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NYC: WORST RAT INFESTATION IN THE WORLD
breitbart.com ^ | January 24, 2014 | ROBERT WILDE

Posted on 01/25/2014 7:03:45 AM PST by ilovesarah2012

The popular and informational television station Animal Planet has named New York City the worst city for rats in the world. In this case, they are not referring to politicians. We are talking about “Rattus norvegicus,” otherwise known as the "brown rat." Brown rats are a scourge to rural and urban areas and are one of the most serious pests on the planet, carrying diseases and multiplying at exponential speed. One pair of rats can multiply up to 200 times in just one year. They are adept at climbing, swimming, and yes, working their way thru a serpentine of sewer pipes and exiting your toilet bowl. It is estimated that NYC has twice as many rats as they do humans. If you run the math, that would total about 16 million rats. But no worries, the New York's Health Department provides an interactive map for residents to view rat infestations on RIP (Rat Informational Portal). The series of maps mark the blocks with the worst infestations, coloring the most densely infested areas with red. As a result, one can look at raw data and investigate any neighborhood or building to see to what extent any particular venue is infested. Clicking on an area of the map will supply inspection dates, actions, and results. Moreover, one can retrieve rat history, going back to 2009, of any address within New York’s five boroughs.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: billdeblasio; chirlanemccray; newyork; newyorkcity
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To: ilovesarah2012

Have the Mid Atlantic States’ National Guards create a one-way rat path to Washington D.C., so the rats of all species can be lured and contained in one place, starting at this upcoming event.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2014/01/24/first-ever-virtual-big-block-cheese-day-white-house-open-questions


41 posted on 01/25/2014 9:22:20 AM PST by Seeing More Clearly Now
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To: man_in_tx

A virtual liberal utopia.


42 posted on 01/25/2014 9:34:40 AM PST by ilovesarah2012
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To: Triple
Sounds like the Venice catacombs scene from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.
43 posted on 01/25/2014 9:45:09 AM PST by Charles Martel (Endeavor to persevere...)
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To: ilovesarah2012

“Mr. Prime Minister! Mister Prime Minister! There is a ship of demented, disease-ridden cannibal vermin about to crash on our coast!”

“Calm down. We’ve had these homosexual charter cruises here before.”

“No sir! Rats! It’s rats!”

“Well, how does New York City deal with them? I read they have 16 million rats.”

“I think they put them on stage.”

“Well, that explains the remake of MOTHER COURAGE, doesn’t it?”


44 posted on 01/25/2014 9:55:20 AM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: Triple
Mass migrations of rodents is not all that uncommon. "Thousands" of rats is a small blip. Squirrels have been documented moving en masse in the millions.

Still, I'd be impressed seeing a couple of hundred critters doing something similar.

45 posted on 01/25/2014 9:56:32 AM PST by Calvin Locke
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To: Seeing More Clearly Now
The WH has been infested with the "brown rat" probably forever, except maybe during a hot August day in 1814...

There are a lot of stories about Carter meeting with any given Head of State, and having a rat scurry across the table/room/desk, etc.

I'll speculate that all the abortion advocates are first in line to prevent the harming of such disease carriers, along with the radical wings of the ASPCA/Humane Society.

46 posted on 01/25/2014 10:06:47 AM PST by Calvin Locke
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To: Charles Martel
or an episode from the Monk TV Series
47 posted on 01/25/2014 11:20:24 AM PST by SandRat (Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
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To: ilovesarah2012

A virtual liberal utopia.

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You have a point! :-)


48 posted on 01/25/2014 2:22:08 PM PST by man_in_tx (Blowback (Faithfully farting twowards Mecca five times daily).)
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To: cripplecreek

No kidding. They’ve gotten so bad that they’re ordering conservatives to leave.


That’s because conservatives work miracles everyday with mere words of truth that exterminate rats.

This article was perfectly timed given the head Rat’s recent comments. All rat exterminators must stop speaking and leave!


49 posted on 01/25/2014 3:04:38 PM PST by SaraJohnson
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