Here in the northeast we just had a brutally cold winter the like of which we haven’t seen in decades. We had snowfalls that weren’t abnormal, but because temps were so low snow just wouldn’t melt. When people finally wood get a chance to clear it, they would be chopping through frozen layers with varying hues of gray from grime.
I was hiking earlier today (for the first time in a while), and didn’t find the ticks that customarily would grab on clothing and socks.
Kearny, don’t know if it’s true, but some tick experts are starting to wonder if mosquitos are passing on lyme and/or other tick like diseases.
Here is a great article for those that live in the South and Midwest regarding tick disease.
http://discovermagazine.com/2013/dec/14-southern-gothic