Posted on 12/23/2005 10:14:27 AM PST by CajunConservative
This one is puzzling thousands of people. St. Bernard Parish, virtually wiped out following Hurricane Katrina, is seeing the spontaneous growth of watermelons. They're everywhere! It's a post-Katrina phenomenon that has even the experts baffled.
"I've never seen anything like this before," said Dr. Ron Strahan of the LSU Ag Center as he surveyed the watermelon infestation.
The fruit, which is normally planted in April, has been sprouting up all over St. Bernard Parish ever since Katrina. Presumably, the seeds were deposited during the hurricane and unusually high temperatures have produced a natural mystery.
"It's just going to be one of those things we're probably not going to be able to explain," said Strahan.
According to Strahan, the clay in St. Bernard absorbed the sunlight, retaining the heat and allowing the melons to grow. A watermelon's consistency is 90 percent water, which means if you eat the St. Bernard Parish melons, you're drinking Katrina juice.
"I don't think I'd want to eat them," Strahan laughed. "I don't think so, but it's just something unusual to look at, maybe take some pictures of and remember this happened after Katrina 2005 and we'll probably never see again."
Katrina may have planted the melons, but bees had to pollinate them, which indicates that growth is possible in St. Bernard Parish following the storm. Even if it is Katrinan melons.
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I would be curious if they do a study on any toxic substances in them.
And the culinary review - Light and fruity with overtones of fecal matter and raw petroleum. I'll pass.
Here's a solution to a major problem staring them in the eye and doesn't get a mention.
As noted, the melons are full of polluted water. Grow more melons and trash them in a pit with a liner. Those melons can remove a lot of pollution that is in the ground.
Similarly, grow mustard everywhere in New Orleans. Mustard draws lead and other metals out of the ground.
This is just another MSM attempt to assign racism to hurricane Katrina relief efforts.
That is just sooooo baaad.....
Almost spewed coffee....
I think it's a secret plan implemented by the Bush administration. It's all about racism. /sarc off
Well, it was sort of a seedy place.
I thought this was going to be an article about radical environmentalists.
Mustard draws lead and other metals out of the ground.
YEEEEEESH!! I'll have to watch what I put on my hot dogs.
comment of the year
I thought this was going to be an article about radical environmentalists.
No, but watch out for the Peta people who will torture the watermelons and kill them.
Almost spewed coffee....
Never heard of a volcano sueing anyone before.
No comment ;)
An attempt to get evacuees back?
The coyotes will come first.
And the culinary review - Light and fruity with overtones of fecal matter and raw petroleum. I'll pass.
Too oily to tell. I agree.
Nature's way of cleaning up.
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