Ah...Grasshopper.....

BOSS

BOSS

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Well here we go again.... I think this is the 43rd shoe to drop this year...

Biologists are predicting the worst grasshopper infestation in 30 years this summer. From Nebraska up to Montana and over to Washington state they are expecting massive defoliation of crops and native plant species.

You can read about it HERE

Seems to me to be another element of the "Perfect Storm" that's been brewing globally for the last few years.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought there was a similar infestation back in 1932-1935 following "the crash of 29-31" and the economic calamity that gripped the nation back then, that led to the dust bowls of the '30's...

Just great.....
 
in a couple of years, we won't have to worry about our stay on this planet, Nostradamus says sometime in 2012!
In the meanwhile, there have INDEED, been noted accelerations of the demise of man made "intrusions" into Mother Earth's plan, and she's finally put her foot down!!
 
I just watched a great series on the History channel called "the History of Us". They covered the dust bowl period and mentioned that they were locusts and that somehow, locusts have disappeared from existence. They didn't explain the how or why. Not to minimize the destructive capacity of the grasshopper, but I don't think they have the same effect as the locust. The show had amazing footage about the dust storms. What a horrible time for the people that decided to stick it out rather than move to California or elsewhere. Not only was the top soil lost, but many people experienced severe respiratory ailments. They showed that even New York city experienced clouds of dust from these storms.
 
Luckily we have learned a lot about cultivation since the dust bowl years. Those events caused nation-wide changes in the direction of the rows to minimize the possibility of top soil loss, as well as a host of other things to deter this from happening. The important thing to remember is that there are cycles to everything on earth and man has no real power to change this.

Hunger, on the other hand, sounds like a possibility. It could also impact the growers, which of course would impact us.

Thanks for the heads up, Boss
 
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