It isn't the most useful map in the world, but I'm guessing that aerial mosquito spraying is not a terribly precise science anyway. (In Whiting, the spraying will be performed across the entire width of the town from the Cornwall line southward nearly to the village. Spraying will also be done in adjoining areas of Shoreham, including Wooster Road, Cutting Hill Road and Webster Road; Cornwall, including Wooster Road, Parkhill Road, southern portions of Route 30, Delong Road, Galvin Road and Swamp Road; and Salisbury, including small sections near Creek Road and Hubbard Road to the west of Dewey Road.)
So, if you are clearly in the purple boxes or really anywhere near them, you should take a few precautions against exposure to the Anvil insecticide that is being used. Stay indoors with windows and doors closed and air conditioners off during the spraying period and for at least a half hour afterward. Bring in laundry, toys, pet food and drinking bowls, and consider picking ripe fruits and vegetables before the spraying starts.
The Health Department has provided information on Anvil here.
Two people have been diagnosed with a mosquito-borne illness called Eastern Equine Encephalitis. One of the patients has died. Vermont had previously seen EEE infections in livestock but never in human in the state. The discovery of EEE and West Nile viruses in mosquito pools in Whiting in late August prompted Health Department action. A public meeting on the proposed aerial spraying of insecticides was held in Brandon last night.
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