Florida is not habitable. I am constantly amazed by the people who seem to think otherwise.

Sounds like someone is jealous for not being here...

That thing sounds like the Minnesota state bird. how many legs does it have? can it lay 10,000 eggs at once, sounds like it might be.

Florida is ok, as long as you are willing to drive to Publx in a golf cart, live in a 'manufactured home', and are willing to wait in a line with 100 people to buy your weekly lottery tickets on the day that Social Security funds your debit card. It helps if you are willing to be a greeter at Walmart although in Florida its one of the most fought for jobs. You can get on at Disney if you are willing to work with Chinese students sent by Beijing to work for free and gain their permanent visa so they can get jobs at US corporations and send back trade secrets.

Mike Land LOL I am on the floor dude! That was excellent!!!!

ASureBet.....ditto..,...I worked for Lucent Technologies, and just before they forced several thousand of us American engineers out of our jobs in 2001, they brought in several hundred people from China to learn some of our switching software subsystems, they swarmed our locations like locusts, even took over lunch refrigerators and coolers we purchased for our own food, often glaring at us like we better not say anything, and then after getting their training, went back to China and those who trained them lost their jobs. But of course, those of us American citizens who watched all this had better not say anything lest we run afoul of Lucent's God Almighty diversity ideology. This is a company that started out with all the marbles and screwed it up royally, and they wonder why.

But that's over with now. There is more insource than outsource. This is 2013.

I used to live there. I liked the beach, but otherwise it is full of mutantly large and aggressive insects, snakes, and humidity. The flying, hissing cockroaches still freak me out and I haven't been to FL in years...eek.

Still beats living ( or dying ) in Sh!tcago, Detroit, Compton, Camden....and a whole lot of other places.....I retired here in 2008 and I hardly ever even see a bug of any persuasion .....Tiny piss ants are my only problem, during the winter,...Oh yeah, it's March 9th, 9PM, 69* outside....

Looks like I may have to go get a big Bug-Zapper for the patio....they ought to make some sizzling sound when being fried.....

And.... we get to have and carry our guns, for self-defence only, of course !!!

I love Florida. You are right about the insects. My apartment was invaded by ants a whole bunch of times. Little ants, medium size ants , big ants. It's a great place to have an bug extermination business. I was living there in 2004-2005 and went through 4 hurricanes. That's why I left. The beaches are great. The beaches around the pan handle are very beautiful but they do have an occasional shark attack. There are these little islands that you go pass heading south over tampa bay from st pete where they have what I thought were the worst mosquitos I've ever come across. These mosquitos move like flies so are hard to kill. They are relentless in their attacks.

@Mike in Delray - I think you are going to get a lot of practice. These mosquitos sound wicked.

It's ironic that all of the chemicals we're using to kill mosquitoes are, in fact, makes them bigger and meaner as they become drug resistant to pesticides.

The pesticides are also making humans sick.

The Seminole have no problem with Florida.

Th Spirit of Oceola walks.

Never mind the skeeters. The flippen' cockroaches down there fly and hiss.....loudly

I tried to corral a Flo-rida cockroach once.

Once.

when the author states "beleaguered Floridians" is he referring to the fact that they are still counting the votes from the 2012 presidential election? because, the rest of us care...lol

Hurricanes, sinkholes, shark armadas, alligators in sewers, child-eating pythons, giant mosquitos, mutated cockroaches, rigged elections, 1.6 million foreclosed or otherwise vacant homes, Ann Coulter, Rush Limbaugh and George Zimmerman. Cursed, I tell you.. cursed.

Damm was attacked ten years ago on a Florida highway by a huge swam of some type of critters..now they are bigger...COUNT ME OUT!

FLORIDA..sun..fun..and bugs!

Remember to stay out of the "mist" those mosquitoes will kill you !

Ram-762581 Thanks...I was wondering if it was true about the "the flying, hissing cockroaches"...that's freaky! My friend told me they would hit you in the face when you ride your bike...eewww

Mike in Delray--you better get a couple of bug zappers. If the 'skeeters are as big as they say, they will likely short the zapper out. And you better buy a shovel as well, because a broom ain't gonna do it when you try to move them out of the way. Best get steel-lined trash bags too. Those pokers of theirs will probably shred a regular Hefty.

Right on Byron, it isn't very habitable. I went when I was little, the whole "Disneyworld thing", and it was so muggy and humid out. It felt like you just stepped out of the shower all the time. That's just the icing! Add these bloodsuckers, killer gators, pythons and Casey Anthony to the mix and you've got one hot mess!

"If there's a silver lining to a possible invasion of gallinippers, it's the fact that their larvae are so ravenous they eat the larvae of other insects, including mosquitoes, thus reducing the populations of those pests."

Now if we can just get them to eat the pests in Tallahassee like the bald headed buffoon Gov. Scott and his yes men Republican Legislature. Florida WAS a great place to live before the rise of Jeb Bush and the tea party a-holes. And no need to worry about blood sucking insects, it's the blood sucking Republicans, Progress Energy (Duke Energy) and Citizens Insurance you really need to worry about.

Mike Land GREAT post because it's true! I'm with you Ram, I lived on the west coast of Florida for three years. My original comment would have essentially been word for word what you posted. In fact, I was just talking to my Parents who are envious of some of their friends who winter in Florida (Snowbirds) yesterday explaining that after living there for three years I feel qualified and justfied stating exactly what you've said. Eeeek...my contribution to your post would be fire ants and wood spiders. Mike 277...the swarm you probably encountered were called "Love bugs" they hatch and swarm twice a year for about a week and a half. They are labeled thusly because as soon as they hatch the male and female attach to mate, that is their sole purpose and they stay that way until they lay their eggs and die. They don't bite but during the time they're swaming you will have to get your car washed almost daily because their blood is acidic. They were brought to Florida hoping they'd eat mosquitoes...they do not and nothing/birds etc...eat them because of said acidic blood.

As Ram said...I too loved the beaches...but they're just not worth dealing with the bugs and annual snowbird infestation :) Peace!

Swarms of giant mosquitoes? And some say there is no logical reason to own an "assault weapon" with a large capacity magazine!

Sounds like some body armour might be useful against these things too.

I just hope that some people don't start keeping them as pets and then complain about people swatting them.

You people are vindictive and jealous. I lived there 8 years and miss it daily. If some of you got out of the tourist trap of Orlando and its oppressive summer heat, you might see the real Florida.

I've lived in Florida for 12 years and never seen these skeeters. I live on Ocean Blvd and you barely see normal skeeters. The big pythons are in the everglades and no where near people. Same with the gators. I go swimming / surfing / kite-boarding / snorkeling / scuba diving / boating pretty much every day and see sharks. They don't bother me.

The only pests are those fat, flabby NYC liberal snowbirds coming down here for the winter. Geez, having to look at these disgusting creatures in their speedos at the beach is a bit much. LMFAO!!

" Add these bloodsuckers, killer gators, pythons and Casey Anthony to the mix and you've got one hot mess!"

Yes, and let's not forget to add lynch-mob advocate Nancy Grace to the mix. Try them, lynch them and be done with it, all without a review of any evidence!

I travel, a lot. Florida is the only place to live. People from up north have no concept of being able to see the sun every day and not having to "prepare" to go outside. When it's hot, it periodically occurs to you. When it's cold, that's all you think about...

All you people from the land of grey skies and brown foliage can stay there.

Florida is a terrible state, please stop moving here.

i yousto live in Miami and even the regular mosquito's tryed to carry me off alive

@dick----- I live in Arkansas, but I know what you mean.

Dick-2100935

Florida is a terrible state, please stop moving here.

I love your comment Dick.

Finding out that Limbaugh and Coulter live and vote in Florida helps me understand where some of the insanity is coming from.

Yes there are flying cockroaches down here as well as all through the south. They are native to the area and love mulch which is why many places will have river wash stone around landscaping instead of mulch. Get yourself a good insect bait and the ant and cockroach problem is solved in the home. I sprinkle two kinds in the attic where they usually find their way into my house. Insect "Home Defense" has little effect on them unless it's direct contact.

Now as far as these skeeter critters, I have not seen any in my area but when I'm in Ohio the skeeters make it impossible to enjoy the outdoors in the summer even with a bug light lighting up like the 4th of July. They will attack you every where you go and make it so miserable you just want to stay indoors in the late afternoon.

Yes Dick, you're right. Florida is a miserable place to live so you northerners would be best advised to stay up there where you're safe from all these awful critters while us Floridians suffer.

If you're exploring the forests of Minnesota in late June occasionally you may have to take a squat, you'd better be quick and hope your not bound up, because not only are they the size of quarters, they've always been the size of quarters but they come in packs of twelve..

Bobster; why we all hate New Yorkers, has nothing to do with politics. When all you do is hate the left or right - you are already in your own self made Hell - you could live in Maui and still be miserable.

Signs you have lost it; you see politics when someone brings up mosquitoes.

Funny how we attach our selves to where we live - all of us came from nomadic tribes - but now we get pissed if a burger wrapper blows in our yard.

All large population areas are less friendly than they were 30 years ago, but, I will say; my old community in Washington State, was far friendlier than my current community of Tucson, Arizona, and Tucson is far friendlier than Phoenix (only lasted 5 years in that Hell-hole). I guess that Southern hospitality thing, must stop at the Mississippi river.

A few mosquitoes is nothing next to the diseases the Spanish and English brought to this Country - small pox anyone?

Lusitania; you found your way to "camper butt"? TFF!

The rabbit turds, granite biscuits, rambler road apples, those are all desirable camper butt effects - it's the screaming meme's that will ruin any outdoor adventure - oh, and mosquitoes. I've been chased out of more than one camp site due to skeeters...left a camp site or two due to human waste too (and I worked for a sewer district). You hunters who leave behind the deer legs - you are real winners, too.

Before the Bothell Everett highway had any fast-food places on it - I was reading water meters in that area, and had to take a dump, so I headed for the woods - as I was going, a pack of 5 or more coyotes crossed the path about 60 feet away from me - for the record (Mythbusters); this did not help me @!$%# faster - so there is no such thing as getting the @!$%# scared out of you. Thankfully, animals are used to seeing creatures take a dump - they continued going their way, and I continued going..

Lusitania, lol, You might want to see a doctor about that. Oh-----I'm sorry, you meant the mosquitoes. My mistake.

Gallinippers are not just ion Florida. Except for the high desert and absolute desert areas, they are native to the whole United States. Michigan and South Carolina regularly report infestations as do marshy areas of North Dakota and Minnesota. But most people have never seen a gallinipper in their life. This is because they require special conditions to breed. Their eggs can lay unhatched for 15+ years until the right weather conditions come along --- two consecutive wet summers. The first wet summer causes a relatively small hatch, but their eggs can cause an explosion if the next summer is also wet. That is the situation in Florida, South Carolina and parts of Georgia and Alabama. They have seen a large hatch last summer. If this summer is wet, then they will be a major problem.

The problem is that the females look exactly like a crane fly (that huge poor-flying bug that looks like a giant mosquito) so people tend to disregard them or fail to recognize them. The males are very distinctive with feathery antennae but the males don't bite.

The article says that the term gallinippers is not recognized by entomologists. This is because over time the dictionary definition of gallinipper has come to mean any large biting insect. Entomologists stay away from such vague names because using them causes confusion. But even entomologists call them gallinippers as their common name. http://bugguide.net/node/view/32476/bgimage And they have been well-known and documented since the late 1600's.

How does this make MSN.com???? These bugs have been inhabiting other states for years. These are no big deal. I'm from the mitten and they've inhabited our state for quite awhile now.

Roadhouseblues...If you're wondering why your company does what it does without a heart, consider their foundation: Lucent Technologies sprang from Lucifer Trust. Look up: Alice Bailey, Madame Blavatsky, founders of the Teosophical Society. Also Ouroboros, the serpent swallowing it's tail.

CaliforniaFirst - Earthquakes, mudslides, landslides, millions of illegals, Nancy Pelosi, Barbara Boxer, Diane Feinstein, no money, no hope and no future. Yeah, you have it made in the cereal state -nothing but flakes, nuts and fruits.

One of the only places I know where you have to stop periodically and scrape the bug juice off your windshield.

Awww Hell George!! You bein' Th' King 'f GOPiNippers of th' repolickin'GoodCrimeCartel know how ya' kin' Suck th' lifeBlood outa' Amerikins' agin'..Liiekk' yer' shrubber reign, Jus' let yer bro' git into th' whitHouse' Aww' Hell, Weill' hev' ah' sukin'good time!!!!

In addition to being insanely large, blood-thirsty and venomous, they are apparently equipped with GPS - able to reach the Georgia border and stop on a dime. Invading Florida only? Amazing!

That's why you welcome the bats you see at dusk...they eat these things...and if you have spiders around your house...praying mantises....

Mosquitoes were invented by the makers of bug sprays... :/

Time to bring back DDT.

They need to import a bug that will eat their giant cockroaches

We need a cockroach that eats Carpet Baggers.

.....so she can get more child support after her next divorce?

hey..I didn't do it..was just a quickie!

lol...sorry to hear that, Vet

Similar to your attitude, it sucks.

If you worry about a dog and sand fleas just take the dog for a swim in a Florida lake. Dog's flea problems will quickly end...along with all it's other problems.

Are123, that is not accurate. Fresh water neither kills nor repels fleas. You must protect your dog from fleas and mosquitoes or risk it becoming infected with heartworm, Lyme disease, babesiosis, STARI, RMSF, Ehrlichiosis and anaplasmosis. Failure to do so is considered animal cruelty. You risk arrest and fines and seizure of the animal involved as well as a court review of the situation.

You jump in the lake. The alligator should dine on you.

Cats must also be protected against mosquito-transmitted heartworm disease (microfilaria). Protecting cats against heartworm is the same as protecting them from fleas; topical prevention against infestation/bites.

don't insult the gallinippers...i'm sure they have some morals...

T.B.

But most have become Public Sector Union members..

Golly Shucks! That there took some big brains to cypher!! Yuck yuck

I had a bunch of green head flies chase me down the block in Brigantine one summer. Couldn't wait to get into the car!!!

I HATE those green heads!

Used to live in Rehoboth, Delaware.

Those things swarm around pools and in the marshlands.

They would submerge themselves in water to get at you.

They are EVIL!

Swarming black flies--the kind where you have to keep your mouth closed so they don't go there, and get back in the car fast.

Don't forget the other treat from the Great Lakes besides the black flies--mayflies or "fish flies". They don't bite because they don't have mouth parts, but when the hatch is on near the water, you need your windshield wipers. Little buggers cause accidents, because the roads are slick and windshields are messed up from them.

lol i know them deerflys REALLY suck when you got like 50 of them chasing you and the dog down the trail!!

An' th' toppper'offffer'? Them dam' brain eatin' critters that liv' in Haf' f' florritas' lakes n' all. Heeill' go fer' a swim there n' they git' in yer' nose'!!..its' taim to eat some braiin'!! AwwwHelllll'.. ah' don't hef' ta' worri' 'bout that....ma' daddi' maid' sheerr' ov' that with his dumbb' batter he gaive' ta' mom n' they got me!!!. Hee Hee

Tempted to wish there will.

Gee, Thanks. Not going by choice. Not about to let my senior citizen parents drive down I-95 though.

LMFAO! All these anti-Florida quips yet we are the fastest-growing state in the US. If not for the liberal-fueled housing collapse concocted by Clinton, Frank, and Dodd, Florida would be nipping at the heels of CA to be the largest state. People are leaving CA by the droves yet coming here by the hundreds of thousands. We have a great conservative state that just needs to fix the voting fraud that allowed the subhumans in the inner-cities to elect your idiot-in-chief to a second term.

Liberals. God love em! LOL!

Spoken like a true right wing nut case.

Bobster,

How much of that growth is made up of productive members of society, e.g. under the age of 60? See there is a large pampered segment of society that is beginning to retire in droves. Florida remains a popular destination to cease contributions to society.

Most moving to Florida are younger. Our conservative Governor Scott is a on a rampage creating jobs all over Florida in spite of Owebama. But the old folks still move here too. Not as much as before. And why aren't the old folks productive members of society? They spend money just like us young folks. More in most cases.

I think you have your generations mixed up Pragmatic. The large "pampered segment of society that is beginning to retire in droves" is the Baby Boomer generation and they were anything but pampered. Other than the 211,454 dead and wounded and 2,489 missing during Vietnam (which actually is a piss hole in the snow compared to those killed, wounded and missing in WWII)... they all worked all their lives and saved to retire one day.

One big difference between those two generations is that WWII survivors got to work and invest their money and made out very well in an affordable economic atmosphere and invested in a favorable stock market... and those, from the later generation, who worked all their lives after Vietnam had about 1/2 of their retirement money disappear in the stock market SCAM a few years ago. For any of that generation who can still retire... good for them. If they want to retire to Florida.... good for them, they're welcome here and will help the economy here. For all those of that generation who lost too dearly in the stock market to retire and have to keep on working past the retirement date they planned for all their working lives... they'll need a miracle, as will the generations behind them who are younger and have more time but not the opportunities the older generations had.

You are also mistaken when you say people who retire and relocate to Florida stop contributing to society. Please study up on Economy 101, available at any Community College. I am not trying to be rude when I say you seem to have missed a lot that's gone on around you but maybe you are very young, never worked (and/or don't like to read.)

As for the gallinippers, I've never seen one. The birds, fish, frogs, etc. will have a party if they hatch in any great numbers this year. I've seen black fly season and green head fly season in the north (and they are relentless and bite through clothing, too) and think these so far unseen gallinippers can't be any worse.

OK Bobster, I call BS. The only job that Governor Conehead (Scott) created was his own, and that was created out of Tea Bags. Now that he wants to be re-elected, he's dumping his conservative views faster than Limbaugh can put away a pork chop. The GOP-dominated Florida legislature is populated with felons who can't keep their hands out of one another's pockets.

Bobster, you live in a world of your own. We're out of space, clean water, money to build schools and have you bothered to view the highway congestion lately?

Yes, it figures you're a young person. Young and foolish. I remember this beautiful state before it was ruined by progress. It was pristine and unpolluted with fish in every river and lake and a great deal of wildlife. Now it's roads and highways and hideous buildings everywhere. Where will it end? You have no memory of the wilderness and the wild beauty of the land in Florida as is once was in the middle of last century. You think growth is all good?

Governor Scott's enriched himself and his cronies with the legislation requiring every person in Florida see their doctor every 90 days. I know many people who can't afford to see their doctor. They're all doing badly without their antidepressants and their insulin as a result of this legislation which is meant to enrich the bank accounts of Gov Scott and his friends who own the CareSpot Medical Clinics. Carpetbagging by any other name would as much.

I see no jealousy here. Perhaps he is from the North but most of us from the North have no problem with snow. Also, I'd be more worried about Florida's storms than the ones we get up here. Gas prices suck so I'll give you that one.

Its pretty bad when a Eagle has to fight with a Mosquito for a fish.

We do pay more up north for gas to subsidize the easy life in the tropics.

ASureBet, yep, when you have a state where the majority of the people don't work and contribute to the economy, somebody has to make up the slack. I read that you know you're in Florida when at least 50% of the vehicles in front of you on the road look like they're being driven by headless drivers.

I forgot to mention that we had snow storms here and the last 2 Tuesdays, didn't lose our roofs, didn't have to board up our windows (remember Hurricane Andrew), the dogs loved it, chased snowballs all over the yard, we drove to the store in our 4WD, it was fun. Of course, we didn't have the thrill of seeing Burmese pythons (or Monty Pythons), gators, coral and rattle snakes, scorpions, black widows, Asian cockroaches, etc., but then you can't have everything. Now I wonder, if sea levels do rise about 3 feet, how much of the Sunshine State will be left? Sorry DaSinger, but I'm not jealous at all.

No, I don't think so. I have lived lots of places, and I can see why people wouldn't want to live in FL.

I'll take crazy high gas prices over large flying insects anyday!...I should know...living and paying large in Cali..LOL

@Sam9962 Not to mention Taxes !

I have had far more weather related problems up north than I ever had in the nine years I lived in Tampa Bay and that includes the summer we had four hurricanes.

If you love florida so much Jersey Kat then maybe you need to change your username to TampaBayKat

Asurebet,

"We do pay more up north for gas to subsidize the easy life in the tropics."

Shows how stupid you liberal dumbf_cks are up north. LMFAO! Y'all keep the money coming into Dixie. LOL!

Let them all stay put, JerseyCat. Florida is full. An average of 1000 people move here each week. That's enough.

Gomer...um, I mean Bobster...I am from Illinois but moved down here to Alabama. Was pleasantly surprised that not all the people down here are like you...THANK GOD..

No thanks been there before, Florida was not meant to sustain Human life and till recently didn't, besides why would you want to live on something that might eat you at any moment. its a man eating state you can have it.

............and furthermore, D Buck, your house or my house probably has no chance of being swallowed up by a sink hole, we are on solid, hard packed glacial ground, not some sandy mistake sticking out into the ocean from Georgia.

Wait til they get done fracking. Everyone will be vulnerable to sink holes then.

I've lived in Florida, and I've lived in Alaska. Alaska > Florida anyday.

Ballerina, the problem is those new mosquitos just might eat through your screen!! :)

There will be zero fracking in Florida. We get all our water from aquifers locked in coral. If those are cracked the state becomes unlivable. Period. No one can drink salt water and live.

You forgot cockroaches that will fight you for your dinner, fire ants, poisonous snakes, alligators, sink holes, mold, scorpions, elderly drivers, lousy daycares, pedophiles, and thugs.

I was born in central Florida and I've spent 37 of my 39 years living here. All of the stories you see in the media about the state & its residents - human, insect, or other - are true. That said, I'd still rather live here than somewhere else where it snows.

Oh yep...forgot about that! I lived there as a child in the 60s and 70s, and there were bars on every other corner. I know I didn't live in the rich part of town, but seriously they were all over. I remembering wondering why one neighborhood needed so many places to get drunk, and that was a long time ago.

Sounds like Philly where I grew up.

At least you can train the rat. you cant even eat the mosquito. they need to create a giant frog to fight the giant mosquito's. teach them to ride on the giant rats. that way they will have a warm blooded creature to attract the bloodsucking mosquito's.

D Buck, I am going to start following your posts like a groupie, man! Really, I don't get to meet such thoroughly hilarious people often! So far every single one of your posts has made me laugh so hard, I nearly ruined my laptop spitting the tea I was drinking!

I have my second home in the Keys. I have never seen a giant rat. What the f_ck are you talking about Skipper?

Yep, Arizona is the place to be.

No Hurricanes, no Tornadoes, no sinkholes, no pythons, no alligators.

Downside

Corrupt government

Invading aliens by the batches

But, if you don't have to work ... it can't be beat :)

Don't forget about Haboobs. Nothing like a sand blasted car to start your day. :)

I moved to Vegas. Love the weather but take a look at crimetracker.com. Over 800 crimes a week, plus all the people are jerks, unless they're looking for a tip. The cops are worse, won't give you the time of day. Gonna move to Florida next year.

I once lived in Scottsdale. Over one hundred days of over one hundred degrees and that was it. Tho I did think the heat shattered car windows were kind of cool.

Ah, the Southwwest...isn't that the only area in the USA that still has outbreaks of Bubonic Plague?

When y'all run out of fossil water you're going to get a bit thirsty.

Peridot,

The sky is falling! The sky is falling! LMFAO!

I bet you believe in "Global Warming" too, eh SKippy?

Liberals. God love em! LOL!

Arizona:

Yep, Arizona is the place to be.

Scorpions, rattlers, Arpaio.

Yep, we had no air conditioning and it was so muggy you felt as if you had a shower right after you dried off from one. Ugh. I did love living in the CA desert, though...nice!

Yeah,Ca desert is okay,sometimes it's too windy,but I'm staying till I die.The mountains are the greatest.Sometimes you can just imagine the cowboys and Indians in their time. dream-land.

I'd love CA, but your taxes are too high, and I speak very little Spanish. El camise es rojas.

Ca. could be great again if the liberals would just move to Colorado.

What?, And with GovernorMoonBeam?? He PERSONALLY Awards a College education WITH ALL THE TRIMMINGS Including Health, Dental And Cosmetic Surgery Care To ANY Illegal getting Through the California/Mexican Border Gauntlet. What does the average California state Congress Politico Make for ONE Year's Salary?? Try $187,500 + various "expense awards".........CalliNippers

Here's hoping that San Andreas fault doesn't crack and drop all of you into the ocean. (kidding)

Were it not for Liberals there would be no California. You Conservatives should shut up and be grateful.

Joke if you will, but Orange County, FL used to be called Mosquito County. For real. Talk about truth in advertising!

No, we're not changing the Florida room name, Mike Landless. A Florida room is a room that's used during the day in winter. It's solar-heated and pleasant in the daytime. This year I've scarcely used the heat. Most of this winter the A/C has been on, and I'm in northern Florida.

The room has naught to do with mosquitoes which, BTW cannot fly during the day. The sunlight's too heavy for their wings.

Oh yeah...forgot about that! Maybe that's why so much crazy stuff happens there...people bitten by the insects and insane from the humidity.

It's 'gator.'

DC is where they came from.

Lousy bloodsuckers are already in DC, draining everyone else's pocketbooks while they get fat.

The reason all those developers are trying to put the state under a layer of asphalt and concrete is because of all the people coming here from up north either permanently or seasonally.

If all of these haters would keep their parents, aunt & uncles and cousins from moving down here by the thousands every month we wouldn't have all of this over-zealous development.

To all of you who dislike the Sunshine State so much- keep your families from moving down here- for their own sake. We wouldn't want them to be miserable all of the time.

When the choice is between Florida's bugs and 40 below temperatures, well...

Sherry,

There are no giant skeeters here in Florida. Just some wacky, hippy scientist looking for a tax-payer funded grant so that he can live in our Sunshine State for a year or so.

Liberals. God love em! LMFAO!!

Yes, but Harold, the article said these 'skeeters only hurt--they have no venom, so probably no itch.