war, famine, plague and pestilence

[leftofthedial]

I'd say king george just about has it wrapped up, if only bird flu will come through for him.

what's the difference between plague and pestilence anyway?

[Klukie]

1. Well...

I think that plague is disease and pestilence is insects......I think

[Double T]

2. Pandora has NOTHING over king george..............

who has become responsible for MANY/MOST of the recent/current evils of the world.

[TZ]

3. hes right plague is a disease and pestilence

would be like the invasion of grasshoppers/locusts that eat farmers fields from time to time. Plague is of course Bubonic Plague or the Black Death. Actually been a couple cases in the last few years but its pretty treatable with antibiotics now. Comes from fleas off rats. Come to think of it I can't believe there hasn't been an outbreak in DC because of all the "fleas" and "rats"!!:rofl:

[Warpy]

5. NM is a plague state

and pets generally carry the fleas to their owners. We see one or two cases a year, but deaths are rare. It is treatable with cheap antibiotics if caught early.

[kestrel91316]

6. CA is a plague state, too. It's an occupational hazard for us vets.

Some vet died of pneumonic plague a couple decades ago here - some kid brought in his sick pet ground squirrel and it spread to the vet and killed him.

I treat captive-bred pet rodents, but refuse to see wild ones BECAUSE OF THIS.

[whistle]

4. plagues were unseen germ related while pestilence were had to do with

...seen vermin like rats, locust, poison frogs, etc