The Brown Recluse spider is a problem at Fort Puke, er Polk. Like the name implies it likes abandoned places, like all of the old WWII barracks that the National Guard and visiting troops use. I have a few friends who have been bitten. One realized that he was bitten and got the medical assistance but still lost about 2 cubic inches of muscle. The others were even worse.
On a different spider note, I spent some time in the Mojave desert about 15 years ago. To win beers I would go out to a rifle range and shoot the tarantulas and scorpions as they came out to feed at sunset with a 22 rifle. After I and 2 coworkers were bitten by tarantulas I had no more simpathy for them. Russel > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Corrigan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, March 18, 2002 4:14 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: OMG - Arachnophobia > > > I think that the Brown Recluse is bit more common in the Midwest > and south. When I was in the Army, I was given safety briefs on > Brown Recluses in Missouri, Louisiana, Georgia, and Northern Cal. > It might just be an Army policy to talk about these, but I > didn't get the same brief in Texas or Arizona. They talked about > things like scorpions and fire ants. > > I knew one guy that got bit by one and you can tell that part of > the muscle in his forearm was gone. It was this 2-3 inch > depression in his arm where he got bit. He didn't even feel the > bite and after three days it got so bad he finally got it checked > out but it was too late for the effected area because it was already dead. > > Michael Corrigan > Programmer > Endora Digital Solutions > 1900 Highland Avenue, Suite 200 > Lombard, IL 60148 > 630-627-5055 ext.-136 > 630/627-5255 Fax > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Todd > To: CF-Community > Sent: Monday, March 18, 2002 4:06 PM > Subject: Re: OMG - Arachnophobia > > > > No..it was not only the brown recluse, or the black widow..although > > these WERE mentioned. > > Hmm .. the only other "dangerous" spider that I know of in the US is the > "hobo spider". apparently, they have a nasty habit getting in to homes, > much more often than the brown recluse or black widow. They are mostly > confined to the north west. I think they came over here from europe, so > maybe Erika isn't safe after all >=-) > > > Some people have this reaction to the poison from several > spiders...and > > you don't know until you get bitten most of the times. > > kinda like bees I guess. > > > There was one spider in particular that was huge. > > heh .. define huge > > > -Gel > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
