on 7/22/04 6:06 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > A raindrop falling on dry soil changes the osmotic circumstances for 10^9 > organisms there within by around 50 bar in a fraction of a second. It is > astounding that they survive, but they do. As a by the way, microcurrents in > the air subject insects such as gnats > to accelerations of 10-100G from brief > periods, and they seem able to withstand this as well!
Gee, that's too bad. I'd love to exert a few thousand g's to all of the mosquitos and gnats that proliferate around here..... probably cause a flood though, then more mosquitos and gnats (blackflies) charles by the way, that paph malipoense is just starting to unfold one of the two flowers that started towards the end of last winter. I had predicted that it would be around for our orchid club show in October, so if it takes a full month to unfold (middle of august) and is around for a few weeks, the second flower may still be around for the show -- Charles Ufford Calen the Border Collie CGC - now in Heaven Oriskany, NY USA IPA, Central NY and Southern Tier Orchid Societies [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.paphiopedilum.net Http://www.geocities.com/charlesufford
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