Damn Poison Truck

[Smiling JOe]

Crazy, I was just looking at the old photograph of the Poison Spray Airplane which Mermaid posted, when out of the blue, here comes the sound of the Poison Spray Truck down the street. I went out to grab the dogs and get them inside. I was only halfway successful. One dog now in and the other probably chasing the Poison Truck.

By the way, Peaboy, the Poison Truck disregards the "no-spray" signs in the yard of your rental house.

 

[Mermaid]

Why on earth are they spraying in January? Is there a mosquito infestation? Flies? I don't understand.

 

[CastlesOfSand]

Why on earth are they spraying in January? Is there a mosquito infestation? Flies? I don't understand.

I'm curious to know the answer to that too?!

 

[Smiling JOe]

I don't know -- Maybe because it rained yesterday. I have noticed a few mosquitos out and about in the lasts week, but they are always out. This is the first time the Poison Truck has been around in a month or so.

 

[Waterman]

I don't know -- Maybe because it rained yesterday. I have noticed a few mosquitos out and about in the lasts week, but they are always out. This is the first time the Poison Truck has been around in a month or so.

Wear your mask for a day or so!

 

[Paula]

The pesticide truck was out on Jan 10 or 11 because my sister and brother-in-law were there. They were there only 3 days and it's too bad they had to stay inside on one of those evenings to avoid the pesticides.

 

[Smiling JOe]

The pesticide truck was out on Jan 10 or 11 because my sister and brother-in-law were there. They were there only 3 days and it's too bad they had to stay inside on one of those evenings to avoid the pesticides.

That could be true. I was out of town at that time.

 

[aquaticbiology]

The pesticide truck was out on Jan 10 or 11 because my sister and brother-in-law were there.

wow! your sister and brother-in-law must be really big mosquitoes! :funn:

or are they just little pests like my sister and her husband! HA! :shock:

seriously, the weather hasn't got cold enough long enough even way up here to kill off the bad bugs this year (yet) and that could mean a bad summer full of biters!

I know there's another thread somewhere about 'G.(lobal) W.(arming) Bush' but I am too lazy to go find it.

 

[Paula]

wow! your sister and brother-in-law must be really big mosquitoes! :funn:

or are they just little pests like my sister and her husband! HA! :shock:

seriously, the weather hasn't got cold enough long enough even way up here to kill off the bad bugs this year (yet) and that could mean a bad summer full of biters!

I know there's another thread somewhere about 'G.(lobal) W.(arming) Bush' but I am too lazy to go find it.

Very funny... My sister and brother in law are fantastic (and they would be fantastic even if they were mosquitoes -- I would guard them from the pesticide truck with my life!). Gotta work on my message board grammar...

It's interesting, though, that I have never noticed mosquitos in our area or on 30A when we've been there (e.g., April, May, July, August, October, November, January, February are the months I've been there). So, that pesticide truck must work. We have many, many more mosquitos here in Michigan in the summer -- lots of them. But I have experienced the biting flies in the late summer a few times and I've learned to wear long pants to the beach when they're out because they nip at my ankles when I try to read at the beach.

 

[Rita]

The gulf winds should help reduce the # of mosquitos close to the beach. Right? You folks that live there year 'round, approximately how far from the beach until you notice more of a difference in the # of mosquitos in general?