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Post by jeffolie on Jul 9, 2007 17:06:53 GMT -6
“Redlands-based economist John Husing said many residential builders have abandoned housing projects ‘until they figure out what this market is going to do.’” “For Karen Fletcher and other vector-control officials across the Inland region, it’s like a rite of passage each summer: the battle to keep the mosquitoes that carry the West Nile virus at bay.” “And this summer is especially worrisome. With home foreclosures on the rise, the odds of finding a vacant home with a pool breeding mosquitoes are increasing, said Fletcher, a mosquito-control technician with the Riverside County Department of Environmental Health.” “Riverside County ranks fourth in the state in home foreclosures this year, and Murrieta has one of the highest rates in the county. Fletcher in past years might have monitored the pools on about 10 foreclosed homes each summer. Now, she estimates the number tops 60, including the one treated recently in Murrieta.” “Riverside County recorded 4,550 foreclosures in May; San Bernardino County had 3,633 ‘They are very easy to be seen www.pe.com/localnews/sbcounty/stories/PE_News_Local_H_mosquito08.dd9810.html
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Post by blueneck on Jul 9, 2007 17:21:11 GMT -6
They find abandoned and foreclosed properties all the time here with full basements because the sump pumps don't work when the power is turned off
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