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‘Island Of Fire Ants’ Discovered In Houston Flooding
CBS DFW ^ | August 27, 2017 10:41 PM

Posted on 08/28/2017 10:38:36 AM PDT by Red Badger

One danger evacuees and first responders are dealing with along with the flooding in Houston is fire ants.

Islands of fire ants!

CBS News correspondent Omar Villafranca tweeted a photo from Houston as the ants formed a protective island in the high water.

According to Orkin.com, fire ants can exist in colonies of up to 250,000 workers and will sting intruders repeatedly. Fire ants feed on animal or vegetable sources of food according to the web site.

No reports yet of anyone getting bitten by fire ants.

Tropical Storm Harvey continues to head back toward the Gulf of Mexico at a slow pace.

In its 10 p.m. CDT Sunday advisory, the National Hurricane Center reported that the storm still had sustained winds of up to 40 mph and is centered 20 miles east of Victoria, Texas, about 120 miles southwest of Houston. It continues to creep to the east-southeast at 3 mph.

That means it remains virtually stalled near the coast and continues to drop heavy rain on the Houston and Galveston areas. In the past 48 hours, numerous spots in the region have measured more than 25 inches of rainfall.

The hurricane center says Harvey’s center was expected to drift off the middle Texas coast on Monday and meander offshore through Tuesday before beginning “a slow northeastward motion.”


TOPICS: US: Louisiana; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: fireants; flood; houston; hurricaneharvey; insects; wildlife
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To: 38special

Those skeeters will be so big, you’ll need a shotgun to go skeet shooting.


121 posted on 08/28/2017 5:57:23 PM PDT by Redcitizen
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To: longfellow

The naked jungle.
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I recall reading that book in the ‘50s, when I was a teen!
Those army ants destroy everything in their path when they are on the move.


122 posted on 08/28/2017 6:29:25 PM PDT by octex
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To: Red Badger

Yes sir. It will work.


123 posted on 08/28/2017 6:32:16 PM PDT by Rannug (When you're dead, you're dead. Until then fight with everything you have.)
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To: gundog
We we’re all in olive drab. I hated wearing blues.

Or as we called them back then, the "pickle suit." Were you issued 1505's too?

124 posted on 08/28/2017 8:21:28 PM PDT by higgmeister ( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken)
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To: seawolf101
Saw this on twitter - #sharks Didn't say where or when, but would be greatly surprised if it's not photoshopped.


125 posted on 08/28/2017 10:33:47 PM PDT by Perseverando (For Progressives, Islamonazis & other Totalitarians: It's all about PEOPLE CONTROL!)
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To: octex

You’ve got to see the movie.


126 posted on 08/29/2017 8:14:06 AM PDT by longfellow (Bill Maher, the 21st hijacker.)
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To: Rannug

And on land also. Amazing stuff.


127 posted on 08/29/2017 8:39:33 AM PDT by Rannug (When you're dead, you're dead. Until then fight with everything you have.)
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To: higgmeister

I remember “pickles,” and “canned pickles” when we got our name tags sewn on. Don’t know what 1505’s are, by that name.


128 posted on 08/29/2017 9:31:04 AM PDT by gundog (Hail to the Chief, bitches.)
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To: gundog
I remember “pickles,” and “canned pickles” when we got our name tags sewn on. Don’t know what 1505’s are, by that name.

1505's were the khaki uniform, like the blue uniforms were 1549/1550. I was one of the last BMT flights to get that issue in 1975 and they were so old and mismatched that the khaki trousers had a pink hue. We suspected that they had tried to clear out the old Army Air Corps supply from before 1947.

129 posted on 08/29/2017 6:17:22 PM PDT by higgmeister ( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken)
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To: higgmeister

No, we didn’t get those. I was in ‘81-’85. They kept floating rumors that we’d get the suede boots and cammies, but no. Just perm press fatigues and boots we had to shine.


130 posted on 08/29/2017 7:04:37 PM PDT by gundog (Hail to the Chief, bitches.)
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To: AppyPappy

Eventually burns itself out in water and you have removed a nest of red devils in the process.


131 posted on 08/30/2017 11:07:55 AM PDT by sarge83
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To: sarge83

Unless it makes it to a house first.


132 posted on 08/30/2017 11:20:02 AM PDT by AppyPappy (Don't mistake your dorm political discussions with the desires of the nation)
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