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Wisconsin is, indeed, the midwestern US (my wife was raised there), as is Michigan which has seen issues with this in the upper peninsula. Even being raised in Detroit, I heard about this affecting mostly rural areas in the northern part of the state (several years back). I don't know if it's so much a cover up as it is just truly not a huge issue for a very large geographical area.
Fungii do not "spread" very easily like a virus can. They can also be destroyed outright fairly easily given the right circumstances. A good warm summer with little rain will clam up most fungal outbreaks.
Also, because there seems to be confusion regarding which states are in which regions (especially the midwest):
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* New England, made up of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island.
* The Middle Atlantic, comprising New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Maryland.
* The South, which runs from Virginia south to Florida and west as far as central Texas. This region also includes West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana, and parts of Missouri and Oklahoma.
* The Midwest, a broad collection of states sweeping westward from Ohio to Nebraska and including Michigan, Indiana, Wisconsin, Illinois, Minnesota, Iowa, parts of Missouri, North Dakota, South Dakota, Kansas, and eastern Colorado.
* The Southwest, made up of western Texas, portions of Oklahoma, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, and the southern interior part of California.
* The West, comprising Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, Utah, California, Nevada, Idaho, Oregon, Washington, Alaska, and Hawaii.
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from http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/...ctover/ch2.htm
I can't begin to tell you how many times I had to argue with ppl while growing up that Michigan was, in fact, part of the midwest.
Last edited by xepherys; 03-09-2006 at 08:36 AM..
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