I wrote this on another thread. I think my ideas are clearer now. The storm had something to do with the die-offs. The sediment was disturbed and this
allowed the gas to come to the surface. There may have been seeps and/or ruptures. Here's more
What industry has recently killed fish and birds?
The Oil and Gas industry.
Let's forget about BP because it is obvious. Let's look at Exxon which just paid a fine for killing birds around their natural gas drill sites.
Here's an example where Cabot Oil contaminated a river and there was methane gas leaking into residents wells. There were exploding water wells in the
town of Dimock Pennsylvania. The spill got into the river killing fish and the fish were observed to be swimming erractically.
I'm researching to find the details on a methane seep in the West Divide Creek in Colorado. The river could be ignited. It killed fish and the oil
company was fined.
So here's just two examples. But we're really not just talking about fish and birds. There was a 4.4 magnitude earthquake that morning in Guy
Arkansas. One county over. The largest of a swarm of around 500 earthquakes which started in September. It has been suggested that the earthquake are
as a result of the fracking process used in natural gas drilling. Geologists admit the looking into salt-water disposal which could be cause the swarm
But that wasn't the only event that day in Arkansas. There was a tornado. Around the dinner hour, a line of storms passed through the area. This meant
there was water rushing into the system. This could have stirred up sediments and release gas trapped in the silt at the bottom. The bottom, where
fish like drum school. The birds were not flying at 10:3d0-11:00pm at night. They were in the their roost. But what was the last thing they would have
done before they went to bed for the night? They would have had a drink of water.
What do we used to use to detect methane in mines? Birds. When the birds went to roost things may have been quiet. Some of the birds could have been
returning to the roost and it took them longer to get home. They would have been overshooting the roost and staggering to get there. That's how some
of the birds have been described behaving. One CNN reporter found a dying bird the next day as he got on scene.
If the flock discovered that there was something deadly happening within the group they would panic. Hence the midnight flight. They were trying to
escape the mass. The birds in Labarre Lousianna and in Kentucky were birds from the same flock fleeing the cause of the disorder.
This is logical and there is evidence to suggest a pattern of water contamination by the Oil & Gas Company. That's the common link. Water. The gas
company forces waste water deep underground which is know to cause earthquakes. The fish and birds need clean water to live. Both live in large groups
and therefore they are more noticable and were likely directly affected by the contamination. I'm sure there's other animals which may have died as a
result but they wouldn't be found in such large numbers. It's not like there's much bio diversity left. Drum is considered a lesser fish so there is
little demand and therefore they are plentifu and commonl. And starlings are so numerous they are considered pests. Of course there were other types
of blackbirds flocking together. That's what they do. Something make them sick and they scattered in panic. It wasn't hail or another weather event.
These birds were supposed to be roosting and the storms had passed. It wasn't fireworks. Otherwise this sort of thing would be happening all over the
place. Beebe Arkansas is not the only place with starlings and shoots off fireworks on New Year's Eve. Everything is connected.
It started with the earthquakes that began in September. New Year's Eve there was the largest yet. Later that day a severe storm blew through and
dumped rain. In the aftermath we find dead fish and dead birds.
Check out my thread where I have more information.
The answer is what's most probable. And what's most probable is what's happened in our recorded history. And what's recorded in our history is that
oil companies kill lots of birds and fish.
I'm right. It was contamination of the aquifer. Either methane or carbon dioxide was released when there was a rupture. The gases migrated as a result
of salt-water disposal and/or the fracking of the shale.
Methane getting into the aquifer is not science fiction. It's fact.
One last edit. I wanted to also say that it is scienfic fact that gas clouds have killed in the past. Bison have died in Yellowstone when CO2 condense
in a valley where they were sleeping for the night. A warm air mass trapped cooler air below. Also there is Lake Nyos where a rupture under a crater
lake released CO2 gas in 1986. It killed many people in the area as the gas crept down the old volcano and into the valley.
Birds would be vulnerable to gas coming off the water. The birds breast were damaged. Probably damaged as they struggled for breath and as they
fluttered madly in a convulsion.
Also, all these event took place ontop of the Fayetteville Shale Play Formation. It's a band of natural gas deposits that are drilled and gas is
extracted using water in the fracking process. There is drilling in the areas of the fish kills and drilling near Beebe where the bird kills occured.
There is also a Fracking Reclaimation Company that recylces the chemicals used in the drilling process in the area. Residents in nearby towns have
voiced objections to an expansion and complained about the gases and odors given off by the plant.
I wish someone would post a map showing the locations, along with gas drilling and the swarm and the Fayetteville Shale Formation. It's fairly obvious
when you see it on a map and the relationships involved.
edit on 4-1-2011 by Robin Marks because: (no reason given)
edit on 4-1-2011 by Robin Marks because: (no reason given)