They’re coming!

from JoeUser Forums

 

Saw this (take a look at the 8 slides in the show)…as well as a notice about a 50 mile wide swarm of grasshoppers over Texas…and figured this might be the right time to say, “It’s been great! Fanx for the fish!”, if these events are a portent of something awful to come…

http://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/mayfly-hatch-overwhelms-minnesota-wisconsin/1/

http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/23/us/feat-weather-radar-bugs-texas/index.html

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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top

  look at all that wasted protein... they're nice fried...   

 

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Reply #3 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

This is not as uncommon than you think.  It's rarely on this scale- but I saw it happen a few times when I was doing weather radar  in the military.

It's significant to aviation since that can gunk up engines just like a birdstrike.

 

 

Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Bastards strip the leaves off my rose bushes.

Reply #5 from Sins Forums Top

and even eat green paint off buildings.

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Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I went through one of these type events in Arizona while in the military in the 1970's, grasshoppers everywhere! The crunch noise and windshield getting smeared when driving was sickening!  :S

Reply #7 from WinCustomize Forums Top

And more are coming!

Reply #8 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting sydneysiders, reply 1

  look at all that wasted protein... they're nice fried...   

 
:-"

Reply #11 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Yet another reason to despise the BBC.

In my SERE course I had to eat snakes and bugs...with and without the luxury of cooking. Left something to be desired, syddie.  :S

Reply #12 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Weather channel also tracked the swarms and displayed the radar images. Huge to say the least.

Reply #13 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting Uvah, reply 12

Weather channel also tracked the swarms and displayed the radar images. Huge to say the least.

 

Yep... the swarm was about 50 miles around at times and up to 2500 feet high they said.  :(O

Reply #14 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Good year for bugs.  I saw another story about a bridge somewhere in the US that had so many dead mayflies piled up on it that they had to get out a snow plow to scrape them off, then throw down some sand for traction on top of the leftover goop. Lovely.   :puke:

Reply #15 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting DaveRI, reply 14

Good year for bugs.  I saw another story about a bridge somewhere in the US that had so many dead mayflies piled up on it that they had to get out a snow plow to scrape them off, then throw down some sand for traction on top of the leftover goop. Lovely.   :puke:

 

Yup, that happened in Iowa Dave.

Reply #16 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting DrJBHL, reply 11

Left something to be desired, syddie.

well... I'm sure it's all in the preparation.... I've had chocolate coated bees and fried grasshoppers... they were nice... and witchetty grub soup....yummy... almondy tasting... when our overpopulating reaches a point where we've eaten the planet out of stocks of food.... I'm sure they'll be coming up with acceptable recipes involving insects to make them tasty...

Locust Linguine

Weevil Frittata

Mayfly Quiche

Maggot Mousse     

      :|          

 

 

Reply #17 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting sydneysiders, reply 16

well... I'm sure it's all in the preparation.... I've had chocolate coated bees and fried grasshoppers... they were nice... and witchetty grub soup....yummy... almondy tasting... when our overpopulating reaches a point where we've eaten the planet out of stocks of food.... I'm sure they'll be coming up with acceptable recipes involving insects to make them tasty...
   the wichetty grub is very large compared to our grubs. Probably take more of ours to make a soup, but then they are very hard to find! Here is the odd question on this Monday. Are the insects humanely killed first, then eaten... or like lobsters, just thrown alive in boiling water ?   ;)

Reply #18 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Not something I'd like to contemplate early in the am. EEWWW!

Reply #19 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting teddybearcholla, reply 17

Are the insects humanely killed first, then eaten... or like lobsters, just thrown alive in boiling water

I think they are humanely gassed while watching huge projection screen footage of endless acres of wheat and rye crops...  :|

It's pretty quick... they don't have time to complain of the film quality being a little... grainy...  :blush:

Reply #20 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting sydneysiders, reply 19

I think they are humanely gassed while watching huge projection screen footage of endless acres of wheat and rye crops... 

It's pretty quick... they don't have time to complain of the film quality being a little... grainy..
    works for me! :X

 

Quoting Uvah, reply 18

Not something I'd like to contemplate early in the am. EEWWW!
   O:) ;)

Reply #21 from Sins Forums Top

Quoting sydneysiders, reply 19

a little... grainy... 

 

I see what you did there.   :thumbsup:

 

When the Borg arrive you will be spared.

 

backs out of the room slowly...   *_* :borg:

 

 

Reply #22 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting sydneysiders, reply 16

Locust Linguine

Weevil Frittata

Mayfly Quiche

Maggot Mousse     

 

Reply #23 from Elemental Forums Top

Fast food, delivered with a drone assist.  whats not to like?   :)