here we go for another hurricane season. i hope those places that were hit hard last year are ok this year. right not we have hurricane dean bearing down on barbados.
Every time i see those things swirling around on the news i worry about everyone down there. Its hard for me to relate being where i am geographically. It must be hell…knowing its coming at you and you can’t really do anything.
Be safe man.
well usually barbados gets missed due to its geographical location. they always come straight at us then vear north last minute. but dean looks like its comming right at us this time
yup. gone north again. all we are getting here is some rain.
Luckily down here in Australia we dont really have naturally disaster (except the odd celebrity mind you) but geez we have some deadly animals… spiders, snakes..etc..
I have Cousins over there
I have a cousin in Australia that was almost killed by a Funnel Web - what is that really big one - the Huntsman !!! I’d shit meself if ever saw one of them - although they have black widows here, size matters when it comes to spiders !!
The huntsman is a fairly common and not deadly spider. A bite from a huntsman will just be a little painfull.
They look pretty damn spooky tho. We get lots around our house 
Yeah funnel webs are VERY deadly. So are redbacks but they are tiny.
Luckily the only thing that can kill you in NZ is 2 varieties of spider- Katipo and Redback. And drunk drivers, which is more likely.
On the subject of australian spiders, you should google ‘bird-spider’ they’re massive!
oh yeah.. bird spiders.. its like an alien face hugger.. :shock:
Yeah you should be glad you dont have those little buggers scuttling about the neighbourhood!
yeah and how!!!
Huntsmans give me the creeps as it is.
Especially when they crawl down my windscreen as im driving.. inside and outside :shock:
this is the badboy that passed north of us. upgraded to a catigory 2 now and expected to continue growing. as you can see where barbados is we are getting shit loads of rain here.
for those who dont know where barbados is
Have you ever thought about leaving before a storm
I had a friend who was doing costume work on the last two Pirates films, I think they where based in St. Thomas, this is two years ago, and they sent the crew to Los Angeles because there where a couple of nasty storms coming. Do you ever think of leaving if you see something huge coming your way - how would even do that ? Do they close down the airports ?
I don’t know how you deal with those high winds, where I am from in the Dublin mountains we get lots of wind, but nothing that strong. My dad used to do roofing work, which gives you great respect for it’s force, when you are 80 feet up holding your dad on a rope and 30 mph gust hits you !! - that is terrifying.
As for spiders and other killer things - we have none of them in Ireland. After the last Ice Age there was a land bridge that connected the british isles to the rest of Europe, it is thought that after the snow melted, the animals ( which had retreated to Africa) made their way back across Europe. But by the time they made it to The United Kingdom the bridge connection to Ireland was gone. Hence we have so snakes, spiders and lots of the other things.
In Ireland the only things that can kill you is drink and the women - they’ll do the trick quicker then any red-back :lol:
the airport was open yesterday, but i havent heard any plans flying in today. As for running there isnt much of that to be done, just hunker down and take whats comming. but like i said it usually goes north. last time we got hit was in the 50’s. we all keep saying though that we are due for one so every time the season starts we all rush off to stock up our canned goods and candles and batteries and every season we are missed. we had lots of rain and highish winds this morning but that was about all we had
that cant be real sized
True alright - and it gets worse - Jesus !
…The tarantula hawks prefer female tarantulas and seek them in their burrows. They capture (often following a dramatic battle), sting and paralyze the spider. Next they either drag the spider back into her own burrow or transport their prey to a specially prepared nest where a single egg is laid on the spider’s body, and the entrance is covered. The wasp larva, upon hatching, begins to suck the juices from the still-living spider. After the larva grows a bit, the spider dies and the larva plunges into the spider’s body and feeds voraciously, avoiding vital organs for as long as possible to keep it fresh. - source Wikipedia
http://www.desertusa.com/video\_pages/thawk1.html - what it drag a spider to it’s doom.
- although I’m not sure I have huge amount of sympathy for the tarantulas involved :shock: - I had no idea such things exist and in California to boot.
Good grief.
Um. I think we’re going to need a bigger fly swatter the next time I visit CA. I wouldn’t even want that thing to hit my windshield!
Yikes :shock: I’m not really afraid of bugs but that thing would scare the shit out of me if it was flying towards me. No wonder my wife didn’t want to stay in LA.
via wikipedia…
These wasps are usually not aggressive[1], but the sting, particularly of Pepsis formosa, is among the most painful of any insect. Commenting on his own experience, one researcher described the pain as “…immediate, excruciating pain that simply shuts down one’s ability to do anything, except, perhaps, scream. Mental discipline simply does not work in these situations.”[2] It is listed near the top of the list in Schmidt Sting Pain Index. Although the sting is quite painful the effect is reported to last only a few minutes and is fatal less often than the honey bee. Because of their stingers, very few animals are able to eat them; one of the few animals that can is the roadrunner.
The best of both in Australia…
Spider Wasp as Cryptocheilus bicolor, and specifically mentions its fondness for Huntsman Spiders. The site states: "Spider Wasps are active in gardens during summer months. The Spider Wasp most commonly encountered is Cryptocheilus bicolor . This is a very large (up to 35 mm long) black wasp with orange wings and legs and a broad orange band around its abdomen. It holds its wings up when resting but flicks them when it hops and runs about on its long legs. Spider wasps are often seen digging in soft sandy soil, dragging huntsman spiders along. "