As we rounded a corner onto the soi on which we lived I heard a soft exclamation from my wife. I looked in the direction of her stare and was greeted by a large fire engine from the local Ubon fire department sitting in front of our house.

It was parked crossways and blocking the street for all intents and purposes. I couldn’t see any flames or smell any smoke so I was perplexed about what reason they could be parked there. I did see a ladder rising from the rear of the truck, which was butted up against our fence. My wife seemed to know instinctively and immediately the reason for their presence.

It seems they were there to rid the cement pole of the wasp nest I had posted about on this blog earlier in the day. I don’t really believe in coincidences but I was finding it hard to believe anyone with any power to take action had read my post as well.

My wife initiated a conversation with one of the members of the team. He asked her for a large plastic trash bag or something similar. I was reluctant to assist them as they were about to destroy my benefactors. But alas I was all but powerless to stop them.

The mystery was solved as to what led to their presence there.  I had mentioned in my post about other services that might be affected other than the public address system. That concern came to fruition. My neighbors phone service was out. It would never occur to me to call the fire department if my phone didn’t work but I guess that is common practise here. I would call the phone company and expect them to finance service restoration.

I don’t know if the neighbors phone works now or not. The next morning I went out and reconnoitered the pole. There was mass destruction of the nest but it was not competely gone. Also members of the community who were out on missions at the time of the attack appeared to be fairly hostile and pissed off. I don’t blame them at all.

Everytime I ventured outside yesterday I was on full alert because pissed off wasps will more than likely vary behavior in this situation. The survivors might be looking for revenge and retaliation against whatever target they can find.

Today I noticed there was still activity encircling the wasp lair. But today it was more organized and less frantic. I watched for a short time and realised they are rebuilding. From the ashes there will be a new wasp nest.

I have no idea of the speaker is still out of commission but I do know that the wasp family refused to accept defeat. So now the score is nature 2 – man 1. Stay tuned for the continuing saga of Man vs Nature in Ubon Ratchathani.

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