Be a damn shame (&ct...insert insincere verbiage here).
For those in Rio Linda, Yersenia pestis is plague. Which generally isn't fatal if treated, these days, but it ain't fun, according to those that had it.
/johnny
You could have just said the black plague and they would have known what you were talking about. The plague comes and goes in the 4 corners area some years it is worse than others. Prairie dogs are the likely carriers of the infected fleas.