What happened to the Birds and Fish and Arkansas

[foggy1111]

There was a significant weather change around new years. The temperature was around 60 in the days preceding the 31st then it suddenly dropped to below freezing with even colder wind. We were in Kansas City for new years and an ice storm the night of the 30th left more than a 1/2" of ice. During the day of the 30th I was wearing short sleeves. I would bet the weather was the cause. Also we are many inches short on rainfall this year so the Arkansas river should be low. It is common for the water and oxygen table in ponds to roll over with temperature changes which can kill fish. The drums killed are bottom dwellers a change in oxygen level near the bottom could explain their death.

This is the most plausible explanation I have heard so far. I say lets get the mythbusters on this right away!

I will never forget the day I rode in a small aircraft as it flew into a wall cloud just miles away from an airport. The gauges were bouncing everywhere and I thought the wings were going to be yanked from the plane. Thankfully flying the plane was an veteran navy fighter pilot...that stayed cool under the circumstances. After being pounded about for about 15 minutes....we were "spit out" into calm air about 50 miles away. It took a few minutes to figure out where we were. I'm not sure how we lived through that experience and I doubt a bird could live through it. Thankfully we had a tough plane and there was no hail. So....this type of weather event to me is "plausible".

 

[/pine]

...I say lets get the mythbusters on this right away..

Honestly...those two clowns have never proven or disproven anything, myth or otherwise...the popularity of the show is beyond me...but then again the same goes for all the most popular TV shows...but the two goofs on that show take the cake...IMO

 

[MossRoad]

One of the more credible reports I heard was from a meteoroligist that said this has occured before and was caused by the birds getting caught in a major updraft from a severe storm and going very high in the storm column, and getting beat to death from hail, and dying in mid air and some time later being ejected from the storm cell up to 50 miles from where they were sucked up. Also the autopsy, results did say that the birds were dead before they hit the ground, although I dont know how they know that, but maybe they do. There were severe storms in the area both near Bebe Ar and Louisiana at the time. I dont know about the smaller bird kill in KY. or anything about the kill in Sweden. The fish kill near Bebe is credited in at leash one report to some kind of disease, I cannot vouch for any of these opinions, but I did hear them. I have also heard a lot of Bulls*** about fireworks. Which is the stupidest thing I have ever heard. I have shot the He** out of flocks of blackbirds with a 12 guage, and very few ever fell, from the shot, and not a darn one ever fell from the noise of fright! What a crock. I dont know what happened, but I am not buying the fireworks thing at all.
James K0UA

No one is claiming fireworks killed the birds.

 

[JDGreenGrass]

I don't beleive we have heard the truth yet. We may never will.

I do think it is serious enough that we the people deserve to know.

Just on a side note, I have very little faith in our Inland Fisheries and Wildlife agency. I wouldn't trust what they say here in Maine.

 

[brin]

I don't beleive we have heard the truth yet. We may never will.

I do think it is serious enough that we the people deserve to know.

Just on a side note, I have very little faith in our Inland Fisheries and Wildlife agency. I wouldn't trust what they say here in Maine.

:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

 

[JDGreenGrass]

There was a significant weather change around new years. The temperature was around 60 in the days preceding the 31st then it suddenly dropped to below freezing with even colder wind. We were in Kansas City for new years and an ice storm the night of the 30th left more than a 1/2" of ice. During the day of the 30th I was wearing short sleeves. I would bet the weather was the cause. Also we are many inches short on rainfall this year so the Arkansas river should be low. It is common for the water and oxygen table in ponds to roll over with temperature changes which can kill fish. The drums killed are bottom dwellers a change in oxygen level near the bottom could explain their death.

No, I can't buy this.

We have always experienced extremes in our weather. Have we ever experienced 5,000 bird deaths.??.....My memory doesn't recall any in the recent past.??

 

[JimWalch]

Do Dead Birds and Fish Warn of an Impending New Madrid Earthquake? - Associated Content from Yahoo! - associatedcontent.com


Just to stir it up a little more THE BIG ONE IS COMMING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Markcuda]

Well, I live in Clinton, so I should be safe:laughing::laughing::laughing:

 

[milkman]

Could it be, Is The New Madrid Fault Earthquake Zone Coming To Life?

 

[hawkeye08]

No one is claiming fireworks killed the birds.

it was on the news (one of major networks) saying that the fireworks spooked the birds and caused their death... I had not heard about the birds until that point and doubted the story.. sounds like weather might be feasible.