Ugh--kept up too late by death metal and techno music from somewhere down the hill--woken up too early by dive-bombing moth-killing plane.
Time to put on the coffee.
At least it's a beautiful morning.

That was much more irritating than I expected. It's 2011, can't we get a quieter plane? Or maybe you could use a flock of balloons and children toss out the moth-i-cide? You could charge for the rides.

Weird, I don't recall hearing round two at all.

You sure? Or did you mean the 14th? Or? 

Maybe I slept through it this time?

I received my postcard on the 8th or 9th.  Wondered what is being sprayed as well, then decided I was uninterested in calling a hotline.  Why couldn't they just put the info right on the big shiny postcard on my fridge?

Dang those planes fly low though.  Half asleep I thought "Duluth Harbor" was happening this morning.

It's safe to be outside. There's no need to wait. They're dropping tiny plastic chips that contain a hormone meant to attract and confuse male gypsy moths. The idea is to keep the males from finding the female moths that are out at the same time emitting real come-hither pheromone. If you happened to be standing outside staring skyward with your mouth open and a chip fell into your mouth, you'd still be safe.

The bug, I was told by the abatement office, is that the latest flier was set to go out and the shutdown occurred, closing parts of MDA and the mailer (?). Plan B kicked in and staff went to the mailer to pick up the fliers and redistribute somehow. It took too long and they were late again. They admit it isn't good to be out in a park and getting sprayed. I would suggest they make sure fliers are out, at least, and then go ahead with the mating disruption. Which somehow passed as a "vital" state operation? Dunno.

I dunno - I was out biking when the plane dropped its goodies and a couple hours later a bunch of horny male moths were landing all over me.

It was okay.