A MODERN DAY PESTILENCE SEEN FROM SPACE (1194 hits)
Your National Weather/Science News June 2014 Day 2 Albuquerque, NM
SWARM...SWARM..
The grasshoppers invades Albuquerque, New Mexico in a record number. So dense that the large population of them could be picked up from out of space radar. Thousands of them are hopping around everywhere in Albuquerque! It's the most ever on record since the mid 1990's. Residents are also facing the nuisance when driving, walking; or biking as they jump into their faces and vehicles. Along with the noise, this makes the somewhat pestilence of grasshoppers trying the patience. The other conditions grasshoppers pose is eating crops and annoying livestock. However, one good benefit, the fowls of air, and those people with acquired taste to eat them find it's a delicious delicacy.
