Originally posted by binka_nugget
I think you may be right...(although I'm not expert)...did wnv kill anyone in your neighborhood? We didn't have a serious problem last year...but it's coming this summer. Do you wear mosquito repellant? Ack..I'm so afraid of Kai or Me getting it
Last summer three people died in Wisconsin from WNV, and 52 people were positive for the virus. There were also some horses killed, hundreds of wild birds were found dead (including an eagle, hawks, and owls). WNV killed just about all of the penguins at the Milwaukee County Zoo, along with other birds housed there. They are putting screening around the penguin exhibit to keep mosquitoes out.

I only wear repellent when I am going into the deep woods. I can't stand the smell of that junk, and it makes me sneeze horribly. The mosquitoes are so thick/bad, spray repellent won't work, unless its a net suit!