However, having to consider the threats entailed the lush green forest so close to my backyard, a few alarming thoughts seem to surface in my mind. About a few months back, didn't I read about the fogging exercise to keep the Mosquitos Aedes away? The fogging exercise shall be postponed till further notice if raining. Having a lush green forest in those vacant house, most likely drainage and the rain gutters are blocked by the dead leaves and vines. It's definately a good place for breeding mosquitos if not aedes. Do you think the fogging could kill the lava in the retention water in the rain gutter and drainage? I am seriously doubt it. Fogging does not get down to the root of the problem. As long as the home grown forest remain, we will be involved in the never ending battle with dengue.
Once the area get populated with mosquitos, the next friendly neighbour will move in just to regulate the population of mosquitos to the right number. Our new neighbor consistently feeding themselves with mosquitos in rival with the house lizards for the main supply food chain. You can see them literally jumping around after a heavy downpour and they are pretty much harmless. Yes, I am talking about frogs here. The frogs will help us taking care of the mosquitos indiscrimately whether they are aedes or normal mosquetos as long as it could feed through their mouths. We always want to believe let the nature take its course and the frogs shall take care of the excess mosquitos.
Unfortunately, our new neighbor doesn't move in without problems. They do not intentionally create problem for us. All they need are a small space where they could bury their body with their head protruded out in the ground so that their lightling speed tounge could whip on any flying insects around them. Mosquitos and flying insects are below their food chain and they also also below a group of predator's food chain, which is the snakes. I was told that these are no regular snakes but cobra. Cobra is the type of snakes you don't want to fool around and definately don't want them to stay in our neighbourhood.
Instead of taking laid back attitude on this matter and calling our presumed snake buster President Toh during snakes intrusion, we could take an proactive role to solve the problem to its root. By clearing the forest, we are not only addressing the dengue problem but also keep the cobra community away from Palma.
To create a safe, peaceful and comfortable environtment, RA is definately playing a vital role here. I strongly believe our dedicated RA under the leadership of President Toh, who is tireless and having strong political connection could get the MBSA to flatten the forest here. With due respect to the owners of the vacant houses, I did explore the option of suggesting to RA to be in contact with the vacant house owners so that they could carry out their own house keeping. However, I was being told that the RA didn't have the contacts of the owners and the only way is to get MBSA involved.
President Toh, with all my respect I fully agree with your advices. One mission, one voice and consolidate action as RA of Palma we shall create a safe, peaceful and comfortable environment for our residents. There are easily more than 10 houses in Palma that have a home grown forest or sooner to be forest. We seriously need to address this matter with MBSA before any regretful incidents happened.
One mission, one voie and consolidate action......and ultimately one big happy family!
Tue Jun 08, 2010 10:07 am by zero4.bd4165
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