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nytemare Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-05 12:12 PM
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Any Floridians notice a blessed lack of mosquitoes?
It is sort of suprising to me. Normally this time of year I am scratching away at numerous mosquito bites, but even after all the rain last year and this year, I don't even remember having to shoo one away.

Strange, but good.
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dbonds Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-05 12:23 PM
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1. Mosquitoes are getting tired of competing with the ...
blood sucking Bushistas.
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nytemare Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-05 12:47 PM
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5. LOL, could be.
:)
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El Fuego Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-05 12:30 PM
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2. Where I live kind of near the ocean
I never see any mosquitos. Ever. But go west 10 miles and they are the size of airplanes!
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In_The_Wind Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-05 12:35 PM
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3. How are things on the Gulf Coast
of Florida since that last big hurricane?

St. Pete/Tampa/Clearwater ?
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KG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-05 12:56 PM
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9. evarthang cool in St Pete.
actually, this area didn't get a whole lot of damage.
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In_The_Wind Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-05 06:56 PM
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11. that's wonderful news
I have an uncle and a very good friend down there so I was just wondering.


Thanks
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nytemare Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-05 12:48 PM
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7. I am in Orlando, and haven't noticed them
:shrug: I thought they would be terrible after all the rain last year and this year.
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Initech Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-05 12:37 PM
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4. They've all migrated to California
I noticed an insane amount of mosquitos at the campsite that I was at over the weekend.
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nytemare Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-05 12:52 PM
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8. Hope they didn't get you too bad!
:hi:
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Initech Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-05 07:02 PM
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12. Nope, I survived the trip pretty unscathed.
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northzax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-05 12:47 PM
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6. they all died of West Nile Fever
enjoy the summer!
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Old_Fart Donating Member (805 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-05 01:03 PM
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10. Mosquitoes like blood
They are over at the * compound because we all know how much blood they have on their hands.

I was in Orlando recently and I didn't get bit. I came to the conclusion that mosquitoes didn't like the old whipper snappers blood anymore.
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flvegan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-05 07:04 PM
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13. I think that it's because they're spraying like crazy to kill them.
Couple cases of West Nile, and the County Orkin men head out with their death fog, spraying every puddle and drainage ditch. That's gotta be good for the environment.

Not that I want mosquito bites either...
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nickgutierrez Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-05 07:50 PM
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14. I know what you mean
I was in Florida last week, and I did notice that I didn't get attacked nearly as much as I had expected. While I did get bit a couple of times, there were a couple of occasions where I should have gotten absolutely mauled and came away with only a couple of bites. So yeah, they definitely are more passive than usual.
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nytemare Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-05 08:02 PM
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16. I haven't noticed any, really, which is goofy
For some reason, they alway bite my bum, and it hasn't happened this year!
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-05 07:55 PM
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15. ditto in Minnesota. Far fewer skeets than 2 years ago. Easily.
Maybe it's not been raining as much.

Maybe the mosquito extermination methods are improving.

Oh well! Just so long as I don't grow a third foot, I don't care. :evilgrin:
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