Locust Alert In Middle East As Plague Descends On Egypt And Creates Panic In Israel

[Purveyor]

As swarms of locust devour Egyptian crops, the Middle East is bracing for the destructive bugs to migrate their way ahead of the Passover holiday.

A swarm of an estimated 30million insects has been devastating crops in Egypt, fuelling apocalyptic fears because of the infestation’s proximity to the Bible story of Passover in which a swarm of locusts, the eighth of ten plagues, is imposed on Egyptians by God for enslaving and abusing ancient Hebrews.

Israel’s Agriculture Ministry set up an emergency hotline today and urged residents to be vigilant in reporting sightings of the insects to prevent an outbreak.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2287902/Locust-alert-Middle-East-plague-descends-Egypt-creates-panic-Israel.html#ixzz2Mc0xtctr

[Rex]

1. 30 million!!

That is a lot of crickets! Yikes!

[cali]

2. lol. stupid piece of shit Daily Mail

Man, what a piece of trash. It amazes me that anyone here uses it as a source of anything. It is, however, an example of classic tabloid style writing.

[Purveyor]

4. Like I give a fuck what you think. AP has the story if you need clarification. eom

[cali]

9. Right back at you, sweetie

now do post more shit. You're so good at that.

[Hayabusa]

3. How long before the "OMG! End o' da wurld!" brigade

shows up?

[azurnoir]

5. Not long in fact they already have

[Leslie Valley]

6. As has been predicted

Global warming may worsen locust swarms

Ancient records link a hotter climate to more damaging infestations.

Jane Qiu

Analysis of Chinese historical records stretching back for over a thousand years show that locust outbreaks are more likely to occur in warmer and drier weather, especially in the country's northern provinces, researchers say.

"The results are an alarm bell for yet another serious consequence of climate change," says Ge Quansheng, deputy director of the Beijing-based Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, who was not involved with the study.

http://www.nature.com/news/2009/091007/full/news.2009.978.html

[msongs]

7. will the "loving" Israelite god murder all the first born of egypt....again. what a nice deity! nt

[talkingmime]

8. Somebody pissed off God again.