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SC, This latest hurricane is a doozy, though looks like you dodged the worst of it. The previous one left the Carolinas reeling, and to add to the other problems is/was a mosquito nightmare from all the standing water. Hope you are getting thru it OK. Not much effect here in the N East but some rain.

Mosquitoes from hell -

We're starting to see some of the big Asian Tiger mosquitoes up here, which have the striped abdomen and can carry an assortment of viral diseases -

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aedes_albopictus


>>> This mosquito has become a significant pest in many communities because it closely associates with humans (rather than living in wetlands), and typically flies and feeds in the daytime in addition to at dusk and dawn. The insect is called a tiger mosquito for its striped appearance, which resembles that of the tiger. Ae. albopictus is an epidemiologically important vector for the transmission of many viral pathogens, including the yellow fever virus, dengue fever, and Chikungunya fever,[2] as well as several filarial nematodes such as Dirofilaria immitis.[3] Aedes albopictus is capable of hosting the Zika virus[4][5] and is considered a potential vector for Zika transmission among humans. <<<