El Nino Packs a Wallop.

摘要

The 2015-16 El Nino has been every bit as powerful as its record-setting 1997-98 predecessor, which brought storms, floods, landslides and unprecedented warmth to many areas of the country. What else did it bring? A glut of pests.When the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced in early January that the 2015-16 El Nino had tied that of 1997-98 as the strongest on record, PCT started asking around for predictions about what this weather event might mean tothe pest management industry come spring and summer. We got a lot of shoulder shrugging and a brilliant adaptation of Mrs. Gump's famous quote: "El Nino is like a box of chocolates: You never know what you're going to get."