Superdrome under 3 feet of water

Florida_brit · #21 Postby **Florida_brit** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 11:38 am

More patients being taken to the superdome, apparently. That's not good as the conditions described in there do not sound like a good place to take hospital patients.

http://www.wwltv.com/local/stories/WWLBLOG.ac3fcea.html

Yep fire ants have been known to swim in storm water...nasty nasty things!

JuliannaMKH · #22 Postby **JuliannaMKH** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 11:39 am

Fire ant bites hurt like crazy, too. If you're allergic they can cause you to have a reaction.

therealashe · #23 Postby **therealashe** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 11:39 am

Fire ants sting, and the stings REALLY REALLY hurt. You get little blisters from them.

Fire ants. <shudder>

#24 Postby **Mattie** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 11:47 am

For those that are unfamiliar with the "fire ants" - those little suckers are determined to stay alive and AFLOAT! They float through the water in big packs - imagine a stirre up ant bed without the dirt.

These can cause great bodily injury if you happen to have an encounter with this floating mass. (not to mention all of the other water life that has been uprooted from their safe havens -

If you have never been to New Orleans and sat on the levee late at night and have seen the rats (yes - "river rats"), some are as large as a small cat. That would be a pretty nasty surprise as well.

#25 Postby **sponger** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 11:52 am

yes I can tell you from experience, I went to school at St Philip Neri in Metarie and they were relentless. A loating colony could be tens of thousands or more!

Superdrome under 3 feet of water

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