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| -Signs, Portents, and the Weather- |
| Be Thankful They Weren't Canaries |
| 2004-11-30 |
| Locust swarm hits Canary Islands Millions of pink locusts swept through one of Spain's Canary Islands on Monday, driving tourists from its beaches. The swarm reached the island of Fuerteventura from West Africa -95 miles away - late on Sunday and covered an area of some 1 million square metres said Antonio Ortega, director general of the regional agriculture department. |
| Posted by:mojo |
| #5 As insects they should be high protein. Any good recipes for all that free food? |
| Posted by: 3dc 2004-11-30 9:58:34 PM |
| #4 even locusts promote breast cancer awareness. what's next? ants with little yellow rubber bracelets? |
| Posted by: eLarson 2004-11-30 2:11:19 PM |
| #3 Well, sniff, have they been to Ibiza? Hmmm? |
| Posted by: .Everyone I know calls it Salmon, sniff 2004-11-30 1:11:49 PM |
| #2 It's what all the kool swarms are wearing this year. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-11-30 1:07:55 PM |
| #1 Pink? |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2004-11-30 12:34:04 PM |