Coast Guard Station Rio Vista, California, has a mouse problem.
So much so, that this small outpost on the Sacramento River has closed temporarily as the service evaluates the cost to address the infestation and make the repairs needed to ensure the furry freeloaders don’t return.
In an Oct. 7 press release , the Coast Guard said the small boat station has “temporarily assumed a degraded readiness posture” for at least 30 days to make emergency repairs to address “habitability concerns,” although officials did not say why.
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District 11 Public Affairs Officer Lt. SondraKay Kneen told Military.com Oct. 9 that the concerns stemmed from unsanitary conditions caused by mice.
According to Kneen, the station sits in a rural area next to an abandoned property, two circumstances that likely contributed to infestation.
Other unnamed environmental issues and the age of the buildings, which were constructed in the early 1970s, also “appear to be contributing factors,” Kneen said in an email.