Mosquito control

SunSprite · ‎10-21-2019

I've been a light sleeper for the past couple of years (sometimes a "no sleeper") and I always wake up when the mosquito control truck comes through in the middle of the night once a week/or two weeks. It's a loud and clunky truck.

Anyway, it's become a habit over time to get up and look out my window as the truck goes through.

(and then I hit the restroom)

When it came through the other night I was floored. I've never seen the massive cloud of chemicals coming out of the truck that I saw the other night. I'm going to call that abatement office tomorrow and ask if something has changed and why.....it was that much of a difference over what they normally do.

Just curious if anyone else has noticed a tremendous increase in treatment? I was so glad I had my windows closed as I usually sleep with at least one of the upstairs windows cracked just a bit. I'm not sure I will do that any more.

Also wondering if this is just a southeast region thing or does this go on around the country?

Whatever gets you through the night; it's alright, it's alright. It's your money or your life; it's alright, it's alright---John Lennon

SharkE · ‎08-19-2010

Wish Amarillo, Tx would spray for moths. Dang ! moths!

FastDogWalker2 · ‎03-10-2010

Now that you mention it, the "mosquito" truck has not been around yet. I live in a resort city in the SE and we are very dependent on tourist dollars and it makes me wonder if the city has cut down on mosquito treatment because of reduced tourist revenue.

KKJ · ‎03-11-2010

My town in KS sprays every summer using one of these trucks and I hate it. The smell gags me (even tho the city says the mist is odorless--yeah right!) Not sure how "safe" these chemicals are either.

KKJ · ‎03-11-2010

@SharkE wrote:
Wish Amarillo, Tx would spray for moths. Dang ! moths!

My son lives in TX (Houston) and mosquitos there are horrible! When I visit in summer I get eaten alive. The humidity there is unbearable!

SunSprite · ‎10-21-2019

I learned after I moved here that we are on a heavy rotation for treatment due to a large pond close by (I can see it from my upstairs window).

But I agree about questioning the safety of those chemicals.

Particularly after seeing the amount coming out of truck.

Maybe they are anticpating a bumper crop season or something. I'll be interested in hearing what they say.

Whatever gets you through the night; it's alright, it's alright. It's your money or your life; it's alright, it's alright---John Lennon

KKJ · ‎03-11-2010

We had the truck spraying every summer until last year when the city stopped it as not enough money in the budget for it. But then ciitizens complained about not being able to stay outside during summer so they plan to resume spraying this summer. How does your town do it? Our town sprays east side of town 2 days a wk and west side the other days.

SharkE · ‎08-19-2010

@KKJ

our humidity is 20% and lower a lot of the months. We're no where near water. My hair never was straight till I moved to Amarillo. We haven't seen mosquitoes, lady bugs or ticks.

Nothing can survive down here with no humidity and hardly rains.

itsmagic · ‎08-08-2011

I live in the Midwest and I’ve never heard of a mosquito control truck. We do have companies that we can pay to come and spray our yards but we’ve never done it. Some years I don’t notice any mosquitoes and others I do. Depends on how much rain we get in the spring.