After the incidents of bird flocks falling out of the sky, dead, now it's happening over Italy. I heard one report that the birds were dying from "trauma" but the Italian incident is saying that it might be suffocation. Miners take birds into mines to warn them of poisonous gas and low oxygen levels. I wonder if we've now come to that. :( Craig Jungers Moses Lake, WA www.nwkayaking.net *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
I've heard they're freezing to death due to the mini ice age we're supposed to be entering! http://www.science20.com/science_20/blog/piers_corbyn_theres_mini_ice_age_coming M On 1/7/2011 5:25 PM, Craig Jungers wrote: > Miners take birds into mines to warn them of poisonous gas and low oxygen > levels. I wonder if we've now come to that. :( *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Mark, Nice of you to publish a link skeptical of Piers Corbyn. Note that, unlike real scientists, he refuses to publish his prediction methods and, furthermore, refuses to allow any writer critical of his prediction accuracy to quote from his forecasts. These are fingerprints of quackery. Chuck Holst I've heard they're freezing to death due to the mini ice age we're supposed to be entering! http://www.science20.com/science_20/blog/piers_corbyn_theres_mini_ice_age_co ming M __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5769 (20110108) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
I assume the real scientists are the ones who predicted a mild winter for Britain? I've too long been told I'm too stupid to understand the complexities of Global Warming, so I just bundle up from the exceptionally cold SoCal winter, that I'm sure scientists will tell me was the hottest on record, and amuse myself reading. I perhaps find it a bit amusing that you had no words for Craig's perhaps tongue in cheek suggestion that dead birds hitting the ground might be signs of the apocalypse, but you have to choose your battle wisely. No sense correcting errors that don't interfere with your belief. I promise to abide by the real scientists who remain uncompromised by the billions and billions spent on research, when they post their latest plans for carbon trade offs from Cancun, or whatever resort they've congregated at. But if they get snowed out one more time, it's going to start being hard to believe! I assumed the latitude to post, probably as Craig did, because it's been a little slow on Paddlewise. Oops, they just went online with another coal plant in China! On 1/8/2011 1:06 PM, Chuck Holst wrote: > Mark, > > Nice of you to publish a link skeptical of Piers Corbyn. Note that, unlike > real scientists, he refuses to publish his prediction methods and, > furthermore, refuses to allow any writer critical of his prediction accuracy > to quote from his forecasts. These are fingerprints of quackery. > > Chuck Holst > > > > I've heard they're freezing to death due to the mini ice age we're > supposed to be entering! > > http://www.science20.com/science_20/blog/piers_corbyn_theres_mini_ice_age_co > ming > > M > > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature > database 5769 (20110108) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Craig Jungers wrote: >After the incidents of bird flocks falling out of the sky, dead, now it's >happening over Italy. I heard one report that the birds were dying from >"trauma" but the Italian incident is saying that it might be suffocation. > >Miners take birds into mines to warn them of poisonous gas and low oxygen >levels. I wonder if we've now come to that. :( > > > FACT CHECK: Mass Bird, Fish Deaths Occur Regularly http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=12559297 *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
On 1/9/2011 2:47 AM, Jackie Myers wrote: > FACT CHECK: Mass Bird, Fish Deaths Occur Regularly > > http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=12559297 Thanks, Jackie. Good to inject some sanity into these overblown claims of "mysterious" events. The sky is not falling (yet). -- Dave Kruger Astoria, OR *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Well, according to this article: "Weather cold and wet weather like in Arkansas New Year's Eve when the birds fell out of the sky is often associated with mass bird deaths, ornithologists say" That at least jibes with my mini ice age theory! Mark On 1/9/2011 2:47 AM, Jackie Myers wrote: > Craig Jungers wrote: > >> After the incidents of bird flocks falling out of the sky, dead, now it's >> happening over Italy. I heard one report that the birds were dying from >> "trauma" but the Italian incident is saying that it might be suffocation. >> > FACT CHECK: Mass Bird, Fish Deaths Occur Regularly > > http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=12559297 *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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