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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsUS town overrun with tumbleweed after high winds
High winds brought unwelcome visitors to one isolated Californian neighbourhood in the form of hundreds and hundred of tumbleweeds.
A mass invasion by the High Desert's infamous rolling hazards besieged a series of homes in the small US town of Victorville that left some residents calling the city and even 911 for help.
"We have received several calls and we're aware of the problems with tumbleweeds there, primarily in Mesa Street area," Victorville spokeswoman Sue Jones told the Daily Press. "We're not exactly sure how many homes are affected, but we're estimating about 100 to 150 homes in that area."
A mass invasion by the High Desert's infamous rolling hazards besieged a series of homes in the small US town of Victorville that left some residents calling the city and even 911 for help.
"We have received several calls and we're aware of the problems with tumbleweeds there, primarily in Mesa Street area," Victorville spokeswoman Sue Jones told the Daily Press. "We're not exactly sure how many homes are affected, but we're estimating about 100 to 150 homes in that area."
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US town overrun with tumbleweed after high winds (Original Post)
FSogol
Apr 2018
OP
Look it up, I did. It came to N Dakota with Russian immigrant farmers in the 'red wheat' seed...
marble falls
Apr 2018
#15
ptah, I always read your stuff - this is the only time I've ever had one for you! Thankyou for....
marble falls
Apr 2018
#19
Baitball Blogger
(46,755 posts)8. My picture is bigger than your picture.
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)2. ...
dalton99a
(81,566 posts)3. More to come with climate change and longer droughts
hatrack
(59,592 posts)11. Well, tumbleweeds burn easily, so you could . . oh, wait . .
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Sunlei
(22,651 posts)14. underside of a car is enough to set them on fire
marble falls
(57,157 posts)4. Tumble weed came with wheat seed from Russia.
Ptah
(33,034 posts)9. I don't believe that.
marble falls
(57,157 posts)15. Look it up, I did. It came to N Dakota with Russian immigrant farmers in the 'red wheat' seed...
they brought with them in the 1880's.
Ptah
(33,034 posts)18. I stand corrected.
Thank you.
marble falls
(57,157 posts)19. ptah, I always read your stuff - this is the only time I've ever had one for you! Thankyou for....
teaching me new stuff on DU daily over the years.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)5. Mother Nature playing a practical joke.
Pretty good one, and refreshingly without blood.
DURHAM D
(32,611 posts)6. Tumbleweed is not a native problem. It is actually Russian thistle.
So, this is the Russian invasion. We should blame Trump for this.
Baitball Blogger
(46,755 posts)7. Nature's Tribbles.
Wounded Bear
(58,693 posts)12. Huge fire danger there...nt
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)13. what a massive fire hazard
frogmarch
(12,158 posts)16. When Mr. f and I lived in Fort Laramie, Wyoming,
our house got packed in tumbleweeds up to the roof a bunch of times. What a chore it always was to remove and get rid of them.
oberliner
(58,724 posts)17. Victorville is rough
Even in the best of circumstances.
SammyWinstonJack
(44,130 posts)20. I lived there for 20 yrs. Could NOT get out fast enough.
Did get a respite for a few yrs when living in Pittsburgh, only to end up there again. Parents and sis, bro. still live there. Me, never again.