[wxqc] Re Wasp Nests

[Victor Engel]

What is a web belt? I'm having trouble picturing your rig.

On 6/4/07, Hanford R Wright <joh69 at earthlink.net> wrote:
> Thomas
> What I did to keep birds from using my rain gage as a crapper I took a old
> web belt and threaded nails about 1 inch a part then riveted it together so
> that it would fit snuggly on the rain gage.
>
> 73's
> Hanford Wright WA4LZC
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: wxqc-bounces at lists.gladstonefamily.net
> [mailto:wxqc-bounces at lists.gladstonefamily.net]On Behalf Of Thomas
> Giella KN4LF
> Sent: Monday, June 04, 2007 10:47
> To: a WXQC e-List
> Subject: [wxqc] Re Wasp Nests
>
>
> I had the problem with wasps in the rain gauge of my VP2 and added one moth
> ball as suggested by Steve and that did the trick. However I'm still trying
> to fend off the local bird population that uses the rain gauge funnel as a
> community bathroom. I have to clean the funnel every day!
>
> Take Care,
> Thomas Giella, KN4LF
> Retired Meteorologist
> Lakeland, FL, USA
> kn4lf at earthlink.net
>
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> From: "Steve Hatchett" <steve at softwx.com>
> Subject: Re: [wxqc] Req for suggestions - wasps and rain gauges
> To: <pat at sklenar.info>, "'Discussion of weather data quality issues'"
> <wxqc at lists.gladstonefamily.net>
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> You have to be careful because some insecticides may react with the parts in
> the weather equipments. I have not tried this, but I think it would work if
> you put a single moth ball in the gauge tucked in a corner where it would
> not get wet.
>
> Steve
>
>
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