Termites Partying?
The Formosan Termites apparently like moist, hot conditions. Does anybody know if the waterlogged conditions in New Orleans will lead to an explosion in their numbers? Does the fact that their swarming occurs in...
Daily Archive: September 2, 2005
A Bridge Too Far
The Baghdad Al-Aaimmah bridge calamity death toll seems to be hovering between 800 and 900. Slightly less than the 1,426 pilgrims suffocated in a Saudia tunnel during the 1990 Hajj.
Twinkle Twinkle
At night, the stranded shine flashlights that make it easier for Coast Guard crews to spot them … For Skarra, flying at night over the city of New Orleans presents an image as surreal...
Can U Dig It?
Chaos and gunfire hampered efforts to evacuate the Superdome, and, Superintendent P. Edward Compass III of the New Orleans Police Department said, armed thugs have taken control of the secondary makeshift shelter at the...
Ritz’s Thin Blue Line
At the Ritz-Carlton Hotel on Canal Street, Phyllis Patrick said she and other hotel guests were in “dire straits.” The hotel has been trying to bring in buses to evacuate them, but she said...