Wednesday, December 10, 2025

Post Dox

An ambulance receipt was posted on the McHenry County Blog. This is a (blurred) copy of the image:
For the record, ambulance receipts are protected health information (PHI) and these are covered by Federal HIPPA statutes (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) ...
Health Information Privacy
Note to Ops: Your protected health information belongs to you and in the wrong hands could be used against your interests. Never put your PHI on the Internet. Your PHI won't be very much protected if you're seeing it on even the McHenry County Blog.

Friday, December 5, 2025

Chemical Absorption

shock and koala
There is good news and bad news.

The good news is the Southlake Mosquito Abatement District has been dissolved and you no longer have to worry about being run down after dark by their insecticide trucks:
While the Southlake Mosquito Abatement District — the last of its kind in Lake County — has been dissolved
Lake County mosquito abatement district dissolved, to merge: 'This consolidation will increase efficiency … and lower taxes'
The bad news is that the Southlake Mosquito Abatement District will be consolidated with the North Shore Mosquito Abatement District:
The Southlake District board voted Monday to dissolve the district and begin the first steps toward annexation into the North Shore Mosquito Abatement District to the south.
Lake County mosquito abatement district dissolved, to merge: 'This consolidation will increase efficiency … and lower taxes'
So now, not only will you have to worry about being run down by the insecticide trucks, but the trucks will be driven by guys coming from Cook County.

A spokesman for the Environment said: "You might as well lower the gate. I am through."