Comments on: Rabies Alert Continues For North Escambia; Person Bit By Rabid Fox

By: NF

NF — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 11:36:13 +0000

I have yet to understand why several of my neighbors think it is “fun” to catch foxes in live traps, look at them, then turn them loose. Two of them have younger children and even though things like this have made the news, they don’t understand how dangerous this is. We do live in the “country” where these animals live, but you have to be careful. I wish people were more careful.

By: EMD

EMD — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 22:28:06 +0000

A racoon crossed the road in front of my vehicle about a week or two ago, in broad daylignt. It crossed quite slowly. I slowed way down to observe him. He did not seem to care if a car was there. I thought this odd. It was on Crabtree Church Rd. I was headed north and this incident ocurred on this stretch of road beween the 3 speed bumps and the next populated area. I saw it in a wooded area.

By: Molino mom

Molino mom — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 21:15:16 +0000

Cottage Hill resident — now you know why so many people read northescambia.com. It’s the news source that reports information important to us in this area. Most of us don’t bother getting a pnj anymore. And why watch the news on TV? It’s just reruns of the stuff in pensacola over and over again.

By: Cottage Hill resident

Cottage Hill resident — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 20:47:00 +0000

Ok, I am absolutely furious over this!!!!! I LIVE on Handy Road, the whole thing is less than a mile long and NO ONE has told any of us residents that there is a problem. How stupid can they be!!!

What if my kids are outside playing and see a dog and they try to play with it because it’s a local dog and they get bitten and contract rabies because these IDIOTS don’t see fit to warn us? (I know that was a really long sentence, but this is really upsetting me)

If I didn’t check this website, I wouldn’t have seen this at all because I have not read anything in the pnj or on channel 3 about this. Did I miss them or did they just not do stories about this?

I better quit while I’m ahead. I’m so upset I can’t even write rationally. Sorry, guys.

By: GR8DAD

GR8DAD — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 14:17:40 +0000

If the “community” you live in is in central to north Escambia County, FL and north of Muscogee Road to the Alabama state line, then YOUR “community” has the alert.

By: NF

NF — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 13:39:03 +0000

This rabies alert will last for a total of 60 days and covers all of central and northern Escambia County from Muscogee Road north to the Alabama State line.

Here is the part of the story that tells where.

By: Brenda

Brenda — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 06:52:39 +0000

So, there is an alert about rabies and the potential threat of rabid animals, but you cannot tell us which “community” has the alert due to privacy laws…Did I get this right? If so, this is very interesting. Thank you.