemite-n405896

First Person Dies of Measles in U.S. Since 2003

…and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. 8All these are the beginning of sorrows. – Matthew 24:7

Article By: Martha Bellisle

(SEATTLE) — Washington state health officials say measles caused the death of a woman from the northwest part of the state in the spring — the first measles death in the U.S. since 2003 and the first in Washington since 1990. The measles infection was discovered during an autopsy.

Washington State Department of Health spokesman Donn Moyer says the woman was hospitalized in Clallam County for several health conditions before being moved to the University of Washington Medical Center in Seattle, where she died. He says officials are withholding her age to protect her identity, but she wasn’t elderly.

Officials didn’t say whether the woman was vaccinated, but they did note she had a compromised immune system. Moyer says the woman likely was exposed to measles at the Clallam County medical facility. Clallam County had an outbreak of five cases this year.

View full article at: http://time.com/3945056/measles-death-washington/

The World Looks Away as Ebola Surges

As Ebola appears to once again be in resurgence, international interest in the epidemic is dropping.

Article By: TeleSUR

Ebola is spreading again, but the world isn’t interested
As international interest in Ebola wanes, the virus has again spiked in West Africa, according to figures released by the World Health Organization (WHO) Wednesday. In the final week of January, rates of new infections rose for the 1st time in 2015 in all 3 West African nations worst hit by Ebola. “There were 124 new confirmed cases reported in the week to 1 February: 39 in Guinea, 5 in Liberia, & 80 in Sierra Leone,” the WHO said in its latest situation report on the disease.

A total of 22,495 people have been infected by the disease since the worst outbreak on record began in late 2013. The WHO’s latest figures put the death toll at 8,981. At least half the people who are hospitalized w/the strain of Ebola ravaging West Africa won’t survive the disease, according to the latest fatality rate estimates. The uptick in new cases came after weeks of optimism that the outbreak was slowly receding. In mid-January, the WHO declared the fight against Ebola had reached a “turning point” after infection rates plummeted across Liberia, Guinea & Sierra Leone. However, Dr. Christopher Dye, the director of strategy in the office of the director general of WHO, conceded at the time there was “no basis for complacency” in fighting Ebola bc there was always the risk of a resurgence of the virus.

Similar sentiments were expressed by David Nabarro, the U.N. system coordinator for Ebola just days earlier. “We have a very attractive & promising situation that leads us to believe that perhaps we are beginning to see the end of the outbreak…Unfortunately it’s not quite as simple & the reason for that is any case of Ebola in the region can restart an outbreak very quickly,” he said in January.

Ebola Not Hot
As Ebola appears to once again be in resurgence, international interest in the epidemic is dropping. According to Google search data, U.S. interest in Ebola has been in a dramatic decline since late October 2014. Interest spiked shortly after news broke that a doctor had tested positive for the disease in New York. “I think largely the human impulse is to say we’re worried bc it could reach our shores,” assistant professor in epidemiology at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health Dana March told CBS. “The attention has really diverted away from the epidemic; people aren’t seeing it as a threat in the U.S. anymore.”

Meanwhile, the Washington Post compared Google searches on Ebola w/measles. Interest in the latter disease surpassed Ebola somewhere in mid January. “Measles, hot. Ebola, not,” the Post’s Philip Bump concluded. However, decreasing interest isn’t limited to the United States. Worldwide search data from Google shows a similar, gradual decrease in Ebola related searches over the past 3 months. It’s also not just Google users that don’t see Ebola as a priority.

Earlier this week, the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) released new research suggesting less than half of international donations earmarked for the battle against Ebola reached affected countries. According to the study, around US$2.9 billion was pledged to fight Ebola in 2014, but only US$1.9 billion arrived by the year’s end in the West African nations struggling w/the disease. “These delays … may have contributed to the spreading of the virus,” explained Karen Grepin, the head researcher behind the grim new study. Testing of a new drug that could help victims is also being put on hold, according to an announcement from Doctors Without Borders on Wednesday. According to the agency, there simply “aren’t enough sick people” for the study to continue.

View full article at: http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/The-World-Looks-Away-as-Ebola-Surges-20150205-0001.html

CDC: Man’s death leads to discovery of new virus in Kansas

LOST Pets and Measles

Post By: Albert Mascheroni

I’m not sure about you, but i have personally seen an unusual surge of lost dog/cat signs recently.

In NATURE, Can Animals Predict Disaster? For instance, 1 geologist says he sees an increasing number of missing pets documented in the local classified ads just before an earthquake strikes in California. He, in fact, predicted the famous San Francisco earthquake of 1989. The theory is that the animals are fleeing the impending quake.

And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven. – Luke 21:11

Speaking of pestilence, did you know that we currently have a perilous Measles Outbreak that is raising alarms as vaccines prove ineffective?

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What vaccination exemptions does your state allow?

Commentary By: Albert Mascheroni

California politicians urge repeal of ‘personal beliefs’ vaccine exemptions amid Measles Outbreak. 1st State sets the precedent, then the entire Nation will follow suit. See full article at: http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/health/calif-pols-limit-personal-beliefs-vaccine-opt-outs-article-1.2104279

Personal Belief Exemptions: Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Idaho, Louisiana, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri (applies only to daycare, preschools & nursery schools), North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Washington & Wisconsin.

Personal Belief Exemptions include religious, philosophical & any other unspecified non-medical exemption. Once the Religious Exemption is repealed, the line between Church & State will be crossed “amid Measles Outbreak”…amid whatever other Emergency is declared as an excuse to do so.

And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved. -Matthew 10:22

“The black horse denotes a time of ignorance on the part of the church.” > Read previous post on the black horse for clarification. True religion will be replaced by superstition.

And Asa in the thirty and ninth year of his reign was diseased in his feet, until his disease was exceeding great: yet in his disease he sought not to the LORD, but to the physicians. – 2 Chronicles 16:12

If by now you don’t see where this is headed…

5 myths surrounding vaccines — and the reality

Measles cases in California soar, concern growing elsewhere in U.S.

The world is closer to having a real weapon to fight Ebola

Reminder to my previous posts regarding future Ebola vaccines that would be embedded with RFID chips – which can be used as tracking devices. Do you really want the Government to tag you with a human lo-jack?