Well a friend of ours, whom lives about 3 neighborhoods away, got bit in the finger by a rattlesnake. Put her in the hospital big time. She had to get the anti-venom. They said she was wafting in and out of a steady state for the first 4 hours. It only got her finger but put a hurt on her big time. I guess I am lucky. More lucky than I thought. Folks in the area are all saying they have seen more snakes this year then in years past. We have had a LOT of rain over the past few months. I think they were all just moving to higher ground. We have 6 poison snakes on coastal georgia:
Southern Copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix contortrix)
Florida Cottonmouth/Water Moccasin (Agkistrodon pisvivorus conanti)
Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake (Crotalus adamanteus)
Canebrake Rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus atricaudatus)
Eastern Coral Snake (Micrurus fulvius fulvius)
Dusky Pigmy Rattlesnake (Sistrurus miliarius barbouri)
http://timberrattlesnake89.tripod.com/venomouspage.html