West Nile Virus in MY town!

greenspun.com : LUSENET : FRL friends : One Thread

Should I be concerned???? ;-)

Ocean County officials will meet today to determine a course of action after the deaths of a horse and four more crows were attributed to the mosquito-borne West Nile virus.

The state Department of Agriculture yesterday announced tests done on a dead horse in Jackson last week came back positive for West Nile. This is the second equine death attributed to the virus in the state. The first occurred in Cape May County in August.

Joseph J. Przywara, director of the Ocean County Health Department, said lab tests returned yesterday also revealed that four crows tested positive for West Nile. Two of the carcasses came from Brick while two came from Toms River, he said, bringing the number of positive dead crows from Ocean County to six.

-- kritter (kritter@adelphia.net), September 21, 2000

Answers

Kritter, it's only a matter of time before WNV is confirmed here, but in the meantime, why don't you just pack up all your stuff and move into the spare bedroom at our house? There isn't a spare bedroom at the moment, but just say the word and the garage will be converted.

I envision an FRLian compound filled with FRLians, all armed with bug repellant, all facing outward...

-- helen (hiding@home.with.a.sprayer), September 21, 2000.


Hi Kritter. We are in Northwest N.J. and are 'waiting as fast as we can' for the first frost to kill the darn skeeters. Marie is really concerned about it and insists that none of us go out around dusk since they are very active then. Sheesh! BTW, we spend a LOT of time in Toms River, since a whole branch of the family plus some very good friends all live there! (Can't wait for the annual Halloween Parade :)

Hang in there!

-- Rob Michaels (thesonofdust@yahoo.com), September 21, 2000.


OH RoB! When you come for the parade, you have to come say HI to me! I'm about three minutes from Main Street. We can go to the Java Joint and have a slice of their delicious Pecan Pie! I love town. We used to enter the kids in the parade, and once we had a float, but the past two years we just sat and watched. It's much more enjoyable that way!

I haven't gotten many bites this summer from those buggers, I'm guessing the spraying has helped, but I'm gonna make sure to keep the bug spray handy until that first frost.

Helen..I'll be right over! :-)

-- kritter (kritter@adelphia.net), September 21, 2000.


I remember about 3 springs ago, working in my parents' garden. Very warm spring and black flies were out in force much earlier than expected.

Nothing, nada, available at the druggist. Simply not yet time for the bug spray shipment to come in.

Just one more reason to have something stored away in case you need it. Now I buy all my bug spray in the fall to make sure I'm loaded to go when the weather improves again.

-- Brooks (brooksbie@hotmail.com), September 22, 2000.


Today's Washington Post reports two birds dead of West Nile have been found in Maryland, one near Baltimore's Inner Harbor. This last is the furthest south such a dead bird has been found (and about 30 miles from where I live). The state is going to start some emergency spraying immediately.

-- Peter Errington (petere@ricochet.net), September 22, 2000.


Why hasn't anyone mentioned those bug lights that zap those flying things? They are non-toxic and kill those things dead. The beetles clean up the bug debris that falls below the lamp, and we have no mess at all. Plus, they work all night long for pennies......

-- Sis (sis@home.zzz), September 23, 2000.

Sis, the beetles will get WNV if they clean up infected mosquito messes.

-- helen (CDC_when_I_am_not@home.home), September 23, 2000.

Moderation questions? read the FAQ