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okay but we also have bugs that carry malaria, encephalitis, and god knows what else down here, and they love to get crazy after it rains. in the more southern parts of florida after it rains trucks have to drive around the towns spewing pesticides into the air to keep all the mosquitos from eating us alive. and as chris said there is the constant threat of hurricanes during the months of june-sept or something like that...though we got off rather easy last year with only one or two named storms landing in the central part of florida. also all this water that we have doesn't evaporate, it just sits there and attracts more germs and bacteria and bugs...it's so humid down here and the fact that we're below sea level, there is just water everywhere. it's like living in a sauna. though i was only in new york for 5 days, i'd trade to live up there and in that weather in a moment.