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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.
Wounded Bear
(58,440 posts)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)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.
marylandblue
(12,344 posts)Some people thing the state bird is the mosquito.
irisblue
(32,829 posts)Not Ruth
(3,613 posts)irisblue
(32,829 posts)on increasing # of insects & bats.
a la izquierda
(11,784 posts)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.
irisblue
(32,829 posts)Warpy
(110,913 posts)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.