Beautiful Night Tonight

In the deep south, it's been an eerily mild winter. Hardly any cold at all. Warmest in five years... so with the full moon, I thought I'd pass on this warning to anybody else on the gulf coast or Florida.

Termites swarm on the first full moon night of spring. Formosan and other rotten types see the full moon's light and try to fly to it. Termites are poor flyers, however. Your front porch light is much closer, so they fly to it. By the billions... You may wake up to find half your house covered in "swarmers."

They land on your house, shed their wings, and head down your siding to your foundation, where they dig in for the next few years. All Hail the Queen!

So turn off your front light on full moon nights, even if your Terminix policy is paid up.

How do I know? This has happened to me... three times.


Also, Krull?

you don't have to worry about termites. But seeing the Skunk Ape... that's real bad news. Set a non-lethal trap, I wanna see pictures of it.



Ad Astra
 
There is no khukuri effective against swarms of termites, driving deep into the foundation of your home. A real horror movie, Mike, thanks!

I wonder if you sprayed your house then what would happen? Probably knock the bugs a step backwards in their evolution.



munk
 
munk said:
I wonder if you sprayed your house then what would happen? Probably knock the bugs a step backwards in their evolution.

munk
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"We killed them by the thousand, still they came... "

Sprayed away, mopped away, swatted- you get the picture. They were buzzing through the house. Someone was visiting, and when they saw the mess, and a termite flew by in the living room, he said, "You're scre_ed."

____


Sad but funny footnote:

Our house later took a 10' storm surge. The subsequent flooding washed away my Terminix coverage but also killed anything subterreanean, even red ants were not seen for a year. An 8' surge nine months later made sure of it. Katrina, a month later, only gave us 6' but it covered the yard again.

In the reconstruction much termite-chewed wood was found and replaced.

Insurance did not pay for termite-damaged wood replacement.


Mike
 
It was beautiful again last night. Real warm too.

I need to correct myself though.

I think I said I was doing a 2 mile hike.

I took my GPS last night and it's only 1.3 miles:rolleyes:

You guys ever play with one of these? My dad got me this one Christmas before last. I took it on the last backpacking trip where I had never gone on part of the trip and got the coordinates for the turnoffs and programmed them in so I wouldn't get lost:thumbup: Works great and tells you how far you have gone.
 
Here's the story I've heard on the GPS; when it gets below zero. the batteries won't work right and the unit malfunctions. People here have a compass as well.

I wonder if there is any battery tech that would eliminate this problem?



munk
 
munk said:
Here's the story I've heard on the GPS; when it gets below zero. the batteries won't work right and the unit malfunctions. People here have a compass as well.

I wonder if there is any battery tech that would eliminate this problem?



munk
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Interesting. I can't recall the manual saying anything about that but make sense. On the other hand I'd never go camping in below zero weather, and if I hiked then I guess I could carry under my coat.

I can't see much use in them if you know the way, or if the trail is well marked. On the other hand as far as like water, you can mark the coordinates to springs so you kind of know how much water to carry. When I'm hiking I try to only carry as much water as I might need till the next place that has it.

Also if you are bushwhacking you can hit backtrack and it will point you back out of the way you came. On the other hand the accuracy is not outstanding, so if you are going thru a slim trail thru a thicket you better keep your eye on the trail cause most of the time it won't put you right ON the trail but say 15 or 20 feet within the general area.:o
 
Munk...I *saw* that...

ps: Lithium batteries are best for cold applications...discharge slower and less effected by the temps.
 
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