June 15, 2009. Boulder, Colorado
Falling tree hits not one but two Priuses driving down the road.
Sunday, July 19, 2009
Thursday, July 2, 2009
'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.
Monday, June 29, 2009
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!!!!
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!!!!
Saturday, June 27, 2009
Rabid Bat Haunts Library, Brushes Head
June 27, 2009. Longmont Colorado.
"The bat brushed against the head of a contract worker ..." Sure, give the contract workers the dangerous jobs.
Not clear what the bat was doing in the library. Research perhaps?
"The bat brushed against the head of a contract worker ..." Sure, give the contract workers the dangerous jobs.
Not clear what the bat was doing in the library. Research perhaps?
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Pythons On The March
Florida, 2009
According to this article, there are 30,000 Burmese pythons (up to 200 pounds each, 30 feet long) living wild in Florida! Man oh man.
The article claims that "One million live Burmese pythons were legally imported into the U.S. between 2001 and 2006", which (if true) is just amazing.
Other highlights in the article: an awesome picture of a python throwing it down with a gator. The experts quoted think the animals are evenly matched -- surprising to me. And then a vague hope by a biologist that the parking lots of Wal-Mart will save us.
According to this article, there are 30,000 Burmese pythons (up to 200 pounds each, 30 feet long) living wild in Florida! Man oh man.
The article claims that "One million live Burmese pythons were legally imported into the U.S. between 2001 and 2006", which (if true) is just amazing.
Other highlights in the article: an awesome picture of a python throwing it down with a gator. The experts quoted think the animals are evenly matched -- surprising to me. And then a vague hope by a biologist that the parking lots of Wal-Mart will save us.
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