As cases of the mosquito-carried West Nile Virus appear to have spiked in our part of Texas, San Angelo is wrapping up its second round of mosquito spraying today. Trucks began fanning out across the city back in August as increasing numbers of West Nile were reported locally and as Texas became a major source of the virus, the effects of which can range from none at all to, in a few cases, death. All districts in San Angelo were sprayed for mosquitoes in August. Crews took to the streets and alleys again a couple of weeks ago to apply the second round of preventive spray as a new crop of mosquitoes appeared to be hatching in areas of standing water. Now, that effort is complete and health officials say the arrival of cooler weather by the end of this week could spell the beginning of the end for this summer's swarms of mosquitoes. So far, ten cases of West Nile Virus have been officially reported in San Angelo and one resident of the Concho Valley has died.
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