I was talking to a local nurse last week who had just received training regarding the avian flu pandemic contingency for Alberta and the province here predicts 30% absenteeism. With quarantines, food and gas would almost dry up in a couple of weeks as no trucks would be allowed in or out of the city during that period...assuming there are people around to drive them.

He asked me if I was prepared for the possibility of not being allowed to leave my neighborhood...I told him I'd never considered that ever happening before.