Currituck Continues Mosquito Spraying

Notice: Weather conditions may prevent mosquito spraying in Corolla on the evening of Wednesday, October 18. Spraying may not be conducted before or during a rainstorm due to spray chemicals mixing with stormwater runoff.

Currituck will assess the weather outlook on Thursday, October 19 to determine when additional spraying for mosquitoes will continue. A schedule will be made to include all parts of Currituck County not yet reached in this round of spraying.

Currituck County will begin another round of spraying for mosquitoes on Friday, October 14, 2011, weather permitting. Spraying will be done with a truck sprayer in either the early morning or evening/night hours.

Note: All planned dates of mosquito spraying will be completed as weather permits. The truck sprayer will not operate:

if winds are in excess of 8 mph
and/or it is raining
foggy
temperatures below 55 degrees
and during the heat of the day.

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The current spraying schedule for October 15 - 18, 2011 is as follows:

Saturday, October 15: 6:30 p.m. - 11:00 p.m. from Powells Point south to Point Harbor;
Sunday, October 16: 4:00 a.m. - 6:30 a.m. in Knotts Island;
Monday, October 17 4:00 a.m. - 6:30 a.m. from Grandy south to Powells Point;
Monday, October 17: 6:30 p.m. - 11:00 p.m. from Moyock south to Sligo and Currituck;
Tuesday, October 18: 6:30 p.m. - 11:00 p.m. in Corolla.

While spraying for mosquitoes will kill adult mosquitoes, homeowners should take steps to eliminate sources of standing water from their yards which could still serve as mosquito breeding areas.

More information regarding the mosquito spraying schedule, including locations, dates, and times, will be released as it becomes available.

Updated October 18, 2011 at 1:00 p.m.