{"id":41,"date":"2020-10-22T22:47:29","date_gmt":"2020-10-22T22:47:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dysmalnitch.com\/?p=41"},"modified":"2020-10-22T22:47:29","modified_gmt":"2020-10-22T22:47:29","slug":"first-a-cough-then-a-rattle-then-a-moan-or-how-to-avoid-the-grey-plague-this-fall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dysmalnitch.com\/index.php\/2020\/10\/22\/first-a-cough-then-a-rattle-then-a-moan-or-how-to-avoid-the-grey-plague-this-fall\/","title":{"rendered":"First a Cough, Then a Rattle, Then a Moan &#8211; or how to avoid the grey plague this fall!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dysmalnitch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/10-22-2020-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-43\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dysmalnitch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/10-22-2020-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.dysmalnitch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/10-22-2020-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dysmalnitch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/10-22-2020-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.dysmalnitch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/10-22-2020.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Can you tell the difference between a mushroom that is tasty versus one that will instantly turn your bones to jelly and transform you into a zombie that ravenously craves brains? <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The &#8216;grey plague&#8217;  arrived early this year just ahead of Halloween as colorful mushrooms begin to appear overnight in the dense fog and drizzling rain.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dysmalnitch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/10-22-2020v-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dysmalnitch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/10-22-2020v-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.dysmalnitch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/10-22-2020v-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dysmalnitch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/10-22-2020v-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.dysmalnitch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/10-22-2020v.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>These are the kind of neighbors you should politely avoid.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Remember: &#8220;<em>first a cough, then a rattle, then a moan<\/em>&#8221; (Zombies, Run! reference) are the first signs of becoming a zombie.   Avoid anyone with these symptoms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dysmalnitch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ppe.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-45\" width=\"225\" height=\"258\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dysmalnitch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ppe.jpg 426w, https:\/\/www.dysmalnitch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ppe-261x300.jpg 261w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Radiological PPE appears to hamper the time honored method of avoiding zombies by running away, as the suit tends to be unwieldy and slow down the wearer.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hopefully you stayed in shape all summer long and did not sprain an ankle or purchase shoes which do poorly over long distance runs. <strong> Remember to stay on high alert for shambling zombies.<\/strong>  Experts predict that once again we&#8217;re stuck with unknown number of brain hungry zombies until just after Thanksgiving when most will have laid back down to rest in the soft sucking black earth around the bog.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Happy Halloween October 22nd 2020<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Radiological PPE may not be enough to keep from catching the grey plague this Halloween season, how to avoid zombies and not become one yourself! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":42,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4,15],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dysmalnitch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dysmalnitch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dysmalnitch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dysmalnitch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dysmalnitch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.dysmalnitch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46,"href":"https:\/\/www.dysmalnitch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41\/revisions\/46"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dysmalnitch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dysmalnitch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dysmalnitch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dysmalnitch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}