09-06-2003, 03:45 PM
I wish I could report that our communities are aggressively spraying for mosquitos, but alas, some "do-gooders" are more concerned that the spraying will affect bees and birds. Boo-hoo. Sounds like PETA is campaigning in favor of West Nile Disease around here. And with hunting season just around the corner, I fully expect to see reports of an increase in West Nile cases by December. I haven't heard of these propane powered mosquito control thingies you mentioned. Could you give me more information, please? I'm not worried so much about myself, they wouldn't dare bite an old fart like me anyway, but about my daughter and grandson who visits frequently with me in this fast-growing, once a nice, little farming community I call home. I don't know if a six month old could survive a bout with West Nile, and I don't want to find out. I don't care about any city ordinance about mosquito-control equipment has to be licensed and inspected, if it works, then I'll use it. And damn PETA.
I had been told that mosquitos can't live at higher elevations -- not so. I've visited a few isolated lakes above 10,000 ft (huffing and puffing) and the swarms of these flying hypodermic needles are thicker than women at a clearance sale. I swear (on my Victoria's Secret catalog) that they carried off an unfortunate 3# trout before I could get out of there. I had to stop later and clean them off the radiator before I could continue, the engine was overheating.
Now according to Colorado's Health and Environmental Dept (and we all know just how trustworthy a government agency can be), this is the peak year for us and next year, historically, will see a decline in West Nile cases. Historically speaking. Whether this is true or not, I can't say.
Seriously, DrownedDesertRat, the way this disease is spreading from one state to another, if I weren't level-headed and completely in control of my mental faculties, I'd think there is a government conspiracy afoot or this is a terrorist attack. Who's time will it be next year?
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I had been told that mosquitos can't live at higher elevations -- not so. I've visited a few isolated lakes above 10,000 ft (huffing and puffing) and the swarms of these flying hypodermic needles are thicker than women at a clearance sale. I swear (on my Victoria's Secret catalog) that they carried off an unfortunate 3# trout before I could get out of there. I had to stop later and clean them off the radiator before I could continue, the engine was overheating.
Now according to Colorado's Health and Environmental Dept (and we all know just how trustworthy a government agency can be), this is the peak year for us and next year, historically, will see a decline in West Nile cases. Historically speaking. Whether this is true or not, I can't say.
Seriously, DrownedDesertRat, the way this disease is spreading from one state to another, if I weren't level-headed and completely in control of my mental faculties, I'd think there is a government conspiracy afoot or this is a terrorist attack. Who's time will it be next year?
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