Posted on 08/02/2011 7:52:10 AM PDT by edpc
A Texas lake that turned blood-red this summer may not be a sign of the End Times, but probably is the end of a popular fishing and recreation spot.
A drought has left the OC Fisher Reservoir in San Angelo State Park in West Texas almost entirely dry. The water that is left is stagnant, full of dead fish — and a deep, opaque red.
The color has some apocalypse believers suggesting that OC Fisher is an early sign of the end of the world, but Texas Parks and Wildlife Inland Fisheries officials say the bloody look is the result of Chromatiaceae bacteria, which thrive in oxygen-deprived water.
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Sad... I went to ASU (Angelo State University) and then on into the military.. Goodfellow AFB was the last base I was stationed at (In San Angelo, Texas).. Those were good times :/
***The color has some apocalypse believers suggesting that OC Fisher is an early sign of the end of the world,***
Aw for heaven’s sake! The same thing hapened to my neighbor’s swimming pool a few years back. A little chrlorine and new filter cleaned it up nicely.
They need to let some water through the dams :/
I used to go fishing with my father in Juno, Texas(population 8)(Devil’s River).. last time I went there (about 30 years ago..) it was less than a trickle, pretty must dry :/
must=much XD
Lake Travis is sitting at about 50% of its capacity, but dropping about one foot per week.
The next time he came out of the pool, did he happen to have 7 heads and 10 horns...?
I initially read that as federal pigs; but then I realized I repeat myself.
After looking at that chart, I’m glad not to be living in Lamar County these days.
We have not even had an inch of rain since last October.
The conditions out here are horrible.
AMEN!
The rapture is heresy. It is fiction.
No, there is currently a difference. In Texas, you can hunt the feral variety. From helicopters, if you choose (see YouTube).
Oh good grief, that’s red? The Brazos River and Oyster Creek, in Texas, during floods gets redder than that!
The Red River is red because the land it runs through is extremely reddish in color.
There would not be any concern over that, because it doesn’t signify a dying body of water that becomes discolored and putrid.
Whereas, the OC Fisher Lake per the article is red because of what is wrong with the lake, not because of the red land beneath it like the Red River.
Sometimes photos don’t do justice to colors.
That said, the lake color is being compared to what it was before it started dying. It wasn’t even the slightest tint of red when it was healthy. I know. I lived there then.
To see it now is disturbing.
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