Despite the ridicule that Senator McCain throws at this every time an appropriation bill comes up, it's a serious problem, as we all know. So it's nice to know that the House approved funding for prevention programs.
I lived on Guam in 1969-1970. My dad was in charge of many things as the Navy's Chief of Public Works there, including one of the power plants. At that time I don't recall that the snakes were a big problem for electrical lines, or surely I'd have heard him muttering about it, yet now in nearly every story about these critters we hear about them disrupting power lines by wrapping themselves around the lines. It's interesting that the problem has taken such a relatively short time to cause such havoc.
I lived on Guam in 1969-1970. My dad was in charge of many things as the Navy's Chief of Public Works there, including one of the power plants. At that time I don't recall that the snakes were a big problem for electrical lines, or surely I'd have heard him muttering about it, yet now in nearly every story about these critters we hear about them disrupting power lines by wrapping themselves around the lines. It's interesting that the problem has taken such a relatively short time to cause such havoc.
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