King Tides and the Aftermath

With the tide levels being so high lately, I wanted to touch on some of the pest issues we would most likely have if the water swamped out homes. Flooding and cold weather can cause big headaches, as well as pest infestation. Many families would certainly be advised to avoid direct contact with floodwater and beware the invasion of the undesirable pests into their homes. To begin with, ants can be a major problem throughout and after flooding. When water is forced through the ground, thousands of ants would be forced out of their nests and seek the closest dry ground which may happen to be your home. Subsequently, as floodwaters retreat, your property may become seriously infested with all the ants we have in Delta (carpenter, paver, pharaoh, odorous and thatching ants). Next, we would have rodents that are forced from their normal habitation into areas that provide food and shelter such as our houses and other buildings. Rodents (mice, rats, moles, voles and squirrels) will try to escape to higher ground and warmer surroundings, which could be your crawl space, basement, walls, attics or even your car. In extraordinary situations, rodent concentrations can pose grave health problems for those involved in the clean-up. Other pests after flooding include flies and cockroaches. Floods often cause sewer systems to malfunction or just overflow. The raw sewage attracts flies, which would quickly multiple in decomposing organic waste. Although we don’t see many cockroaches, they too would seek shelter after a flood, and they can carry diseases into your home.

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