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