Terror Alert Deadly

While the news usually focuses on the threats our country could face from terrorists, today the Inquirer takes a look at a new threat: Deadly killer mosquitos!

Now don’t go run around yelling, “Ahhhhh!” Not all of them are deadly killer mosquitos. (Some, however, are deadly killer mosquitos.) But there are a greater number of mosquitos in this area this year, due to the record rains the area received in June.

The article says the best way to avoid deadly killer mosquitos is to avoid leaving standing, shallow puddles of water, which is prime breeding ground for deadly killer mosquitos.

New Jersey and Pennsylvania are doing a good job of stopping deadly killer mosquitos this year, through new programs aimed at stopping an onslaught of deadly killer mosquitos.

To avoid deadly killer mosquitos it’s best to stay indoors. But some people just can’t stay way from deadly killer mosquito breeding grounds:

Angler Rick Austin accepts that mosquito bites go hand in hand with a trip to the fishing hole. But yesterday, while preparing to lower his 14-foot motorboat into the Cooper River in Collingswood, he grimaced when told that a skeeter onslaught was looming. ¶ “Oh, no, don’t say that,” said Austin, 36, a general contractor from Sicklerville. “They’re already starting to get bad. I guess I’ll be doing more scratching, because nothing can keep me from fishing.”

No wonder why fishing is so popular!

Tiny bugs pack a big bite [Inquirer]