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irisblue

(32,829 posts)
Mon Aug 28, 2017, 11:49 AM Aug 2017

Mosquitos, post Hurricanes, a?

many bats build colonies under bridges & overpasses, with the flooding, those colonies are impacted. They eat bugs; has there been in the past hurricanes recoveries been an increase in the # of mosquitos & mosquito born diseases in that warm coastal climates?
The Waugh Drive Bat Colony is near to Buffalo Bayou, that colony stays year around.

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Mosquitos, post Hurricanes, a? (Original Post) irisblue Aug 2017 OP
Probably... Wounded Bear Aug 2017 #1
This is the real driver. Pope George Ringo II Aug 2017 #5
If remember correctly from time in Texas marylandblue Aug 2017 #2
heartworm rates in dogs & cats will go way way up too. irisblue Aug 2017 #3
Zika thread? Not Ruth Aug 2017 #4
no not a Zika thread, I saw a bat rescue clip and wondered if there was documented research irisblue Aug 2017 #7
I just saw some posts from a bat rescue group I follow on FB... a la izquierda Aug 2017 #6
this tweet prompted this thread. irisblue Aug 2017 #8
The clouds (believe it or not) will eventually part and it will get hot again Warpy Aug 2017 #9

Wounded Bear

(58,440 posts)
1. Probably...
Mon Aug 28, 2017, 11:55 AM
Aug 2017

add in the effect of thousands of acres of standing water hanging on for several weeks and things could get bad, I imagine.

Pope George Ringo II

(1,896 posts)
5. This is the real driver.
Mon Aug 28, 2017, 12:18 PM
Aug 2017

If the storm has had a name, we've seen mosquitoes a few weeks after it, and this is why. The usual breeding grounds get sprayed regularly, but with new breeding grounds everywhere and everybody too busy to spray, it's a mosquitofest.

irisblue

(32,829 posts)
7. no not a Zika thread, I saw a bat rescue clip and wondered if there was documented research
Mon Aug 28, 2017, 12:20 PM
Aug 2017

on increasing # of insects & bats.

a la izquierda

(11,784 posts)
6. I just saw some posts from a bat rescue group I follow on FB...
Mon Aug 28, 2017, 12:19 PM
Aug 2017

they are trying desperately to save what colonies they can. Poor little critters.

On another note, I saw an article in which a police chief threatens people with arrest if they tie their dogs out and leave them to drown.

Warpy

(110,913 posts)
9. The clouds (believe it or not) will eventually part and it will get hot again
Mon Aug 28, 2017, 12:37 PM
Aug 2017

and with all that standing water, mosquitoes will overbreed and arise in a toxic, irritating fog. Mosquito borne illnesses with skyrocket, especially since people are now trying to live in houses without electricity and with screens that blew off during the storm. Bats will get fat on them, but it won't help enough.

I read about this a few days ago at a health site. If you don't have a good supply of Off, now's the time to try to get one before the mosquitoes exit the water.

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