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    Mosquitoes

    Absolutely horrible this fall. Worst I've encountered, thick as shag carpet here.
    Guessing the standing water from Ian and Nicole, simply brutal and non-stop.
    Won't be surprised if we see numbers spike from mosquito borne disease now.

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    We are fairly close to an area that had mosquito-born disease, so we’ve been subjected to additional control spraying.

    Man, the smell of that toxic cloud has NOT changed in 35-40 years! To think, as kids we rode our bikes behind those spray truck just to inhale that crap, lol.

    Sounds like you need a Bug A Salt gun and Morton’s can!
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    They've not done in spraying here. Of course, it's 54F this morning, might help a bit.
    Impossible to go outside for very long. Even the house is a hazard without clothing.
    Grew up here, but the mosquitoes had more livestock to assault. Now they chew us.

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    Here a memory when I was a kid say around 1970 they used to drive a big spray truck around the hood and we would ride our bike's behind it in the cloud ,mercy lol

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    TJ, interesting website found on Hillsborough County: https://hillsborough.maps.arcgis.com...5b0a67845a1074

    I haven’t looked to see if my county does something similar, but I’m fixing to
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    Thanks. Unfortunately, they've not been near us. Fortunately, it's cold now, they'll dissipate in a week or so.

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    Quote Originally Posted by TampaJim View Post
    Thanks. Unfortunately, they've not been near us. Fortunately, it's cold now, they'll dissipate in a week or so.
    I’m excited about our first cold snap finally getting here. I’m a little sad it was so warm here when the moon was full, though
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    Quote Originally Posted by 1781ccT View Post
    I’m excited about our first cold snap finally getting here. I’m a little sad it was so warm here when the moon was full, though
    I have had enough of the cold already!

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    True climate change.