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One thing that I have been Curious about is Pests and Natural Disasters in the NM area.
Reading the Through the Forum I have found that there are Mostly Good things to be said about NM with a few negative. The negative tend to lean more towards people/population. Not really anything Nature related.
Here in Florida we have Mosquitos, Spiders, Snakes, Alligators, Amebas, JellyFish, Sharks, Hurricanes, Tornadoes, Floods, Lightning, and Old People whos still have drivers licenses to worry about. (just to name a few)
what type of Pests/ Natural Disasters do you guys deal with on a daily basis?
Daily: None really. We get spiders now and again but our spiders are tiny and harmless (compared to the rest of the country).
Every spring & summer: It alternates between flies, cockroaches, and moths. Flies this year. A big yawn, really. Common sense pest control works fine unless the river is next to you. Then, rotsa ruck.
We do not have ticks, and any rodents you see will either be cute (squirrels, prairie dogs) or be very small white mice.
NM has plenty of natural pest control practitioners including coyotes, roadrunners, and birds. I always consider it a treat and a good omen when I see a roadrunner.
Natural disasters: Rare. If you live in a forest, forest fires can happen, but aren't likely. Usually a smoker, punk kid, or moron government employee is the cause. Floods are unheard of. Tornadoes, sometimes, esp. in the east, but also rare (1 sighting per year with no damage is typical). Temperatures here are far more predictable than most places.
How about snakes? Do you get rattlers there? Or gila monsters? I've heard they're poisonous if a dog mouths them, but I'm not sure. I'm thinking of around the Santa Fe area.
We do see rattlers, but not many. Just stay our distance and you are fine. Winter is great as they hibernate.
ANd if we do have flash flooding, just be sure you are not in the way. I have seen the damage they can cause here in the state.
Add windstorms, lightning, dust, and volcanoes, drugs, drunken cowboys and the occasional nuclear bomb test and New Mexico can be pretty well unlivable.
I suggest everyone stay away so I can afford a house when I move there is a couple of years or so.
It sounds like a walk in the sunshine compared to florida. With all the rain and the "wetlands'' so many creatures live here. i have to shake my shoes after heavy rains just to make sure no spiders slipped in there.
Im excited.
I think the fact that there are No Mosquitos out there is the best thing so far about moving to NM
Did Albuquerque see any of the rain from the tropical storm that hit the N.W. Gulf Coast?
Cool! Thanks mortimer
(off to see if I can see Sierra Blanca from here)
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