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[legacyzero]

speaking of mosquitos, theres one in my room apparently right now and it just bit me. fucking bastard.

Aw crap. I get bit by mosquitoes all the time and recently my body has been aching like a mother fucker, but only when I wake up. Am I already dead?

Must...not...post.....alreadydead.......jpg.

 

[Phoenix]

Drought related? Probably.

Given that mosquitos need water to breed in, I doubt it.

 

[J-Rzez]

Bats carry the ebola virus....

Ok, so what eats bats then for phase 2?

 

[ViewtifulJC]

speaking of mosquitos, theres one in my room apparently right now and it just bit me. fucking bastard.

Aw crap. I get bit by mosquitoes all the time and recently my body has been aching like a mother fucker, but only when I wake up. Am I already dead?

Yep, we're all dead, ya'll. I've been getting bit by mosquitos all week, working outside

It's been real, GAF

 

[Stinkles]

Not in Texas. Rain has been plentiful this year and the mosquito population has exploded as a result.



Mosquitos are food for some other less annoying creatures.

Imagine how pissed off the Hawaiians were when captain cook delivered them by dumping bilge water off the previously unaffected islands. Imagine what sleeping outside was like in a mosquito free tropics. No wonder they caved his head in.

 

[MormaPope]

 

[akira28]

Fuck mosquitoes. Completely pointless insects.

mosquitoes help kill sick animals, and they feed other animals. sort of weird to see how blood turns into protein and nourishment for different fish and as a way for bacteria and viruses to live and survive.

 

[TheFallen]

Ok, so what eats bats then for phase 2?

Time to bring in the Owls.

 

[acksman]

We have had spray trucks twice in the past 3 weeks in Flower Mound spray our area. We have had 11 reported cases of West Nile so far in our town. No telling how many actual non reported cases though.

 

[lazybones18]

They need to start rolling out the lasers.

just make sure to not look at the screencaps for one of the vids to the right >_<

 

[Vilix]

Here in H-town they've been ramping up spray trucks. Back in June they only came by once a week. Now sometimes I hear them twice a night.

 

[Mikey Jr.]

mosquitoes help kill sick animals, and they feed other animals. sort of weird to see how blood turns into protein and nourishment for different fish and as a way for bacteria and viruses to live and survive.

I am willing to sacrifice as many species as possible if it means no mosquitos.

 

[themadcowtipper]

I am willing to sacrifice as many species as possible if it means no mosquitos.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/DDT
is the only way.....

 

[AnathemicOne]

A map from the CDC



It's not like Ebola. Most people who have it don't even have symptoms.

Damn mosquitos! Get out my best coast!

 

[Zebra]

Alabama 4
Arizona 7
Arkansas 6
California 13
Colorado 3
Florida 4
Georgia 4
Idaho 1
Illinois 3
Indiana 2
Iowa 3
Kansas 8
Kentucky 1
Louisiana 39
Michigan 4
Minnesota 1
Mississippi 39
Missouri 1
Nebraska 3
New Jersey 1
New York 1
Ohio 2
Oklahoma 22
South Carolina 1
South Dakota 12
Texas 205

Thats a huge amount

man I hate mosquitoes.

It's especially huge when you consider that 205 next to the countrywide total of 390.
Nearly half of the country's reported west nile infections are in a single metropolitan area.

A map from the CDC

Thanks, added to OP.

 

[Christian]

<3 Pennsylvania

 

[MIMIC]

I'm still reeling from that cataclysmic swine flu outbreak.

 

[Devolution]

I'm a mosquito magnet everywhere I go. This news makes me shit my pants.

Eat a lot of garlic.

 

[outunderthestars]

So glad I live in the mountains of NC.

 

[EatinOlives]

Fuck me. I think I might have this.

I've been feeling feverish (past 100 today) the past couple of days for no good reason and mosquitos have been feasting on everyone these past few months. I live ~5 hours from the Dallas area, too.

 

[daw840]

Fuck....I am in OKC right now and the mosquitoes are fucking thick.....and I am hanging out outside tonight.

 

[Vyer]

I don't know about North Texas, but the mosquitos here earlier this year were absolutely horrible. Easily about the worst I've seen.

 

[yn-neko hates a cat]

Fuck....I am in OKC right now and the mosquitoes are fucking thick.....and I am hanging out outside tonight.

Maybe you should change your plans :/

 

[Delio]

Ugh im in Tarrant county right NEXT to this. Im really scared of this spreading to my area :/

 

[RoeBear]

Ugh im in Tarrant county right NEXT to this. Im really scared of this spreading to my area :/

Yup, same here. One of my brothers friend got it. I'm not allowed outside at night T_T

 

[Awesome]

We just had a person with West Nile here in Staten Island last month and on Long Island a few days ago.

 

[Robot Pants]

HAHAHAHAAHAHAHA

 

[Dead Prince]

i wonder if the father semen will stop this from spreading.

 

[Druz]

I think I may know someone who had this last weekend, they couldn't figure out what the cause was but he had all the symptoms.

 

[daw840]

Well, hung out in the outdoors all of Sat night. I feel fine. Phew!

 

[Zebra]

Update. Death toll at 16 now, 28 for the area.

Five counties within the Dallas-Fort Worth area - the fourth largest metropolitan area in the country - recorded 28 of the 63 deaths and 869 of the 1,429 cases reported to the Texas Department of State Health Services by Tuesday. Dallas County alone has recorded 16 deaths and 371 cases, according to county authorities.

CDC and state officials believe a year's worth of record high temperatures and intermittent rainfall this past spring contributed to the severity of the epidemic by affecting bird and mosquito populations. Following a record hot summer and drought conditions in 2011, Dallas-Fort Worth had a warm winter with fewer than normal freezes followed by bouts of rain in the spring, officials said.

Haley and others say the worst should be over in terms of new infections, but more cases are expected to be reported due to the lag time between infection, testing for the virus and reporting to state agencies and the CDC. The death toll is also likely to rise as it can take weeks to months for patients to deteriorate.

Texas seeks to learn lessons from West Nile virus "disaster" - Reuters

 

[Tesseract]

will this west coast virus affect east coasters? are we immune?