Comments on: Japanese Weather Forecasts Warn You About Cockroaches, Beer

By: crella

crella — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 02:01:00 +0000

Don’t forget the ‘degree of beer enjoyment forecast’ with the beer mugs on it!

http://weather.nifty.com/cs/index-information/all-06/1.htm

By: crella

crella — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 01:52:00 +0000

Ya, that’s the pollen forecast (damned pollen!)

By: crella

crella — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 01:51:00 +0000

My son splatters them with a pellet gun from the local toy store.

By: Shollum

Shollum — Sun, 13 Jan 2013 04:39:00 +0000

Interesting info about the Asian cockroaches. And I was making an attempt at humor about the giant cockroaches since Japan is famous for giant things (usually fake), including bugs (Mothra, giant hornets, etc.).

By: Jonadab

Jonadab — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 00:19:00 +0000

> A flyswatter for cockroaches?

These are probably Asian cockroaches. They’re significantly different from the ones we have in (most of) the States. Among other things, they are more commonly seen outdoors than indoors, which would explain why the weather people started reporting on them. Also, they take to their wings more readily than American roaches. The Asian roaches were inadvertently introduced to southern Florida and have become an invasive species there. There’s an old but fairly detailed article about them here:
http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/10/03/2426546/they-fly-they-swarm-and-theyre.html
(The author of that article mostly writes humor, but although this article has some humor in it, it’s mostly straight up reporting.)

> I wouldn’t be surprised if giant cockroaches

Actually, giant cockroaches are mostly found in Latin America, Africa, and, famously, Madagascar.

By: Flora

Flora — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 19:24:00 +0000

I would definitely use the roach forecast – I hate the little buggers with a flaming, weapons-grade passion, so it’d be a great indicator of when to stock up on basil.