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What are you doing?
Geocahing.
What’s that?
Simply stated we’re weighing ticks.
Why?
Tick size is relative to lyme disease. This unit (quickly flashing my GPS) calculates the average weight of a group of ticks and formulates a mathematical ratio of probability. Based on this ratio we can quickly determine whether to alert a health bulletin.
Is this area safe?
That information has to remain classified until all the reports have been filed.
Then if they still hang around, I usually get out my notepad scribble some notes, then get out my cell phone and loudly say “call CDC” into it. Then I polietly ask them to excuse me while I file the report.