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Life in the South – The Pollen Wars

Welcome to Florida. Where the MidWest and NorthEast have snow, we have this. The pollen’s so bad not even the rain can wash it away. These are some pictures from my employer’s parking lot.

Here’s a puddle:

YUCK

And here’s where the pollen should have drained away:

The pollen didn’t quite drain right

Another puddle. Believe it or not, there are no chemicals causing those swirls:

That’s not chemical swirl – It’s Pollen!

New parking lot drainage, see the nice circular yellow spot?:

This is how thick it really is

The closeup of the pollen-covered gravel:

The drainage gravel

A “river” of parking lot pine pollen:

Another River of Pollen

Another “river” of parking lot pine pollen:

A River of Pollen

We’ve had pollen alerts on and off for the past few weeks at High and Severe. And people wonder why I’m crying. Allergic conjunctivitis SUCKS. That’s life in the South for you, though.

Brandie Tarvin

Brandie Tarvin

Brandie Tarvin is an author and tie-in writer and a copy editor. In addition to her original fiction, she has written SQL Server articles, Shadowrun: The Role Playing Game sourcebook material and fiction as well as a piece for Hasbro’s Transformers. She currently lives in Florida with her family and is owned by two cats.

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