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17-year locust hatches occur every year, it just that the batch this year have been grubs in the ground for the previous 17 years and a separate emergence will occur next year. > ---------- > From: Janet Paterson[SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Thursday, August 20, 1998 3:49 AM > To: Multiple recipients of list PARKINSN > Subject: npd - squirrels > > overheard on the bus: > > With 500 days remaining until the year 2000, many people are > frantically worrying about the impact of the infamous Y2K problem. > But, according to a recent report in USA Today, even if the world > survives the Y2K problem intact, there is another problem looming in > the future that few people even know about: the Y2K+4 problem. > > In the year 2004, many parts of the United States will be besieged by > the 17-year return of the locust. While the damage to United States > agriculture will be immense, even more frightening is the fact that > squirrels LOVE to eat locusts. So, in 2004 there will be a whole > mess of fat squirrels. Fat squirrels mean large litters. And large > litters mean MORE SQUIRRELS! > > anonymouse >