Posted on 01/06/2011 9:20:47 PM PST by LukeL
Not sure. I guess it would depend on the frequency, strength, and length of exposure.
I’m just saying there have been explanations trying to convince people the birds somehow got disoriented and smashed into trees and the ground and windows, etc.
That explanation is completely off the board. There is no evidence to support it. I’ve had birds fly into my windows at dusk and they always leave some kind of mark or feathers or whatever.
Magnetic pole disturbance affected their ‘radar’ and they crashed into each other.
Same with the fish and crabs - radar problems -they were swimming in the wrong direction.
Note that no ‘land animals’ have been found dead in great numbers. They don’t have the same sensitivities.
That’s my assessment.
Controlled flight into terrain?
What about a Tyson Chicken link? Their hdqtrs. are in Arkansas.
It’s a result from the magnetic North pole shifting. Watch for more anomalies. Just my guess.
Local investigators determine Arkansas birds died from 'impact trauma'
The birds that fell from the night sky in Arkansas on New Year's Eve probably died from crashing into buildings and other structures after becoming disoriented and panicked, possibly by fireworks, according to examinations of the birds conducted by veterinary pathologists with the National Wildlife Health Center here in Madison.........Examinations of the birds sent to the center this week showed most had injuries consistent with collisions, including bruising of tissues and organs. The investigation by the laboratory turned up no evidence of poisoning or the presence of pesticides that might have been responsible for the deaths.
"It was impact trauma," said Scott Wright, branch chief of disease investigations at the laboratory. "What they're thinking is that there were some commercial-grade fireworks that went off. Those need a permit but nobody applied for a permit so it's unlikely anybody would come forward. There were something like 10 booms reported."
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Airline on final approach with flaps and gear down, wake turbulence and wing vortices's could easily kill this many birds in one incident.
Now, the tin-foil version would be another evil Gubbermint kuver up for chemical radiation death ray biological weapon hysteria. I tend to look at the more realistic and logical explanation.
Let’s see...if I drop a dead bird out of an aircraft at 1000 feet AGL, it will be pretty banged up after it hits the ground. Yup - blunt force trauma.
And due to instant reporting 24/7 with everybody having cellphones and video/You Tube capability, it stands to reason that we will be even more bombarded with hysteria and hyperventilating reports of impending man-made Global disaster.
“They weigh about 2 ounces. A dead one falling from a high altitude would reach a low terminal velocity and not cause much damage”
But the theory put forth in the story is that the birds were frightened by fireworks, and flew into cars and houses, killing themselves...different than just falling out of the sky. If this theory were true, I would expect to see a few scrathes on cars, and beaks stuck in wood siding.
OK, I see what you’re saying.
Slight scrapes maybe, but people might not even notice. I don’t think they are fast enough to stick into most things. I do know that small birds can leave a nice smudge on windows when they hit fast.
“The bigger question is: How does one inflict blunt force trauma on 5000 bird in the air at the same time?”
Sucked up into a hailstorm?
Yea... and why are there leukemia clusters!
There was an earthquake on the 31st. Just twentysome miles away.
Birds often die from blunt force trauma when they smash into the ground
LOL
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