Can confirm as someone born and raised in Alabama. If smart Alabamians do stay, they live in Huntsville. Sometimes Bham, but I’d say Huntsville beats them out.

If regular mosquitos are original Covid, DC mosquitos are the Delta variant. I’m from AL, so I know mosquitos, and have noticed that I’d get bit just walking from my door to my car, especially in the evenings. We’ve had a pretty warm winter compared to other years, and the fact that they’re so bad where you are makes me wonder if there’s some standing water somewhere around you where they’re laying eggs.