Avian flu

This is bad news for Delaware.

So is this.

And this.

This story has our newsroom scurrying around like … well, you know. But if this outbreak of avian flu is not contained, it could have serious, serious consequences for the poultry-dependent economy of lower Delaware.

UPDATE: More bad news. The story notes that this is already hurting Delaware's "poultry industry."

That's probably an even bigger problem — industrial chicken. (Welcome to The Meatrix.)

Despite the effects of avian flu on the "poultry industry," at least the state can fall back on its other economic mainstays: shrimp, heroin and sex tourism … wait, no — that's Thailand — for Delaware it's DuPont, lottery tickets, offshore banking and sex tourism.