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Sam:

Mosquito spraying trucks come through my Village every week or so, usually well after 10:00pm! The very noisy machine drove The Cat under the bed every time, but I think there are fewer skeeters in the area than one would expect.

SWR

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I remember when I was a kid and the DDT trucks came around spraying. We used to love running and playing in the dense DDT fog behind the truck. In retrospect, I can't believe my Mother allowed us to do it. This was in base housing at Camp Lejeune, NC.

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Sam,

We did that, too, "down at the shore," as the south Jersey beaches are called. Don't remember anyone ever telling us not to do it either. :)

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NJgranny..that's "down the shore" in Philly!!
Example: "Wanna go down the shore?"

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My roommate has a house "down the shore". . . . When I was a kid, the mosquito trucks came around too. Scary to think we ran around in those dang fumes. I'd be curious to know if the spray they use in TV is environmentally safe, people safe?? Anybody know?

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I don't know about the sprays here in TV, but The DDT that we, as children , inhaled in copious amounts has been banned. So far I'm still alive and it didn't stunt my growth.
I feel like my house and yard is filled with poison here. From killing fire ants and other bugs to lawn treatments like fungicides, etc, it sure seems like a lot of bad stuff is required to make Florida habitable. I'm not complaining, mind you. I'm just saying that we need to beware of all the pesticides, herbicides and fungicides we live with here in Florida.

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I remember on our Lifestyle Preview, we took the trolley tour. The guide actually went out on a limb and said that TV was 100% mesquito free! My hubby kind of laughed at that one. I know it's not 100%, but I have to tell you, back in Chicago I would have been all bitten up by now and not one bite yet here in TV.

Yes, I remember those trucks! OMG! What were they thinking! :o

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Since Kay the skeeters are bitin the heck outta me....

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We did the same in Chicago - don't know how we survived between the DDT and the foot Xray machines in the shoe stores.

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samhass, 2 things,

gators can catch birds, even flying ones, you don't know a gator's anywhere near til he wants you to know and then it's too late.

2nd, if a gators chasing you , either run faster than the person next to you, or run in a 90degree zig-zag. Gators can run on land twice as fast as a person but can't make turns well.

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Sam,

It's "down the shore" in Jersey, too. I goofed. :)

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Aren't waterview homes more prone to being near sinkholes, especially if they are manmade like the water retention ponds?

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I am writing this down John. This is comforting to know. :o :o :o >:(

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I find this a bit frightful. How do you know if the the alligator is zigging and zagging with you? Do you glance back?

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I've heard pros and cons on the zig-zag method of evasion. I've also been told to jab your finger in their eye to make them release your body parts. I sure hope it never comes to that!! As for the birds, I have seen them near gators. Go figure. :dontknow:
When I venture down near the lake, I am not initially admiring the lake's beauty. I looking first for snakes and gators...or gators and snakes. The gators tend to lay up behind my neighbors homes but I have never seen one in my yard. I've seen them on my street..in the street...but not in my yard. And they are very, very quick.