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>>> 11
>>> 11 PEOPLE IN THE U.S. HAVE NOW DIED 4@FROM THE MOSQUITO-
BORNE ILLNESS EASTERN EQUINE
ENSEVER 4@LIGHT OR EEE THAT CAN
CAUSE INFLAMMATION OF THE 4@
BRAIN, AND THE UNUSUAL UPTICK
OF THE 4@DISEASE HAS COMMUNITIE
SPRAYING PESTICIDES.
SPRAYING PESTICIDES. THEY ARE WARNING RESIDENTS TO
STAY 4@INSIDE AT DAWN AND DUSK.
>> A LOT OF THE FOOTBALL AND 4@
VOLLEYBALL GAMES ARE GETTING
MOVED UP IF THEY ARE OUTSIDE
AND CANCELED ENTIRELY.
>> THE ONSET OF COOL 4@
TEMPERATURES MEANS THE 4@NUMBER
OF MOSQUITOS ARE DECLINING 4@
PRECIPITOUSLY.
PRECIPITOUSLY. >> THE DOCTORS WARN TO BE
CAREFUL UNTIL THE FIRST HARD 4@
FROST OF THE SEASON.
MARYLAND DID HAVE ONE CASE 4@TW
YEARS AGO.
YEARS AGO. VIRGINIA'S 4@CASE WAS 2012.
MIRI MARSHALL, OUR WEATHER
EXPERT IS HERE.
>> AND IT'S SO UNFORTUNATE THAT
WE ARE SEEING 4@THAT.
GONE ARE THE DAYS WHERE
MOSQUITOS COME AND JUST BITE
YOU.
YOU.
YOU. YOU
YOU. YOU KNOW, THEY ARE BRINGING
SOMETHING WITH THEM.
THEY ARE NOT COMING EMPTY
HANDED.
HANDED.
HANDED. UNFORTUNATELY WITH THE WARMER
TEMPERATURES, WE PROVIDE A MORE
CONDUCIVE ENVIRONMENT TO THRIVE
IN.
IN.
IN. TEMPERATURES PLAY A HUGE ROLE.
THEY DON'T REGULATE T4@HEIR OWN
TEMPERATURES PLAY A HUGE ROLE. THEY DON'T REGULATE T4@HEIR OWN@
BODY TEMPERATURE.
BODY TEMPERATURE. THEY ARE DEPENDING ON THE
ENVIRONMENT TO DO THAT.
IT'S NOT JUST EEE THAT WE ARE 4@
CONCERNED 4@ABOUT.
CONCERNED 4@ABOUT. IT'S DENGUE FEVER AND ZIKA AND
ALL THE OTHER PROBLEMS THAT ARE
IT'S DENGUE FEVER AND ZIKA AND ALL THE OTHER PROBLEMS THAT ARE@
POSSIBLE WITH THE MOSQUITO4@S
STICKING AROUND LONGER.
WE HAVE HAD UNUSUALLY WARM 4@
TEMPERATURES IN THE FALL.
>> I NOTICE A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE
TAKING VACATIONS.
TAKING VACATIONS. PEOPLE WILL BE GOING TO 4@WARME
PLACES.
PLACES.
PLACES. WHAT TEMPERATURES ARE IDEAL FOR
THIS TO SPREAD?
>> TEMPERATURES BETWEEN
ROUGHLY, 61 4@AND 93 DEGREES.
SO WITHIN THE RANGE IS WHEN
THEY 4@BEGIN TO TRANSMIT THE
DISEASES.
DISEASES.
DISEASES. AND BETWEEN 79 AND 4@84 DEGREES
BUT ONCE IT GETS TO 95 AND
ABOVE, IT'S TOO WARM 4@FOR
MOSQUITOS.
MOSQUITOS. >> I DON'T KNOW.
I DIDN'T THINK THERE WERE
TEMPERATURE TOUGHS WARM FOR 4@
THESE GUYS.
THESE GUYS. I THOUGHT WHEN WATER WAS AROUND
--
--
-- >>
-- >> TOO
-- >> TOO MU OF ANYTHING. 4@
YOU WANT SOMETHING BUT NOT TOO
MUCH.
MUCH.
MUCH. ONCE YOU GET PAST 95, TRIPLE-
DIGIT HEAT, THEY DON'T DO TOO
WELL IN THE TEMPERATURES.
>> YOU 4@HAVE INFORMATION IN TH
INCREASED NUMBER OF DAYS WHERE @
WE CAN SEE MOSQUITOS
TRANSMITTING ILLNESS IN THE
D.C. AREA.
D.C. AREA. >> SO WITH THE WARMER
TEMPERATURES HANGING AROUND A
BIT LONGER, WE'RE LOOKING AT AN
INCREASE.
INCREASE.
INCREASE. THE CLIMATE TEMPS 4@AROUND 4@4@
COUNTRY, RESEARCHERS LOOKED AT
OVER 240 CITIES AND LOOKED AT
THE RISK OF MOSQUITOS TO BE
THERE, AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE
CITIES IN D.C., WE COULD SEE 4@
LEAST 5 MORE DAYS, BALTIMOR4@E,
MORE DAYS, AND ROANOAKE,
VIRGINIA, 18 MORE DAYS.
AREAS IN SAN FRANCISCO COULD
SEE 30 MORE DAYS.
THIS IS SOME4@THING WE ARE
KEEPING A CLOSE EYE ON.
>> AND A LAST QUESTION.
IT'S POSSIBLE THAT THE AREAS
COULD SEE A DECREASE IN THE
DISEASE DA4@NGER 4@DAYS.
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH. IT GOES BACK TO WHAT WE WERE
TALKING ABOUT.
TALKING ABOUT. IT GOES BACK TO BEING TOO HOT.
IN PHOENIX, THEY HAVE LESS DAYS
IN 4@CONTRACTING THOSE