Has the bird flu made it up there? Been seeing lots of sandhill cranes here for the first time and hundreds just died on the north side of the Ohio River in Indiana.
Puritans eh? Mine were Scots-Irish Calvinists, I think their version of serious looked a lot different :D
No bird flu here that I've heard, but doctors are apparently testing for it in patients (human!) who present with suspicious symptoms. My daughter was tested a few months ago and actually told to isolate until the results came back! Fortunately, no bird flu.
The Protestant roots ran strong in my father's family, strong enough that there was great consternation when he married my mother in 1939--daughter of immigrants and a papist to boot :))