What happened to the Birds and Fish and Arkansas

[PILOON]

One of the more credible reports I heard was from a meteorologist that said this has occurred 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 don't 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 don't know about the smaller bird kill in KY. or anything about the kill in Sweden. ------ James K0UA

The storm comment is very credible.

Cumulus Nimbus, (thunder heads) usually have major updrafts up the center and often reach 20,000 ft+.
They are major danger to aircraft as you can be sucked into the updraft and spit out the top at the anvil head, generally in pieces.
Prior to weather radar many pilots met their fate in CB's.
With a major CB event the flock of birds could actually be spit out a couple of miles away.
I was once caught in one while flying a light plane and luckily reacted fast enough to get out.
VERY scary!
Full throttle, nose straight down and still climbing 5000 ft/m but fortunately did a 180 at same time and just flew out the side however I came out a good 4000 ft higher than my original altitude.

 

[hizoot]

Well....news here in east Texas reports hundreds/thousands of birds falling out of the sky around Palestine, Tx. today....no storms in the area and a few days after fireworks. I'm watching our parrot,closely. His "pretty bird" has been kind of slurred lately

 

[Markcuda]

I bet Justin Bieber would know.

 

[Ken]

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.

Bruce I have been waiting for some one in Arkansas to reply to the Bird and Fish questions.
The torandos were in Northern /Western part of the state. The dead fish close to Russellville where also there is a bird santuary for protected speices of birds.
Beebe is a farming area more or less Central part of the state and Russellviie is about 100 miles west of the dead birds.
And while I'm typing a flock of birds have died in Texas .
Maybe this is a common thing except now there is a news reporter with update flash every 5 min. I have seen geese and other birds fall frozen from the sky in the past several years.
Not uncommon to have a fish kill from weather conditions. Sure would take a crooked line to make a straight line as one suggested and Jacksonville Air force base sure would of been interested if a plane flew over there base dumping fuel or other things.
I'm not even going to try and suggest the real reason would be hooted at by those who have no more information than I.
ken

 

[Agrantina]

Mem airport is the largest "cargo" airport in the world-- over 120 flights a night..Bad stormes mean A/C have to divert from regular scheduled routes.. But I wouldnt know anything about that..

 

[buckeyefarmer]

2 million dead fish in the chesapeake bay today.
Two Million Dead Fish Appear in Chesapeake Bay - CBS News

 

[MicroPilot]

Saw a report on the news tonight that "several hundred" dead birds have been found near Murray, KY. recently.

Plot thickens? Dead birds found in Sweden, Kentucky - U.S. news - Environment - msnbc.com

 

[Markcuda]

It's Al Qaeda I tell ya

 

[texasjohn]

My :2cents:

Fish and birds separate phenomena.

Bad weather crosses roosting ground, updraft/tornado picks up roosting birds from common roost and transports them high where wind/hail do their work. They flutter down over wide area.

Having shot a lot of birds out of the air.... I don't believe that a disoriented bird hitting the ground would be killed...or even show blunt force trauma...had to happen in the air.

As for the fish.... I just think that they were forced to join the drum corps because they didn't have insurance:confused2:

 

[dmccarty]

I bet Justin Bieber would know.

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To be fair to get that comment you have to have heard Master Bieber's songs. HOPEFULLY any TBNer listening to Master Bieber's music is doing so because of their children or grand children. :laughing::laughing::laughing:

My two cents is that the birds got sucked up into a storm. Fish died because of lack of O2 or maybe illness but fish kills are not uncommon.

For Christmas I got two books full of shorts articles about historical events. One of these was back in the 1700/1800's when a women found large amount of animal innards on her land. This was in NC. A UNC Professor who was very famous back in the day wrote a paper on the subject.

Certainly it was not a El Queda. I suppose it could have been little green men from Mars. Twas not likely that the neighbors did it since there were not many neighbors back then. So the only thing left is some sort of weather event.

The "missle" off CA and then I think there was one in Atlanta was just the setting sun lighting up a plane contrail.

Later,
Dan