Wow, what an article. Ants in Texas are terrible. Off the top of my head -- 1. I was stung by a swarm of fire ants when I was ten years old. I had been standi

Wow, what an article. Ants in Texas are terrible. Off the top of my head -- 1. I was stung by a swarm of fire ants when I was ten years old. I had been standing, and hadn't realized that I was standing right on an ant bed. I remember an adult carrying me away, and blinding pain. 2. Ants infested the office of my last job in Texas. Every desk was equipped with an ant motel. One of the water fountains near my desk was completely unusable because of the infestation. All attempts to eradicate the ants failed. 3. At my last apartment in Texas, the ant infestation was so bad that significant numbers of them would crawl up the tires and get in my car. I'd be driving along and realize that there were ants crawling on my hands. I was actually worried that I would take the infestation with me when I moved to the bay area -- but thankfully I haven't seen one since I moved.