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Re:A Disease Without a Cure Spreads Quietly in the West by mehmehshoe on Friday July 05, 2013 @01:27PM (#5995807)
Not only storms or earthquakes...I would imagine Santa Ana winds would help this spread to the coastal regions.
Re:A Disease Without a Cure Spreads Quietly in the West by healthenclave on Friday July 05, 2013 @01:36PM (#5995845)
Not very familiar with US geography but looks like your are correct :

(A) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Ana_winds#Health%20effect...

(B) http://publichealth.lacounty.gov/acd/diseases/Cocci.pdf - Check the comments section

(C) http://dust.ess.uci.edu/ppr/pst_ZeT04.pdf