Seriously - you have not seen this?

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I was not going to even mention this video because I thought everyone in the country and the world had seen it. It's been on ALL TV stations and they are even interviewing people that WATCHED the event now. But then I see it's in the USA Today and I mentioned it and some coworkers who said "what are you talking about?"

This took place in Saint Paul, Minnesota and has received over 13 million hits in 1 week along with 60,000 comments. They rehearsed it once the night before just for fun.

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Japanese Beetles.

After much research the best way to handle this problem is sort of easy. You don't want to spay toxins because this kills all the GOOD bugs so the best way is to get a bucket and fill it with a few inches of water. Add a squirt of dish soap. Then go hunting.

These critters have to be the stupidest bugs on the planet. How many times have you been hit by one that just flies into you. DONK!! Just brush them off the leaf into the water. They are so dumb (or into their HOT bug on bug action) they just drop.

The idea is to kill the little fornicators before they hatch their little larvae which will be seen next year.

Another thing you can do is give your neighbor a Beetle trap. This is filled with some yummy thing that gets them all horny. Give it to a neighbor because YOU don't want it in your yard because it will attack party bugs for miles.

Starlings LOVE Japanese Beetles and I read in the autumn you should turn over your soil to expose the larva for birds.

One trick is to get them early. The first ones you see are laying the path that will attract more. Get those advanced scouts.

Also they do not like ageratum, arborvitae, ash, baby's breath, garden balsam, begonia, bleeding heart, boxwood, buttercups, caladium, carnations, Chinese lantern plant, cockscomb, columbine, coralbells, coralberry, coreopsis, cornflower, daisies, dogwood (flowering), dusty-miller, euonymus, false cypresses, firs, forget-me-not, forsythia, foxglove, hemlock, hollies, hydrangeas, junipers, kale (ornamental), lilacs, lilies, magnolias, maple (red or silver only), mulberry, nasturtium, oaks (red and white only), pines, poppies, snapdragon, snowberry, speedwell, sweet pea, sweet-William, tuliptree, violets and pansy, or yews (taxus).

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An explanation of Sundays photo.

This is a wall cloud which is caused by the ascending (up) and converging inflow of air. This updraft consists of moist, rain cooled air from the normally downwind downdraft.

Since temperature tends to decrease and dew point is increasing as the updraft entrains this air, saturation occurs sooner as the air rises (as opposed to when it hits the rest of the cloud base) . Wall clouds may form as a descending of the cloud base (as this was the case) or may form as rising scud consolidates and organizes.

Also of note is the Shelf Cloud also called a arcus cloud. A low, horizontal cloud formation associated with the leading edge of thunderstorm outflow.

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Other random Wednesday thoughts.

1. Lets not have another Maxwell Street days in Columbus. We just do not have enough businesses to have a "Maxwell Street Days". We can have sidewalk sales or some other buzzy wording but I feel "Maxwell Street Days" is misleading.

2. This is one globe from my Globe Thistle. I took it this morning and think I have to go back and take a little more time and do it right but . . . . here it is! Looks cool blown up - hope it comes out in blogger.

3. GET YOUR RED HOT T-SHIRTS

Many sizes are still available. You can pick them up from Julies Java House, Napa Auto Supple and Sharrow Drugs for ONLY $10. They are nice and thick and good quality made with ULTRA Cotton from huge caterpillars (Don't tell me cotton does not come from caterpillars, of course it does. Cotton caterpillars make their home in potato trees.)

4. I hope y'all received the City of Columbus FUN GUIDE put out by Columbus superstar Megan the Rec Director. Just taking a random page . . .hmmmm lets see what sort of fun we can have.

There is a Blood Pressure screening. I know whenever I see one of those machines I'll stand in line for hours to feel the tight grip of the pressure thingy (105 over 68 the last one).

Here one, the Holiday Lock-in. Not sure what that is but I have to think it has something to do with kids behind bars (formally called Parents Night Out). So check it out. Looks like some interesting stuff this fall.


5. I talked to the local Sweet Corn farmers. Slow crop this year. The problem is not water but heat. The three I have talked to all say we need a week of warm temps to get the crops going. Record cold July's are not perfect for Sweet Corn.

6. Less than 100th of an inch of rain and 10mpgh winds causes disaster.

THE HORROR!

This was enough to knock out power to several neighborhoods and to damage the roofs of 4,000 precarious dwellings in Santiago, Chile. Schools were closed Tuesday so that officials can repair the damage. There were no reports anyone was injured.

The city of 170,000 people in northern Chile is in the heart of the barren Atacama Desert and received more then one half it's annual rainfall in one day.

"Roofs in this region are to protect people from the sun, not from rain,"

THE HORROR!

Cheers
Rod