[amayausers] OT: But Worth Knowing - Possibly an Urban Legend...
- From: "John Yaglenski" <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2006 20:14:51 -0500
Just an FYI - http://urbanlegends.about.com lists this story as unlikely to be
true - more likely to be a web urban legend. You can read more about it here
http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_mulch_termites.htm and make your own
decision ;)
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John Yaglenski
President / Chief Executive Officer
Levelbest Communications
---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: "Rod or Sharon" <springer37@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reply-To: amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2006 17:07:34 -0700
>I don't want to start off-topic stuff being posted but this might save
>someone's home. I'm sorry if it upsets anyone.
>Sharon
>
>Subject: FW: A Warning about Mulch from New Orleans
>
>
>ATTENTION ALL HOMEOWNERS: This is one you WILL want to read!!!!!
>
>Better Homes and Gardens discussion site
>If you use mulch around your house be very careful about buying mulch this
>year. After the hurricane in New Orleans many trees were blown over. These
>trees were then turned into mulch and the state is trying to get rid of tons
>and tons of this mulch to any state or company who will come and haul it
>away. So it will be showing up in Home Depot and Lowes at dirt cheap prices
>with one huge problem; Formosan Termites will be the bonus in many of those
>bags. New Orleans is one of the few areas in the country were the Formosan
>Termites has gotten a strong hold and most of the trees blown down were
>already badly infested with those termites. Now we may have the worst case
>of transporting a problem to all parts of the country that we have ever had.
>These termites can eat a house in no time at all and we have no good control
>against them, so tell your friends that own homes to avoid cheap mulch and
>know were it came from.
>
>Here's the link:
>Click here: LSU AgCenter . Formosan Subterranean Termites Portal
>
>
>
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