Is this for real

[mississippi]

If so, something is happening to the US


Wisconsin farmer shocked to discover 200 dead cows; officials think cattle had deadly virus


an 16, 2011

Reports of dead birds and fish still coming in from around the world First, it was 5,000 birds falling from the sky in Beebe, Arkansas. That was on New Years Eve. The next day we hear reports of 100,000 fish dying and washing up along an Arkansas river. On the following Monday, another 500 birds were found dead near a highway just north of Baton Rouge, La. Thousands of dead fish washed ashore along the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland in the past few weeks. In Brazil, its 100-tons of sardines and small catfish that have died. And these reports ... * Australia over the past month, just south of Rockhampton report 5,000 to 7,000 dead fish covering 11 different species. * Charleston, South Carolina, beaches along the Isles of Palms are littered with hundreds of dead starfish and jellyfish * 8-thousand turtle doves fell from the sky last week into the town Faenza, Italy * Vietnam more than 150-tons of Talapia died on 41 separate river farms * New Zea

[mr. beaumont]

It is real.

Now, if you want my opinion, we had one freaky instance (the birds falling from the sky) and then the news media jumped on any and every animal death story they could find--200 dead cows would not have been newsworthy before it rained dead blackbirds in arkansas.

I don't think there's any question man has affected the environment to a point where we are most definitely harming living things. But dead cows from a respiratory virus? Media cash-in.

[ksjazzguitar]

Yeah, stuff like this happens all the time, sometimes even from natural causes. We had a few together and suddenly the go on a frenzied hunt to find any story even remotely similar. Combine that with changing weather patterns and migratory animals might get confused. It's not a good thing, but I don't think we have to worry yet - we have bigger things to worry about.

Peace,
Kevin

[M-ster]

Shhhhh ... we're testing the deadly chemical agents. Nothing to be alarmed about. It's all under control ...