Thu, 05/28/2009 - 10:40am - Posted by: whitespider

It does not take a helicopter ride to know and understand the toxicity and cancer causing applications of mosquito chemicals in their entirety. This apopleptic spraying, seeding, and inspecting is all done to keep the tourist money coming in and to give the employees of the antiquated and anti-environmental Mosquito Commssion a reason to justify their paychecks.

Also, now the video can be passed on to Stockton College so they can have an aerial view of the disgusting Ponderlodge without anyone having to pay for it!

Thu, 05/28/2009 - 8:15am - Posted by: entoman

Unfortunately the point of the flight wasn't fully explained in this online article. This is only one part of a larger story and if you had read the two previous articles this might make more sense. To 153, yes, you can go to an online map service and look at the county from the air but those static photos are from some time ago, taken at a different time of year. The point of the reporter's flight was for him, and the public through his video and articles, to see all the water (aka mosquito larval habitat) from recent heavy rain, high tides and deliquent pools, that the department of mosquito control has to contend with. To Shadow, the reporter is not the general public and his purpose was to understand the complexity of mosquito control so that he may pass it on you, the public. I believe helicopter rides are available from a few local airports if you are interested. To the town drunk, only one person with a commercial pesticide license can fly with the pilot when spraying. This is done for safety purposes; it's another set of eyes to keep watch for towers, utility lines etc. and to help the pilot deliver the spray to exactly the right place. It is rare that the department of mosquito control sprays for adult mosquitoes from the air. Usually the helicopter is either inspecting remote areas in the salt marsh or applying a granular pesticide (called larviciding) to standing water to kill mosquito larvae before they emerge.

Wed, 05/27/2009 - 9:38pm - Posted by: 153

I will give them an E for effort at least. If the camera didn't shake so much i'd be impressed. As t.d. asked, were they at least spraying whilst doing this ?

Wed, 05/27/2009 - 8:49pm - Posted by: the town drunk

Whats the point of this stupid video, were they at least spraying for bugs when they were filming

Wed, 05/27/2009 - 8:09pm - Posted by: theSHADOW

Thought the County had a budget problem....apparently not! So who can the general public call to get their helicopter ride? We'd like to know!

Wed, 05/27/2009 - 12:16pm - Posted by: 153

Or you can go to the computer and look up msn maps or google earth
And save the county a little money on flying a helicopter.