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To: RetiredNow who wrote (248207)8/30/2005 10:31:36 PM
From: combjelly  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 1573826
 
"Yes, I saw on the news today about the snakes and alligators."

Something that can be almost as dangerous are fire ants. You see, they are originally from Central America and have this neat way to deal with floods. They hang on to each other and form these balls which float on the water. When they touch something, they very quickly break formation and start crawling over that object, the ones that touch the object pull the others over so they all can climb on. If that object is you, you find yourself covered with literally thousands of ants in what seems to be an instant. Ant these ants can seriously hurt you, especially that many.



To: RetiredNow who wrote (248207)8/31/2005 12:41:50 AM
From: tejek  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1573826
 
Thx for your thoughts. Yes, I saw on the news today about the snakes and alligators. Unbelievable. Those people are facing all sorts of dangers and the flood waters are still rising in most places. Very scary.


They just said on the local news that all the pumps have been shut down in NO and another levee is close to failing. If it does, the water in NO could rise another 9-15 feet.


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