Guest guest Posted October 4, 2002 Report Share Posted October 4, 2002 We lived with them, too, in our yard in Georgia, but the military kindly pumped the place full of chlorodane so they never did come in, although the cockroaches seemed to thrive on it. Yes, banned, toxic chlorodane. We had two kids while there, too. On Wednesday, October 2, 2002, at 06:05 PM, wrote: > Not just pesky little ants - FIRE ants. They are > brutal. They were all over the house. I've never > seen an infestation like that before (lived with fire > ants all my life). Nothing could be done but to > slaughter their harmful little butts. I was tired of > being stung in bed, on the couch, they were getting > into the baby's crib. It was insane. Its only b/c of > all the unusual flooding we had. It flooded in July > which is very strange in this area. We usually don't > even get rain in July much less flooding. Anyway, it > stirred up the fire ants above and beyond normalcy. > Cayanne pepper sprinkled all over the entire house > would have made us equally miserable. Sometimes, > there's not much choice but to pull out the big guns > (so to speak). > If the fire ants had their way, they'd of had us all > for supper. > Warmly, > Allison > " In those days the world teemed, the people multiplied, the world bellowed like a wild bull, and the great god was aroused by the clamour. Enlil heard the clamour and he said to the gods in council, 'The uproar of mankind is intolerable and sleep is no longer possible by reason of the babel.' So the gods agreed to exterminate mankind. " -- from The Epic of Gilgamesh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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