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Serious Plans Under Way to Stop Locust Plagues via Directional Sound Waves

An online think tank member and conceptwarfare. If we built a vertical virtual
designer has been studying the4D sound wall then as the swarm bunches
aerodynamics of insect flight;up, the power level must be increased.
specifically bees and locusts and now heWhat the swarm would do, since we are
believes has figured out the puzzledealing with an organic evolved
which has literally plagued mankindcreature, which has never dealt with
since ancient times. How to stop locustsuch a sound wall is probably continue
swarms from devastating humanrather than evade it.
civilizations. How so you ask?Although they might turn around or
Mr. Warren Powers has drawn out plans tomutate the swarm's shape or direction
test a concept of using directionaldue to the bunching up of traffic jam,
sound waves to control and stop locustwhich would be the same if they
storms. In his announcement of theencountered an obstacle, a tree,
concept Mr. Warren states; "It seems tomountain, rock or building and that we
me a reasonable place to begin would beknow they can do and have evolved to
to create a curtain or "plane" of sounddeal with, obstacle avoidance. Now then,
or a "sound wall" or "sound barrier"we need a secondary unit to close off
through which the locusts would fly andthe sides and backs of the swarm or
that wall of sound could be a few feetseveral such units. And if all hell
thick and a couple hundred yards long, abreaks lose [as if a locust plague is
few dozen yards tall. That space wouldnot already nearly there] then those
look like a rectangle in the air placedoperating such machinery need to be
in the path of an oncoming swarm."protected too.
Yes in concept this could work. But doNo one knows for sure if Warren Powers
locust swarms have any rhyme or reasonstrategy will work, but judging by the
or known shape to them? Hard to say, butlaws of physics it appears it is
I think they do actually, although Ipossible and that is good enough a
would have to study this. I am prettyreason to go for it, as everyone knows
into swarm theory from an offense andhow devastating Locust Plagues can be.
defense standpoint of nature andImagine this in 2006.
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