'Hopper Plague, continued

Thinking more about the Utah grasshopper plague. This might be weird, but there's definitely a part of me that thinks it would be cool to drive on over to Utah and check it out. I mean, I know it would be gross, but I keep reading about grasshopper storms (On The Banks Of Plum Creek, or Out Of Africa, or really, any history of 19th century settlement in the prairie states). It would be kind of cool, if squishy, to see it first-hand.

Grasshoppers Plague Utah

June 29, 2009. Tooele, Utah

According to the article, the grasshopper density has reached as high as 2000 hoppers/ft^2. They say up to 250,000 acres have been hit. Can we do the math? ... Yes we can: 2000 hoppers/ft ^2 * 43560 ft^2/acre * 250000 acres equals HOLY SHIT THAT'S A LOT OF GRASSHOPPERS!!!!