The attack of locusts in Aquila, the town

WiNaDeYo · 07-15-2009, 11:38 PM

I have been surfing the net for the past 30 minutes and have NOT found one single story on this...and I have NOT heard a word about it on the local nor national news...

Googling brings up a bunch of things like this:

Quote:

My Telegraph > http://my.telegraph.co.uk
From L'Aquila, Italy, the latest fine holiday location for the junket of choice. ... These things are infesting our green fields like a rash of locusts, ...
my.telegraph.co.uk/go/tag/view/blog_post/scam - Cached - Similar

but the link has nothing to do with the news of locusts invading the city of L'Aquila!

Please verify bizzar news flashes, please!

burgundia · 07-16-2009, 03:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WiNaDeYo

I have been surfing the net for the past 30 minutes and have NOT found one single story on this...and I have NOT heard a word about it on the local nor national news...

Googling brings up a bunch of things like this:

but the link has nothing to do with the news of locusts invading the city of L'Aquila!

Please verify bizzar news flashes, please!

I found it on the polish internet in the official news section on two major portals. So where did they get this information from? If it is false i do not understand the reason behind it. I know most will not understand because it is in polish but this is what the news says about the locust.
Świat
ODSŁUCHAJ
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PAP, KKz/15.07.2009 21:43
Włochy: atak milionów groźnych owadów
O prawdziwym pechu mogą mówić mieszkańcy miasta L'Aquila i okolic w Abruzji we Włoszech. Po katastrofalnym trzęsieniu ziemi w kwietniu, obecnie zmagają się z innym dotkliwym problemem - szarańczą.
Opanowała ona domy, urzędy, w tym nowy, tymczasowy gmach sądu, a także miasteczka namiotowe.

Wszędzie są miliony owadów. W niektórych gmachach użyteczności publicznej, gdzie masowo przybywają pozbawieni dachu nad głową ludzie, by załatwiać życiowe dla nich sprawy, zamknięto pokoje, opanowane przez szarańcze.

W nocy ze środy na czwartek ma się odbyć wielka operacja dezynsekcji. Miejscowe służby sanitarne pobrały próbki, by zbadać, jak groźne są te insekty.

Humble Janitor · 07-16-2009, 06:12 AM

Hopefully not off topic but when I was cleaning earlier, I came across what I believe was a dead locust. Just googled a photo and it's pretty much what I thought it was. Yikes. I've never seen a locust in my life before and I have no idea how it got inside of the building.

07-16-2009, 06:12 AM	#3
Humble Janitor Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 3,201	Re: The attack of locusts in Aquila, the town Hopefully not off topic but when I was cleaning earlier, I came across what I believe was a dead locust. Just googled a photo and it's pretty much what I thought it was. Yikes. I've never seen a locust in my life before and I have no idea how it got inside of the building.