A town of Minden, Nevada still sounds a “sundown siren” at 6pm every evening, originally signifying that Native Americans were required to leave town by 6:30pm or face jail or fine.
The lottery is against the law…
The lottery is against the law in Nevada because the gaming industry in the state does not want the competition.
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Las Vegas Is Dealing with a Grasshopper Invasion
Uh oh…prepare to never your houses again…
Have you ever seen the 1950s sci-fi classic Them! about an invasion of ants grown huge due to atomic radiation?
Photo Credit: Warner Bros.
Well, this story is kind of like that, except with grasshoppers…and these bugs are a little smaller, so don’t get too alarmed, okay? Also, no atomic radiation.
But the fact remains that Las Vegas, Nevada, is being overrun with massive hordes of grasshoppers. GRASSHOPPERS! EVERYWHERE!
This is legit the linq rn pic.twitter.com/IIZTFTgsCv
— andi
(@grammyandoo) July 26, 2019
These particular insects are called pallid-winged grasshoppers, and they aren’t messing around. An entomologist named Jeff Knight said that this type of grasshopper’s number increase after wet winters and springs, and the evidence is in the videos and photos that people are sharing from Las Vegas of the insects’ migration.
Koval Ln behind The Linq. Construction worker#grasshopperinvasion pic.twitter.com/2soWBsErB1
— Eva (@KaKass) July 26, 2019
Nevada was one of the five wettest states in the first five months of 2019, double the national average. So, while it may be a normal-ish migration for these grasshoppers, people on social media are freaking the hell out – with good reason.
Breaking! Live footage from the first shots of the Human vs Grasshopper war. @LasVegasLocally @FOX5Vegas #GRASSHOPPERS pic.twitter.com/WfRhpJ5U1r
— Griffin Vincent (@GriffTheDiff) July 26, 2019
yall…. this ain’t it #GRASSHOPPERS #lasvegas pic.twitter.com/3mqtVks7Za
— Javier (@javiverdin) July 26, 2019
The good news? Jeff Knight said the insects don’t bite, don’t carry disease, and they won’t cause damage to anyone’s yard during their weeks-long invasion of Vegas.
Knight also said this isn’t the first time this has happened: “We have records clear from the ’60s of it happening, and I have seen it … at least four or five times in my 30-plus years. There are some special weather conditions that trigger the migration.”
#GRASSHOPPERS have taken over #Vegas! pic.twitter.com/N6aYHTigIH
— Hearth & Home Specialties, Inc. (@hnhsi_inc) July 26, 2019
Las Vegas is a very strange place…and it just got a little weirder.
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During the 1950s, the U.S. military tested nuclear weapons so close…
During the 1950s, the U.S. military tested nuclear weapons so close to Las Vegas, that you could clearly see the mushroom clouds from downtown Hotels. This became a temporary tourist attraction.