Thursday, April 30, 2009 - 04:55
Last night, the phone rang at 9:22 pm. I quickly glanced at the caller ID. Hmmm. Why is the Seattle School district calling us at this time of night?
Apparently the swine flu has come to Seattle and the school district thought we should know.
Those messages are helpful if you're a parent, but they don't tell much about the rest of the world.
Health Map is a really wonderful, user-friendly, resource for following the epidemic.
To see more detail, click the map markers. Then, you get to learn interesting things, like this:
Luckily for us, if Seattle schools close, they'll call us and let us know.