If you think we have it bad.

Rows Grower

Look what these poor people have to put up with, it's going to be like a living hell out there soon...

https://www.breakingnews.ie/world/new-wave-of-locusts-threatens-millions-in-africa-993344.html

topper75

In raw numbers this is a far greater threat.

The media here will weigh a couple of hundred old foggies shuffling off early heavier than millions of poor starving bastards far away. Not their fault really though as commercial entities. It is about what sells.

If this all plays out worse case scenario though, lifeboat Europe is going to get seriously swamped and then Covid-19 is childsplay.

Rows Grower

If they could collect and transport the shagging things the Chinese would probably buy them.

ChikiChiki

2020 so far

Locusts, Bushfires and a Global Pandemic. Hasn't been a great start by all accounts.

the beer revolu

ChikiChiki wrote: »

2020 so far

Locusts, Bushfires and a Global Pandemic. Hasn't been a great start by all accounts.

At least David Bowie didn't die.

SuperSean11

Eat em

Grab All Association

This thread just reminds me of The Simpson’s episode- Two Bad Neighbours.

TheValeyard

So which of the horsemen are left to appear?

Ash.J.Williams

part of boys own and part of westlife have actually combined to form boyslife

Bobblehats

Whats the old saying, what happens in Lagos stays in Lagos?
To my mind anyway

FFVII

2 many people.

We're trying to brin down the numbers the hard way.

jimgoose

Plague of Locusts, eh? Meh - it's been done. Good example of the kind of thing that happens when the knit-your-own-tofu crowd get too much of their way and things like insect control become dangerously underfunded. This kind of thing has been happening in that part of the World since forever.

topper75

FFVII wrote: »

2 many people.

We're trying to brin down the numbers the hard way.

Yeah what is wrong with some good old-fashioned decent sterilisation? :eek:

Your Face

TheValeyard wrote: »

So which of the horsemen are left to appear?

Ric Flair

Rows Grower

jimgoose wrote: »

Plague of Locusts, eh? Meh - it's been done. Good example of the kind of thing that happens when the knit-your-own-tofu crowd get too much of their way and things like insect control become dangerously underfunded. This kind of thing has been happening in that part of the World since forever.

This is the biggest outbreak that some countries have seen in 70 years though, it says it in the first paragraph.

jimgoose

Rows Grower wrote: »

This is the biggest outbreak that some countries have seen in 70 years though, it says it in the first paragraph.

Yes, I know. This is the kind of thing you tend to get when the saggy-titted agri-lesbians are taken too seriously. It says it in my post.

Rows Grower

jimgoose wrote: »

Yes, I know. This is the kind of thing you tend to get when the saggy-titted agro-lesbians are taken seriously. It says it in my post.

That makes no sense at all jim, much like your previous post.

jimgoose

Rows Grower wrote: »

That makes no sense at all jim, much like your previous post.

Keep reading it until you get it, along with a history of locust swarming in that region since about 1860. Happy Easter.

Quantum Erasure

1 new case of #Ebola was confirmed today by surveillance & response teams in Northeastern #DRC after 52 days without a case.
@WHO remains as committed as ever to bringing this outbreak to an end.

https://twitter.com/WHOAFRO/status/1248638081789562886

AllForIt

Think someone should call pest control.

uch

TheValeyard wrote: »

So which of the horsemen are left to appear?

The one with the white horse

Guy:Incognito

jimgoose wrote: »

Keep reading it until you get it, along with a history of locust swarming in that region since about 1860. Happy Easter.

How can it be both the result of all the new fangled vegan lesbians and also always been happening?

jimgoose

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

How can it be both the result of all the new fangled vegan lesbians and also always been happening?

What I mean is, certain misguided environmental policies are making the locust issue that much worse.

rn

ChikiChiki wrote: »

2020 so far

Locusts, Bushfires and a Global Pandemic. Hasn't been a great start by all accounts.

It's because they legalised abortion and gay marriage in the 6 counties... Or so I'm told!

RobAMerc

rn wrote: »

It's because they legalised abortion and gay marriage in the 6 counties... Or so I'm told!

Actually no, its because of pubs opening on a good Friday - certainly Covid19 is gods response to this outrage!

branie2

It's like a biblical plague

Rows Grower

jimgoose wrote: »

What I mean is, certain misguided environmental policies are making the locust issue that much worse.

We were meant to deciher that from your "Knit your own tofu and saggy titted agri-lesbians" comments?

Das Reich

African way to control any problem: having 10 children.

jimgoose

Rows Grower wrote: »

We were meant to deciher that from your "Knit your own tofu and saggy titted agri-lesbians" comments?

What you decipher or otherwise is of no intetest to me.

B.A._Baracus

I see where you were coming from by posting this op. It's gonna be more hardship for people as this locust will destroy crops. It's sad.

Problem is no one cares. You can see yourself by the replies so far. Sure people may argue that we have are own problems with Corona (which is true) but even if it wasn't around no one would still care. As this doesn't directly effect people over here.

Funny ol world we live in.

the beer revolu

jimgoose wrote: »

What I mean is, certain misguided environmental policies are making the locust issue that much worse.

Things like monoculture?

I rarely see the hippy lesbians advocating for that.

Ihavetheaids

Rows Grower wrote: »

Look what these poor people have to put up with, it's going to be like a living hell out there soon...

https://www.breakingnews.ie/world/new-wave-of-locusts-threatens-millions-in-africa-993344.html

So what , **** them

mossie11

Das Reich wrote: »

African way to control any problem: having 10 children.

It was the Irish way.....

Rows Grower

B.A._Baracus wrote: »

I see where you were coming from by posting this op. It's gonna be more hardship for people as this locust will destroy crops. It's sad.

Problem is no one cares. You can see yourself by the replies so far. Sure people may argue that we have are own problems with Corona (which is true) but even if it wasn't around no one would still care. As this doesn't directly effect people over here.

Funny ol world we live in.

Yeah, it's sad that some people can distance themselves so much and not have any empathy.

But thankfully we do have a lot of silent hero's here within the farming community in Ireland who have been very supportive of projects that have helped some of the poorer people of Africa to become self sufficient

A good friend of mine has done an awful lot work in the regions affected and about to be affected by this and a lot of the projects he has initiated will be decimated by this but I'd be optimistic that the Irish farming community will not be found wanting when it comes to providing renewed assistance to help get the projects back up and running again.