What was that wet stuff falling from the sky in Vegas all day today?It had been 118 days without a drop of rain (a new record). 118 day!! Really how does anything....man, animal or plant survive here?
What was that wet stuff falling from the sky in Vegas all day today?
Fake stuff. Diverting resources from places that are actually sustainable. That is how they survive. Not many plants, or animals for that matter, do.
Are there many insects in Vegas? Or is the desert not a habitable place for them?
I have seen very few 'flies', like a house fly or outdoor fly...like none that I can remember. Also no mosquitoes. But there are spiders and roaches.Originally Posted by Alan Mendelson
Most apartment complexes in Vegas have a big roach problem, both indoor and outdoors. One of my favorite spots to go is UNLV campus, because there is grass and real trees (as opposed to palm trees). If you take a walk around campus in the evenings, there are a million roaches. And some of the biggest nastiest roaches you have ever seen. I think I read roaches thrive everywhere.
They are not roaches. They are palmetto bugs. Don't want to scare the tourists.Originally Posted by kewlJI have seen very few 'flies', like a house fly or outdoor fly...like none that I can remember. Also no mosquitoes. But there are spiders and roaches.Originally Posted by Alan Mendelson
Most apartment complexes in Vegas have a big roach problem, both indoor and outdoors. One of my favorite spots to go is UNLV campus, because there is grass and real trees (as opposed to palm trees). If you take a walk around campus in the evenings, there are a million roaches. And some of the biggest nastiest roaches you have ever seen. I think I read roaches thrive everywhere.
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I noticed that the roach problem only existed in the spring and summer. These were weird, larger roaches -- different than the ones I would see in California, but much more numerous.Originally Posted by kewlJI have seen very few 'flies', like a house fly or outdoor fly...like none that I can remember. Also no mosquitoes. But there are spiders and roaches.Originally Posted by Alan Mendelson
Most apartment complexes in Vegas have a big roach problem, both indoor and outdoors. One of my favorite spots to go is UNLV campus, because there is grass and real trees (as opposed to palm trees). If you take a walk around campus in the evenings, there are a million roaches. And some of the biggest nastiest roaches you have ever seen. I think I read roaches thrive everywhere.
On one of my radio shows, I once made a funny prank call to a Mesquite casino, where I pretended to be a very high roller wanting to gamble there, but only if they could guarantee none of these roaches would enter my room. It was in July, and they were in a panic trying to assure me they would do their best, but afraid to make an outright guarantee because "these are a reality all over southern Nevada". I kept pretending not to understand and stated that I won't gamble anymore in Vegas because it must be a dirty town due to the roaches.
Regarding bugs, it's probably more dryness keeping them away than heat. Bugs can tolerate heat fairly well.
Cold is the big killer of bugs. They are cold-blooded, meaning they need to get heat from the environment. They can't generate their own body heat like animals can. When it drops below 55 degrees, most bugs cannot move, or if they can, they can't fly. When it drops below 40, most bugs need to either hibernate somewhere or die.
This is why bugs vanish in the winter for the most part -- at least in areas where the vast majority of the day/night stays below 55 degrees. I live in an area of southern California which is little bit cooler than LA, so we usually have ZERO bugs anywhere from late November through the end of January. We are actually seeing some this year because of the unusually warm December, and the fact that even the cooler days have had unusually mild low temperatures. But usually around here it drops to 45 or so by 6:30pm in December/January, so that's not at all hospitable to bugs.
Vegas is both too cold for bugs in the winter and too dry for them in the summer, so you don't see many aside from the aforementioned roaches.
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kewlj since you live in a house: termites?
I've often heard there are two types of houses: houses with termites now, and houses that will get termites later. Is this true in Vegas?
I haven't read about a particularly unusual termite issue in Vegas. I had my house inspected when I moved in a few years ago and was clean. haven't had an inspection since. have had no reason to, as I have seen no indication of termites.Originally Posted by Alan Mendelson
Update on the rain; It rained all night. First time since I have been here that I can remember falling asleep to the sound of raindrops hitting the windows. That was nice. Woke up with it too.Originally Posted by kewlJI haven't read about a particularly unusual termite issue in Vegas. I had my house inspected when I moved in a few years ago and was clean. haven't had an inspection since. have had no reason to, as I have seen no indication of termites.Originally Posted by Alan MendelsonBy the time the rain ends later today we might have had an inch and a half over the last 24 hours. If that doesn't sound like a lot to some anyone, keep in mind, in 2017 Las Vegas has 2.38 inches of rain. lol.
edit: I didn't mean to quote, meant to just add to my last post
About 10 years ago I was looking for a house in Las Vegas and the realtor warned us about black flies. Apparently, unlike the flies we are used to in the midwest, they are aggressive and bite.
I do know that in the past Vegas has had flooding problems, especially the garage of the old Imperial Palace. I wonder if the Linq will worsen those problems?
A lot of people are talking about the 118-day Vegas record of zero rain. Indeed, that's a long stretch, though Los Angeles (which gets far more rain than Vegas overall) has gone through longer stretches. In 1977, there was something like a 6-month stretch without a drop of rain falling. I remember being a little kid and my baby sitter pointing out the first drop of rain in 6 months, when it finally rained that year.
Prior to the rain which fell yesterday, Los Angeles was dealing with another phenomenon. While bits of rain fell here and there, the city had just 0.68 TOTAL inches of rain since March 1. We're talking about a period of more than 10 months, including typically rainy months such as March, April, November, and December! I went through rainfall totals of prior years, and could not find a single stretch like that (10 months or more) with less than 0.68 inches. That's a fluke.
Anyway, this storm dropped about 2 inches in most of southern CA, so that helps a little.
The ski resorts are struggling big time, though. This will help them some, but January is supposed to be a prime month for skiing, and right now it still isn't.
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Weather Channel video of The Linq garage flooding: https://weather.com/news/weather/vid...WX_JK_10918_10
Originally Posted by RRLover
I recall that the old Imperial Palace parking lot was built over a storm wash. It looks like even though there was reconstruction and changed names from Quad and to Linq, mother nature strikes again. I wonder what the car owners did who were parked in the structure when the flood it.
Yep that area, basically where the high roller wheel sits, back to and including Koval road, near the Hilton Vacation complex, all floods out with just a little rain. I used to live at the intersection of Koval and Flamingo just a block away. And yes, with the construction of Linq and the "big wheel", they were supposed to have added advances drainage technology. Seems it is not advanced enough. lolOriginally Posted by FABismonteOriginally Posted by RRLover
I recall that the old Imperial Palace parking lot was built over a storm wash. It looks like even though there was reconstruction and changed names from Quad and to Linq, mother nature strikes again. I wonder what the car owners did who were parked in the structure when the flood it.
You never have to wash your car on the Oregon coast.
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You ever notice a lot of the rigs at the coast with body cancer?Originally Posted by mickeycrimm
That comes from not washing off the salt deposited from the ocean spray carried by the prevailing breezes.
Until recently Oregon didn't salt snowy roads, which has led to a lot of rust-free older vehicles: don't see many of them back east in salt country.
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pray for rain and get mud slides....you cant win
They don't use salt in Montana either. Vehicles are rust free.
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Nerdy Las Vegas weather numbers:
It was 116 days without a drop of rain. I incorrectly stated 118.
Monday into Tuesday rainfall: 1.33 inches.
Las Vegas average annual rainfall 4.17 inches.
Based on the Average annual rainfall, we should expect 1.33 inches of rain over any 117 day stretch, which is exactly were we are for the last 117 days! It just happened all in one 24 hour period.
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