“We moved to the desert in defiance of sense and nature, and now there’s desert stuff here too!!”

Russians invading us as well

Tumbleweeds are dried, uprooted bushes of Russian thistle, an invasive species that came to North America in the 1870s

I didn’t realize what an absolute menace those things are until I saw this CGP Grey video.

This is the best summary I could come up with:

In some cases, the tumbleweed jumbles reached the rooflines or upstairs balconies of people’s homes, said Rachael Van Cleave, the city’s public information officer.

Tumbleweeds also blew en masse into South Jordan’s neighbor city of Eagle Mountain, and across stretches of open land and highways in Nevada and western Utah.

The wind also kicked up dust, reducing visibility at the Salt Lake City airport and grounding incoming flights.

Asked if communities on the Salt Lake City region’s urban border — the ones overrun with tumbleweeds right now — might also be at risk of wildfires, Dr. Meyer said “absolutely.”

The area received an additional influx of new residents seeking space and outdoor recreation during the coronavirus pandemic, and currently has a population of about 87,000.

South Jordan’s wildland-urban interface is creeping west, where the city has been annexing land previously owned by a copper mine and developing it into master-planned residential communities.

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Cursed snowstorm

Those tribbles are trouble

Annoying as they are, there are few pleasures like hitting a tumbleweed with your car. They explode in the most satisfying way.