FILE PHOTO
Lajamanu region: The edge of the Tanami Arriving by plane in Lajamanu, a remote Aboriginal community seemingly lost in the bush about 550 km south west of Katherine in the Northern Territory.
Posted on 03/02/2010 5:39:13 AM PST by JoeProBono
LAJAMANU, Australia - Weather experts said the fish that fell on a remote Australian town for two days had likely been sucked up by a thunderstorm before falling to the ground.
Residents of Lajamanu said hundreds of small white fish, believed to be common spangled perch, fell from the sky during the weekend despite the town's location 326 miles from the nearest river, The Sun reported. Locals said many of the fish were still alive when they hit the ground.
Mark Kersemakers, a senior forecaster with the Australian Bureau of Meteorology, said the fish could have been transported by a storm system.
"It could have scooped the fish up 40,000 to 50,000 feet in the air," he said. "Once they get up into the system they are pretty much frozen. After some period they are released."
Locals said it has rained fish in the town twice before, in 1974 and 2004.
FILE PHOTO
Lajamanu region: The edge of the Tanami Arriving by plane in Lajamanu, a remote Aboriginal community seemingly lost in the bush about 550 km south west of Katherine in the Northern Territory.
Charles Fort, please call your office.
I’m so unlucky, it could be raining women and I would get hit with a queer.
One man's junk is another man's (queer) bait....
“So long...and thanks for all the fish!”
Lol! Don’t feel bad, if it ever rained ME it would probably be over San Francisco. What a waste...
Lol! Don’t feel bad, if it ever rained ME it would probably be over San Francisco. What a waste...
Lol! Don’t feel bad, if it ever rained ME it would probably be over San Francisco. What a waste...
I guess posting from an iPhone isn’t for everyone. Whoopsie.
Say what???
Simple: manna from Heaven.
Some are still watching the sky waiting for the loaves of bread to fall.
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