Andrew Pollack, writing in the print editions of The New York Times wrote “Mosquito Bred to Fight Dengue Fever Shows Promise in Field Trial,” published on October 31st, 2011. We’ve been planning on switching to an all-digital subscription, but haven’t sorted out yet which plan. So we’ve often got hard copy (i.e. the print edition) [...]
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Thanks to Futurismic for their post -The Mosquitoes Are Coming! reports Futurismic, based in Wisconsin, wherethe record rainfalls over the past month have become something of a concern. The biggest water-related concern Southeast Wisconsin – Milwaukee in specific – has had in the last 20 years is the cryptosporidium scare we had in 1993 . [...]
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In watching the deluge in the Midwest, I’m remembering a description of the post-Katrina proliferation of dragonflies – a fortuitous turn that stopped the mosquito population from getting out of control. One robust response is mosquito netting, and this piece is from his excellent blog Cool Tools: sanctum video I hate mosquitoes. Serious gut-tightening allergic [...]
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The same messages can be communicated by signalling the letter "K" in Morse code via signal lamp. (While a proper signal lamp may be ideal, a flashlight, probably best employing red LEDs, will certainly fit the bill).
In Morse, the letter "K" is represent as Dash - Dot -- Dash.
The ICS also has a subset, the Medical Signal Code, which uses three-character phrases to communicate brief medical messages.