It has been a horrific couple of months, is there any end in sight?
By rebelann1949
@rebelann (117284)
El Paso, Texas
October 8, 2017 8:07pm CST
For me it is surreal. I've been keeping up with the news about all those hurricanes and boy am I glad I don't have to worry about anything like that. But to make matters worse the battle southeast TX had with Hurricane Harvey has become a terrifying battle against flesh eating bacteria.
How the heck do they battle that?
I am praying that they find a way to isolate and control that bacteria before it kills any more people and that now where else has that same problem.
I used my own photograph taken many years ago.
Now he wants others to take precautions against infection
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@Behindtheguitarbar (2831)
• Guangdong, China
9 Oct 17
OMG!!. The floods always bring their evils friends.
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@rebelann (117284)
• El Paso, Texas
9 Oct 17
I didn't know that, oh those poor people and kritters down yonder
@Shellyann36 (11383)
• United States
13 Oct 17
OH, I had not heard about this. Horrible! I have been working quite a bit lately and not paying any attention to the news. I am quite surprised that more people have not gotten this bacteria. With the flooding brings all of the septic/sewer materials and all of the bacteria. I hope people heed his warning.
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@Shellyann36 (11383)
• United States
14 Oct 17
@rebelann You would think that they would be all over it. Leave it to the media to botch it up.
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@rebelann (117284)
• El Paso, Texas
14 Oct 17
I no longer trust all of the media @Shellyann36 I have noticed that if I look online for articles written in local papers it's more likely to get a true story, I mean who outside of a community would actually know what's really going on, right?
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@rebelann (117284)
• El Paso, Texas
13 Oct 17
I don't follow news religiously but when I read about what's going on around the southeast and east coast on Mylot I started to look for articles and that's when read about that damn bacteria, the media hasn't even given it the kind of attention it should, this stuff is something a lot of people should be warned about.
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@rebelann (117284)
• El Paso, Texas
9 Oct 17
I hope so too but I think a few people living in FL have mentioned that October is also a hurricane month.
@rebelann (117284)
• El Paso, Texas
9 Oct 17
I remember reading that as well but at the time I did not really pay that much attention to it because it was a rare and isolated occurrence @LadyDuck but now it seems it is attacking areas that are way too close to home. Thankfully those bacteria do not seem to live in dry deserts.
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@kobesbuddy (78833)
• East Tawas, Michigan
9 Oct 17
This is awful news, a flesh eating bacteria. What more is going to happen, in that area? It's terrible!
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@rebelann (117284)
• El Paso, Texas
9 Oct 17
Yes it is and so scary too @kobesbuddy
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@kobesbuddy (78833)
• East Tawas, Michigan
9 Oct 17
@rebelann Anything with flesh, dogs, cats, wild animals, people, that's awful!
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@toniganzon (77346)
• Philippines
9 Oct 17
That's really awful. I don't read the news anymore because I'm sick and tired of all the bad news happening around the world. I hope they find a way out here and isolate the bacteria.
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@toniganzon (77346)
• Philippines
9 Oct 17
@rebelann I hope so. We don't want that spreading like a plague.
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@rebelann (117284)
• El Paso, Texas
9 Oct 17
I think it would only be found in wet conditions so maybe it cannot @toniganzon
@cahaya1983 (11116)
• Malaysia
9 Oct 17
Oh my. That's pretty scary. 
Hope something is done fast to get rid of them!
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@rebelann (117284)
• El Paso, Texas
10 Oct 17
I agree @cahaya1983 I'm praying they find a way to get rid of that awful bacteria.
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@rebelann (117284)
• El Paso, Texas
10 Oct 17
It sure is. I'm praying they find a way to kill that bacteria.
@rebelann (117284)
• El Paso, Texas
9 Oct 17
It didn't help that the mayor released all those gallons of water from the whatchacallits, that was probably the worst thing he could have done.
@thislittlepennyearns (68246)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
9 Oct 17
That is scary. I have a really good friend who is from there I hope they are ok...
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@rebelann (117284)
• El Paso, Texas
9 Oct 17
I hope they are ok as well. Maybe they're not in Houston right now, it sure as heck wouldn't be a place I'd want to be.
@thislittlepennyearns (68246)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
9 Oct 17
That is scary. I have a really good friend who is from there I hope they are ok...
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@rebelann (117284)
• El Paso, Texas
9 Oct 17
I'm praying for all those poor people and kritters down there.
