We were just off a ridge in New
Hampshire, real high, above the tree line and a thunderstorm broke of such force that
within seconds, the trail, dry as a bone, that we were walking down, was a waterfall. We
were almost swept off our feet. The water was gushing, gushing, gushing. Everything was
wet. The rain was falling so fast the ground couldn't absorb it. It was amazing. And I
thought, wow, everything under here is gonna get wet. I mean if I had a house I'd worry
about my roof leaking. What do ants do? Now I've seen ants' houses on display in glass cases, and the have
tunnels. Well, when it rains like that, why don't the tunnels get flooded? Or maybe they
do? But then wouldn't all the ants wash away and drown? And the queen and her eggs in the
middle? Those ants must know how to engineer roofs better than anybody. I wonder if human
beings have learned anything from the way ants build their houses, so we could make ours
better. At least waterproof?
- Jacques d'Amboise |
