Fast-growing tumbleweed called hairy panic blows into Australian city.
Residents of a rural Australian city are frustrated by a fast-growing tumbleweed called hairy panic that is piling up outside their houses, covering lawns and blocking doors and windows.
Hairy panic is piling up outside several homes in Wangaratta in north-east Victoria – at times reportedly reaching roof height – forcing residents to clear it several times a day. About 20 residences on Bella Way, a new development hard against the fringe of farmland, have been particularly affected, with the grass blowing over from neighbouring fields. more
Hey it could be worse, it could be killer tomatoes.
Or pods full of exact replicas of people like in the original B&W 50’s version of Invasion Of The Body Snatchers. I had a brain fart since it’s way too early to think and had to look that up to remember it. Where’s Kevin McCarthy when you need him?
One more and I’m done, I just noticed everyone missed with the tushy comments the other day, how about Invasion Of The Tushy Bodies.
Tushy Snatchers, geoff, Tushy Snatchers.
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You got me on that one. LOL.
Invasion of the Porn Weed.
That would have to be Hairy Pubic in order to be a Porn Weed.
Looks like the 50 Foot Woman got a trim.
Looks as if someone took a shedding blade to Lil Debbie Wasserman-Schlitz’ hair. It’s about time, too!
Coming from tumbleweed country, there is a huge risk here. It’s not just the weeds, but the wind that moves them.
Two things can happen. The amount of weeds against a structure, especially a fence, can start acting like a sail in the wind and exert tremendous force. I’ve seen fences knocked over, barbed wire broken, windows and patio doors caved in. Worse than that, is the risk of fire. Tumbleweed – at least the use version, which is Russian thistle – burns fast and hot. Fueled by wind, an accumulation can set almost any flammable structure on fire. Often, a huge pile of tumbleweed will short out electric lines and actually set themselves on fire.
It’s like the dry climate version of heavy, wet snow accumulation on the roof.
I try to see the upside of things and see if it can work for me somehow.
If I had this problem, I’m damn sure I would be the proud owner of a few flamethrowers.
“Why you need that?” someone asks as I buy one.
Because Hairy Panic. I’ll let you burn some with the `thrower for $15.00 a minute. Game?
@ Trooper John Smith
Is it feasible to use a high chain link fence around a property as a catch that could be burn cleaned often before it built up too much?
I’m supposing that would only be do-able out in the country where your neighbor and your self are far enough from that fence line.