Korean Flooding and Lao Owl

The rain has let up in Yeosu and the southern part of the Korean peninsula. While we got somewhere between 4 and 5 inches the past few days, areas east of us, near Busan, were inundated with 26 centimeters, more than 10 inches. Around Korea, 5 people died in rain-related fatalities. Sure, it’s the rainy season, but that’s a lot of rain. We have more coming after midnight tonight and through noon tomorrow and again on Monday, hopefully not too much.

Here’s an interesting article on the use of barn owls in Laos to squelch the rat population that is destroying harvests in the rural areas in the northern provinces of the country. It seems that hungry villagers have been eating the rodents’ natural predators, owls, snakes and other wild animals. The U.N. is breeding the owls and educating the populace about their importance in keeping the rat numbers down. Let’s hope the program succeeds.

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