Mrs. Paul's Fish Stick ping.
Posted on 01/05/2011 1:05:33 AM PST by Pinkbell
State officials say they are investigating a "very large" fish kill in the Chesapeake Bay, but suspect cold temperatures killed them, rather than any water-quality problems.
An estimated 2 million fish have been reported dead from the Bay Bridge south to Tangier Sound, according to the Maryland Department of the Environment, which investigates fish kills. The dead fish are primarily adult spot, with some juvenile croakers.
Agency spokeswoman Dawn Stoltzfus said bay water quality appears acceptable, and biologists believe "cold-water stress" the likely cause of the fish kill. Spot are susceptible to colder water, she said, and normally leave the upper bay by now. Water temperatures plummeted in late December to near-record lows for that time of year, about 36 degrees. The average air temperature last month was 32.4 degrees, 4.3 degrees below normal, and reached 16 degrees at its lowest, according to the National Weather Service.
Large winter kills of spot have been documented at least twice before, the MDE spokeswoman said, with about 15 million dying in early 1976 and a smaller number in 1980. Anyone wanting to report seeing dead fish can call 1-800-MDE-GOTO.
(Excerpt) Read more at baltimoresun.com ...
How can this be, Maryland taxes my septic system $26.00 a year to clean up the bay? (sarc)
No it is Global cooling. We have reduced CO2 to low levels. This calls for emergency CO2 generation to make up for all the electric cars and windmills. I propose a vast program to produce millions of GTO’S and get them on the road to address the Cooling Crisis. Speed limits should be eliminated and Drag Racing between lights subsidized.
Ugh.
Poor you.
I live to serve...even if it’s only as the lowly court jester...or as a bad example....;]
[and “Lunatic Fringe” just started playing on VH1 Classics...talk about synchronicity]
Cinematic karma.
I hate to ask...which chick flick was it?
Me too and I’m a hundred and freaking 20 miles away from it.
Odds are nothing from *here* is making it to *there*.
Thank you. I needed a laugh. I think I pulled something laughing.
LOL!!!
FR makes jokes... birds dropping from the sky... fish dying... all by tens if not hundreds of thousands... wake up... something is going on... and the lying fed say no worries... that is WHEN YOU WORRY MOST!
LLS
Could be... could be al qaeda and their biological program that missed... again... just saying.
LLS
Watching Demi Moore prance around naked in the kitchen in “About Last Night...” wasn’t so bad. Still have it on VHS but have yet to watch it with the sound on. That Bronx accent of hers - yuk.
She had boob enhancement done shortly afterward, IIRC.
Its a contrail, I tell ya. A contrail.
Nope...a missile.
http://www.disclose.tv/action/viewvideo/63753/UNKNOWN_MISSILE_OR_OBJECT_SEEN_OF_TEXAS_COAST_/
Mrs. Paul's Fish Stick ping.
” global warming “
global cooling.
global changing.
global stagnation.
Got it covered. All solutions same. = More Bigger Completer Totalification for Global Screwing.
Loving the juxtaposition of classic/modern verbal styles!
” Makes you wonder how this town got its name. “
I figured you were talking about: http://wikimapia.org/1343620/Blue-Ball-PA
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