Re: After the floods comes ...?

On Jul 27, 11:34 pm, Rodney Blackall <rblack...@rodsrisc.demon.co.uk>
wrote:
> As the floods subside I bet there are going to be some persistent lakes. How
> long does it take for mosquitos to find these, lay their eggs and hatch?
>
> A hot dry wind can evaporate an awful lot of water very quickly, but I
> wonder if it can do it quickly enough to stop a plague of mozzies?
>
> To catch the mozzies a plague of spiders; to clear the spiders ...?
>
> --
> Rodney Blackall (retired meteorologist)(BSc, FRMetS, MRI)
> Buckingham, ENGLAND
> Using Acorn SA-RPC, OS 4.02 with ANT INS and Pluto 3.03j

It ends up with horses but I can't remember all the intermediate
fauna.

Tudor Hughes

Tudor Hughes wrote:

> On Jul 27, 11:34 pm, Rodney Blackall <rblack...@rodsrisc.demon.co.uk>
> wrote:
>> As the floods subside I bet there are going to be some persistent lakes.
>> How long does it take for mosquitos to find these, lay their eggs and
>> hatch?
>>
>> A hot dry wind can evaporate an awful lot of water very quickly, but I
>> wonder if it can do it quickly enough to stop a plague of mozzies?
>>
>> To catch the mozzies a plague of spiders; to clear the spiders ...?
>>
>> --
>> Rodney Blackall (retired meteorologist)(BSc, FRMetS, MRI)
>> Buckingham, ENGLAND
>> Using Acorn SA-RPC, OS 4.02 with ANT INS and Pluto 3.03j
>
> It ends up with horses but I can't remember all the intermediate
> fauna.
>

Fly - spider - bird - cat - dog - cow - horse.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/There_W...wallowed_a_Fly gives
one of the nearest versions of the lyrics to what I remember being sung by
Burl Ives. Some versions include a goat -
http://www.traditionalmusic.co.uk/ch...owed_a_Fly.htm

--
Graham P Davis
Bracknell, Berks., UK
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Tudor Hughes	Re: After the floods comes ...? On Jul 27, 11:34 pm, Rodney Blackall <rblack...@rodsrisc.demon.co.uk> wrote: > As the floods subside I bet there are going to be some persistent lakes. How > long does it take for mosquitos to find these, lay their eggs and hatch? > > A hot dry wind can evaporate an awful lot of water very quickly, but I > wonder if it can do it quickly enough to stop a plague of mozzies? > > To catch the mozzies a plague of spiders; to clear the spiders ...? > > -- > Rodney Blackall (retired meteorologist)(BSc, FRMetS, MRI) > Buckingham, ENGLAND > Using Acorn SA-RPC, OS 4.02 with ANT INS and Pluto 3.03j It ends up with horses but I can't remember all the intermediate fauna. Tudor Hughes

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Graham P Davis	Re: After the floods comes ...? Tudor Hughes wrote: > On Jul 27, 11:34 pm, Rodney Blackall <rblack...@rodsrisc.demon.co.uk> > wrote: >> As the floods subside I bet there are going to be some persistent lakes. >> How long does it take for mosquitos to find these, lay their eggs and >> hatch? >> >> A hot dry wind can evaporate an awful lot of water very quickly, but I >> wonder if it can do it quickly enough to stop a plague of mozzies? >> >> To catch the mozzies a plague of spiders; to clear the spiders ...? >> >> -- >> Rodney Blackall (retired meteorologist)(BSc, FRMetS, MRI) >> Buckingham, ENGLAND >> Using Acorn SA-RPC, OS 4.02 with ANT INS and Pluto 3.03j > > It ends up with horses but I can't remember all the intermediate > fauna. > Fly - spider - bird - cat - dog - cow - horse. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/There_W...wallowed_a_Fly gives one of the nearest versions of the lyrics to what I remember being sung by Burl Ives. Some versions include a goat - http://www.traditionalmusic.co.uk/ch...owed_a_Fly.htm -- Graham P Davis Bracknell, Berks., UK Send e-mails to "newsman" as mails to "newsboy" are ignored.