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Rats swarm New Orleans' streets as coronavirus precautions leave them empty
See BS 'News' ^ | 3/28/20

Posted on 03/28/2020 2:18:21 PM PDT by Libloather

Precautions put in place to slow the rise of coronavirus cases in New Orleans has inadvertently led to a rat problem for the Louisiana city. With restaurants closed save for take-out service, far less food waste is being discarded in the city's alleyways, driving the local rodent population out into the open to search for scraps.

New Orleans' famous Mardi Gras celebration brought thousands of tourists to the city, and medical experts believe it might be a big factor in the city's COVID-19 outbreak. Now with Bourbon Street's famous bars all closed and people social distancing, videos show dozens of rats scurrying through the empty streets.

"I turn the corner, there's about 30 rats at the corner, feasting on something in the middle of the street," one local restauranteur told CBS News' Omar Villafranca. He said he had "never" seen anything like it before.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Food; Pets/Animals; Travel
KEYWORDS: coronavirus; democrats; dems; louisiana; neworleans; rats; shtthole
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She called it a "difficult time to be a rat"

November will be far worse.

1 posted on 03/28/2020 2:18:21 PM PDT by Libloather
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To: Libloather

LOL, rats, as in the rodents, or rats, as in Democrats??? Who will have a harder time????


2 posted on 03/28/2020 2:20:07 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: Libloather

Feeding the rats outside with scraps is probably better than having them come inside.


3 posted on 03/28/2020 2:21:16 PM PDT by SamAdams76 (Trump (1339); Slow Joe (1216); Commie (914))
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To: Libloather

I thought the NOLA residents elected them to office.

Did I get that wrong?


4 posted on 03/28/2020 2:22:46 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: Libloather

Rats gotta eat.


5 posted on 03/28/2020 2:22:47 PM PDT by alabama_heart
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To: Libloather

Ihave noticed that rat populations are always higher in Democrat cities than anywhere else.


6 posted on 03/28/2020 2:23:01 PM PDT by Cyclops08
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To: alabama_heart

Same as worms.


7 posted on 03/28/2020 2:23:48 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

Most in the cemeteries for voter drives.


8 posted on 03/28/2020 2:23:57 PM PDT by NativeSon ( What Would Virginia Do? #WWVD)
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To: Libloather

I’ll take a domesticated/socialized rat over a feral human anyday of the week.


9 posted on 03/28/2020 2:24:27 PM PDT by SpaceBar
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To: Libloather

Is New Orleans setting itself up as ground zero for an outbreak of plague? Its mayor, a Dem named LaToya Cantrell, will probably blame Trump, just as she has blamed Trump for the covid-19 outbreak in the city.


10 posted on 03/28/2020 2:24:30 PM PDT by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule.)
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To: Libloather

Opportunity Strikes.

With the streets empty should be safe hunting.


11 posted on 03/28/2020 2:24:45 PM PDT by PsyCon
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To: Libloather

Trap ‘em, Kill ‘em, Burn ‘em

asking for trouble to let them loose all over


12 posted on 03/28/2020 2:25:26 PM PDT by nevermorelenore ( If My people will pray ....)
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To: Libloather

Hahahahahahaha

Just one more reason that I love free republic!


13 posted on 03/28/2020 2:25:57 PM PDT by rlmorel (The Coronavirus itself will not burn down humanity. But we may burn ourselves down to be rid of it.)
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To: dfwgator; alabama_heart

Buzzards and maggots gotta eat, too.


14 posted on 03/28/2020 2:27:21 PM PDT by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: SamAdams76
And here's what to feed them:


15 posted on 03/28/2020 2:27:23 PM PDT by Alas Babylon! (The prisons do not fill themselves. Get moving, Barr!)
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To: ought-six

I hope your comment is sarcasm as the mayor in NOLA already has blamed the outbreak on the feds and trump.


16 posted on 03/28/2020 2:28:01 PM PDT by Liaison (TANSTAAFL)
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To: Libloather

The rats in DC are having a feast on mountains of pork as we speak!


17 posted on 03/28/2020 2:28:15 PM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: Libloather

LOL!!! Ya got that right!


18 posted on 03/28/2020 2:29:13 PM PDT by upchuck (Democrats are always the problem, never the answer.)
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To: Libloather

Gather them up and sell them to China.


19 posted on 03/28/2020 2:29:20 PM PDT by Fresh Wind ("We're not going to make America great again. It was never that great." Andrew Cuomo)
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To: Libloather

Declare open season on rats with no limit and no license required. Get out your 22’s and have a field day.


20 posted on 03/28/2020 2:29:32 PM PDT by Fungi
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