Created: July 14, 2021 09:16 PM Drought is never good for a region, but the Metropolitan Mosquito Control District (MMCD) says if there's one good thing to come from the recent lack of rain, it's there are fewer mosquitoes. Before Wednesday's rain, 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS joined a mosquito control team in Oakdale as it laid down preventative treatment. On Wednesday, a mosquito control team set out to a dry pond bed in Oakdale. In anticipation of a week of rain, the team scattered dry pellets onto what's normally a classic wetland submerged in a foot of water. "Obviously, it's been a very dry season, so everything is pretty dry," said Lauren Smith, an MMCD field technician.