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100,000 dead fish in Arkansas near where 5,000 blackbirds dropped from sky
The Daily Telegraph ^ | 1/03/2011 | AAP

Posted on 01/02/2011 7:48:31 PM PST by Sprite518

The AP said more than 1000 birds fell from the sky, but CNN put the number at up to 5000.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailytelegraph.com.au ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Arkansas
KEYWORDS: 201101; arkansas; birds; blackbirds; cantcount; dead; drum; fishkill; sky
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To: Sprite518

I can remember being near Stuttgart, AR (major rice production area), back in the 1990s during winter when it seemed to rain game birds. Seems there was a very violent thunderstorm coupled with rice fields where the migratory birds flew over and fed. Long story short, there were thousands of dead birds in the rice fields. Not so unusual.


21 posted on 01/02/2011 8:06:02 PM PST by cpa4you (CPA4YOU)
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To: Cicero

Well I do believe that’s possible as I’ve seen authorites use fireworks to rid flocks of nusance birds from buildings. I worked at a huge mall where large flocks of birds would lite. You’d leave work and see the sky black with them. They set off fireworks from the mall roof throughout the day...all Mall employees were informed so we wouldn’t be alarmed at the sounds of the “bombs” going off...which is what they sounded like throughout the day. More than a few of these pests died.


22 posted on 01/02/2011 8:07:56 PM PST by caww
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To: Sprite518
Poor birdies :(

23 posted on 01/02/2011 8:07:56 PM PST by I see my hands (How's that ballot box working out for you?)
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To: Sprite518

Coincidence. The fish kill and the bird kill sites are 200km apart.


24 posted on 01/02/2011 8:08:29 PM PST by FReepaholic
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To: Domestic Church

There was a lot of tornado activity in Arkansas over New Year’s


25 posted on 01/02/2011 8:09:01 PM PST by varina davis (Life is not a dress rehearsal)
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To: Sprite518

What? No one here ever heard of Charles Fort? He collected and reported stories like these. Didn’t Arkansas just experience some tornadoes?


26 posted on 01/02/2011 8:10:42 PM PST by Flag_This (Real presidents don't bow.)
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To: Sprite518

Very odd indeed. The distance between Ozark & Beebe is 125 miles and neither share a waterway.


27 posted on 01/02/2011 8:13:03 PM PST by NicNacPattyWac
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To: o_zarkman44

“Like a chemical weapons test.”

Quite a weapon if it can select a species of fish. OP would kill everything.


28 posted on 01/02/2011 8:13:38 PM PST by DBrow
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To: onyx; Fiddlstix

Dinner?


29 posted on 01/02/2011 8:13:38 PM PST by hoosiermama (ONLY DEAD FISH GO WITH THE FLOW.......I am swimming with Sarahcudah! Sarah has read the tealeaves.)
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To: LucyT

Heads up.


30 posted on 01/02/2011 8:14:59 PM PST by Jet Jaguar
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To: FReepaholic

“The fish kill and the bird kill sites are 200km apart.”

Ah! Thanks.

Still does not explain the issue. The pic shows red-wing blackbird, or maybe a tricolor.


31 posted on 01/02/2011 8:15:53 PM PST by DBrow
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To: hoosiermama

btt


32 posted on 01/02/2011 8:16:04 PM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: Louis Foxwell
"It sounds like a massive gas bubble."

Does anyone know the whereabouts of Rosie O'Donnell?

33 posted on 01/02/2011 8:17:05 PM PST by Gritty-Kitty
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To: TYVets

That would sure solve the lead shot problems... just don’t load any shot and let the report of the shotgun scare them to death.

That really is a remarkably stupid explanation, isn’t it?


34 posted on 01/02/2011 8:21:21 PM PST by TN4Liberty (My tagline disappeared so this is my new one.)
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To: Sprite518

The birds got a glimpse of Helen Thomas. End of story.


35 posted on 01/02/2011 8:21:51 PM PST by taxesareforever (Release Staff Sgt. Frank Wuterich and let him and his family get on with their lives.)
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To: o_zarkman44

That’s what it sounds like. Is it stolen Army goods and an accident, or an attempt at manufacturing home-made weapons gone bad?


36 posted on 01/02/2011 8:22:27 PM PST by worst-case scenario (Striving to reach the light)
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To: al baby
A dry run ?

A "dry run" for who.....?

SATAN???

37 posted on 01/02/2011 8:25:05 PM PST by montag813 (http://www.facebook.com/StandWithArizona)
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To: Sprite518

Chemtrails or Acid rain.


38 posted on 01/02/2011 8:26:42 PM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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