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August 04, 2004
Torrential rain last night. So, why didn't it kill all the mosquitos? The drops were bigger than the little bloodsucking nanocopters, the air was just about filled with rain, mosquitos are basically defenseless, so why didn't the downpour clear the earth of the scourge? Why oh why oh why? Posted
by D. Weinberger at August 4, 2004 10:47 AM
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In the words of my mother, "Why? To make little boys like you ask questions."
Posted by: Terry Heaton | August 4, 2004 11:07 AM
They don't spend all their time in the air. If you're as small as a mosquito, there are a lot of places you can hide.
Posted by: johne | August 4, 2004 02:14 PM
Because they're sneaky, mean-spirited, evil-doers.
Posted by: Anonymous | August 4, 2004 04:05 PM
because they're republican, and as sneaky
Posted by: bw | August 4, 2004 07:55 PM
It's a fractal thing. When you're living on the physical and time scale of a mosquito, raindrops are these big slow moving blobs that are easy to dodge.
There's a parallel here between Bloggers and big Media but I'm not sure what it is. ;-)
Posted by: Julian Bond | August 5, 2004 03:59 AM
Actually according to this mosquito web site, mosquitos can fly through rain without getting wet or hit by the much larger rain drops.
It says:
"In flight the mosquito has control over speed and direction and can make split-second adjustments to its aerodynamics in order to cope with the ever-changing situation. It is able to hover or to take sudden evasive action. To a mosquito flying through rain each drop must seem like a giant missile several times its own weight, yet the insect can fly safely through and still land dry."
Posted by: DC Stultz | August 5, 2004 09:28 AM
Yeah, sure DC, that and their x-ray vision make them nearly indestructible.
Posted by: David Weinberger | August 5, 2004 09:43 AM