| Why? To save yourself grief. And pain. ENSURE | | | | need your sales tax revenues.You see, this |
| your Arizona vacation safety. Learn about | | | | Valley Fever bug usually only becomes a |
| safety issues NOT found in the travel | | | | problem when a person who hasn't had Valley |
| brochures or vacation websites.You see, when | | | | Fever comes in contact with it.And a person |
| on vacation in Arizona there are a few things | | | | comes in contact with it by breathing the bug |
| that one should be aware of when visiting | | | | in.And the bug is found in soils that are not |
| here. These are the type of things that you | | | | old and dried out, but rather soils that are |
| won't read about in those slick brochures you | | | | newly disturbed.So, how can you protect |
| find in the travel agent's office.These are | | | | yourself with regards to this vacation safety |
| the only things that one will learn about by | | | | tip? Easy.Do all you can to stay away from |
| living here for an extended period of | | | | soil disturbing activities.* Like to visit |
| time.Let's face it. It's a real downer to not | | | | new construction sites on your vacations?* |
| have a safe vacation. It's not fun to spend a | | | | Like to do local gardening?* Like to take up |
| night in the local emergency room with the | | | | archaeology as a hobby when you're on |
| kids when they get sick from eating some bad | | | | vacation?One word of advice... |
| local food or have an accident. Not fun | | | | DON'T.Essentially, don't go digging around |
| indeed.But, these vacation safety tips I'm | | | | places or near digging activities that you |
| going to share are not about the infrequent | | | | shouldn't be around. At least not while on |
| accidents that do happen on vacation. The | | | | vacation here in Phoenix.I know, I know, why |
| vacation safety tips I'll be sharing here | | | | would you go on one of your southwest |
| involve things that are totally | | | | vacations in Arizona just to dig in the soil, |
| preventable.As long as one is aware of them | | | | right? Silly me.Well, just so you know. I got |
| first.So, let's get started with vacation | | | | Valley Fever the first year I moved here. It |
| safety tips that'll help you have a safer | | | | progressed on to walking pneumonia and left |
| vacation here in Arizona.1. The first of | | | | scars on my lungs. I was lucky that that's |
| these vacation safety tips is for you to be | | | | all that happened to me.And what was I doing |
| aware of where you go when you're vacationing | | | | to be exposed to the bug? Just some simple |
| in Phoenix. Phoenix is a big place and like | | | | landscaping in my desert landscaped yard.See? |
| most big cities it has areas of the city that | | | | It doesn't take much.So, just do your |
| are not too upscale.Now, what are you to do | | | | vacation planning while keeping this vacation |
| about this?Well, just realize that there are | | | | safety tip in mind. Let's not have you |
| certain places within a big city like Phoenix | | | | getting sick on us. Okay?3. The last of these |
| that one should be extra careful about | | | | vacation safety tips applies to most of |
| visiting.If you find yourself in a part of | | | | Arizona. This one is about bugs too. But this |
| town that has a lot of run-down houses, | | | | is about a different type of bug.The real |
| properties with garbage strewn around them, | | | | thing...Scorpions and Black Widows.Why is |
| and abandoned cars parked along the streets - | | | | this one of our vacation safety tips? Because |
| then common sense should tell you that these | | | | these little critters can be a nasty safety |
| neighborhoods are not too safe.Trust that | | | | issue when you vacation here and get bitten |
| instinct. I'd suggest you find other areas of | | | | by one of them.You see, these two bugs are |
| the city to visit or drive around.You see, | | | | extremely common here in the state. Not quite |
| Phoenix has, in my opinion, a high crime | | | | as common as cockroaches, but almost. Why? |
| rate.I moved here from Canada twelve years | | | | Because it's a desert here and they're desert |
| ago. What truly shocked me when I moved here | | | | creatures.They like the heat and they like |
| was that Phoenix had more murders occur in | | | | dark cozy places. So, when you vacation |
| two months than where I used to live had in a | | | | Arizona just be aware that these little |
| year. And I lived in, at the time, the | | | | critters do like to live in places that the |
| 'murder capital of Canada'.So, just do | | | | kids may go probing around in. Don't let them |
| yourself a favor with this vacation safety | | | | do that.Keep probing hands away from dark |
| tip and stay aware of your surroundings. If | | | | crevices both inside and outside the house, |
| it doesn't look like a good place to be - it | | | | rental, villa, hotel or apartment.And if |
| probably isn't.Trust your gut and get out of | | | | someone does get bit, err on the side of |
| there.2. The second of these vacation safety | | | | caution and call the local poison control |
| tips involves somewhat of a local health | | | | center ASAP and ask for help.Oh, and by the |
| issue. I'll explain...The entire metropolitan | | | | way, unlike the Hollywood horror movie |
| Phoenix area is located within a large | | | | depictions, these bugs are NOT half the size |
| valley. It's surrounded by mountains and | | | | of a horse. They're SMALL. Black widows are |
| mountain ranges. And within this valley is a | | | | maybe half an inch long. And scorpions get |
| certain type of 'bug' that lives in the | | | | 'as big as' two inches. But... scorpions are |
| soil.Actually, this bug issue is similar to | | | | FAST. And both can HURT you big time.So, |
| most other country's bugs (e.g. Canada's | | | | please ensure vacation safety for your |
| Beaver Fever bug, Mexico's 'don't drink the | | | | family. Stay away from places these critters |
| water' type bug) because it's a bug | | | | habitate. And when you get up in the dark in |
| indigenous to Arizona.And what does this bug | | | | the middle of the night to get a drink of |
| do? It wreaks havoc on a persons health when | | | | water - wear slippers. Just in case.So, to |
| a vacationing visitor is infected with it. In | | | | sum up...Don't get paranoid about these |
| our case, this bug causes what is known as | | | | vacation safety tips.Go vacation.Have fun. |
| Valley Fever.And how does one get infected | | | | Just keep your eyes open to possible vacation |
| with Valley Fever? By breathing in the | | | | safety concerns. Simple, right?.Anyway, I |
| microscopic spores that make up this nasty | | | | hope these vacation safety tips prove helpful |
| bacteria.And what does this bacteria do to a | | | | to you. Do have a safe trip here to Arizona. |
| person when breathed in? Well, it can cause | | | | Just improve your vacation safety by ensuring |
| flu-like symptoms that grow all the way up to | | | | you remember these vacation safety tips I've |
| pneumonia, internal bleeding, and very, very | | | | shared with you.Good luck.Written by Andre |
| rarely... death (gulp).Now, I'm NOT trying to | | | | Best |
| scare you. So don't go cancelling your | | | | |
| vacation plans to Phoenix......Because we | | | | President, Ultimate Results, Inc. |