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Article: Silver lining: Lack of water means fewer mosquitoes.
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- Decatur Daily (Decatur, AL)
- Article date:
- August 30, 2007
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Byline: Paul Huggins
Aug. 30--Mosquitoes are part of life for people like Mona Charest, who live near the backwaters of the Tennessee River.
But this year, in what is shaping up to be the driest year on record, the normal abundance of stagnant water where mosquitoes breed has dried up.
"I haven't been bothered with them all that much. It's not as bad as usual," said Charest, who lives near Somerville.
"You don't notice any mosquitoes on the river at all, and usually you notice some," she said. "And I was barely bothered by them when picking blackberries, so you know that's a rarity. I usually get eat up picking blackberries."
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