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Getting enough sleep? They aren't in West Virginia
By MIKE STOBBE, AP Medical Writer
ATLANTA – Sleepless in Seattle? Hardly. West Virginia is where people are really staying awake, according to the first government study to monitor state-by-state differences in sleeplessness.
West Virginians' lack of sleep was about double the national rate, perhaps a side effect of health problems such as obesity, experts said.
Nearly 1 in 5 West Virginians said they did not get a single good night's sleep in the previous month. The national average was about 1 in 10, according to a federal health survey conducted last year and released Thursday.
Tennessee, Kentucky and Oklahoma also were notably above average in their reported lack of sleep. In contrast, North Dakota had fewer problems sleeping, with only 1 in 13 reporting that degree of sleeplessness.
Nope. Its because we're workin' in a coal mine, going down down.
Financial stress and odd-hour work shifts can play roles in sleeplessness, too, Chervin added. He suggested those may be contributing factors in West Virginia, an economically depressed state with tens of thousands of people working in coal mining.
Trees and mountains don't pay the bills. Jobs and business does. All the scenery in the world won't help you come up with the next month's mortgage, or put overtaxed gas in your tank.
There's only one way to turn this economic malaise around, and it's not running everyone who wants things to change out of the state, and taxing everyone who stays to death.
If you want a good night's sleep, get more jobs and industry here.
West Virginians can't sleep because most are within earshot of a G-D mine vent fan.
AmpedNow wrote:Trees and mountains don't pay the bills. Jobs and business does. All the scenery in the world won't help you come up with the next month's mortgage, or put overtaxed gas in your tank.
There's only one way to turn this economic malaise around, and it's not running everyone who wants things to change out of the state, and taxing everyone who stays to death.
thre arent as many active underground mines as there were even 10 years ago in this state, and usually the vents are not in the immediate area of any houses...
Doesn't MSNBC stand for the Media that Spins the News for Barrack's Cabinet?
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fearpeddler wrote:thre arent as many active underground mines as there were even 10 years ago in this state, and usually the vents are not in the immediate area of any houses...
You're f*#@&% crazy. Come to my county. Not in the immediate area, my ass.
Words change over the years.
We used to call the "Fanhouses" or just "Fans".
You guys are educated better.
Vents sound strange as they are always powered units.
"Everyone Should be aware that you're just a screen grab away from infamy."
fearpeddler wrote:thre arent as many active underground mines as there were even 10 years ago in this state, and usually the vents are not in the immediate area of any houses...
You're f*#@&% crazy. Come to my county. Not in the immediate area, my ass.
Tour statement makes it sound like your ass is as big as your county, your immediate area.
In retrospect, the output of the fans did have a bad smell.
"Everyone Should be aware that you're just a screen grab away from infamy."
.... but you've got me curious to where you're at now..
