Omnibyte

Lawyers should never ask a Mississippi grandma a question if they aren’t prepared for the answer.

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In an as-of-yet unexplained phenomena much like the one that took place in Arkansas earlier this week, thousands of dead fish have washed up on the shore of Folly Beach.

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I thought I would insert this post. a news story that came out of Australia January 10, 2007 .

Wildlife officers are baffled by the “catastrophic” event, which the Department of Environment and Conservation said began well before last week’s freak storm.

…”It’s very substantial. We estimate several thousand birds are dead, although we don’t have a clear number because of the large areas of bushland,” Mr Fitzgerald said.

Birds Australia, the nation’s main bird conservation group, said it had not heard of a similar occurrence. “Not on that scale, and all at the same time, and also the fact that it’s several different species,” chief executive Graeme Hamilton said. “You’d have to call that a most unusual event and one that we’d all have to be concerned about.”

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On Wednesday, GeaPress reported hundreds — possibly thousands — of dead and dying birds in Italy. Countless turtle doves were found scattered in the streets, in flower beds and hanging tragically from trees “like Christmas balls” in the town of Faenza. Many of the birds that fell dead from the sky were discovered with a mysterious blue stain in their beaks.

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Officials from Health Canada are scrambling to deal with the sudden death of 10?s of thousands of wild birds somewhere in the province. Officials dodged local reporters who were removed from outside the Level-4 Canada Science center. Thisis is the first time in the history of the Level-4 facility that a full mobilization has been initiated.

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Texans are observing hundreds of dead birds on an East Texas bridge, according to a breaking report by KLTV in Tyler. This latest discovery compounds the mystery of recent reported discoveries of dozens, hundreds, even thousands of dead birds and fish documented in the southern United States as well as dead wildlife reports in other parts of the world this week.

Around 200 birds were found dead on a Hwy 155 bridge over the Lake O’ the Pines, this morning.

The cause of death of the birds identified as American Coots is unknown. Lake O’ the Pines is located on Big Cypress Creek in the Cypress River Basin, 25 miles northeast of Longview.

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His margin of error was miniscule since the space station sped across the face of our solar system’s star in less than a second.

However, Mr Legault’s 1/5000th second exposure managed to perfectly capture Earth’s two largest satellites against the glowing yellow backdrop.

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The airport has closed its primary runway until Jan. 13 to repaint the numeric designators at each end and change taxiway signage to account for the shift in location of the Earth’s magnetic north pole.

… The busiest runway will be re-designated 19R/1L on aviation charts. It’s been 18R/36L, indicating its alignment along the 180-degree approach from the north and the 360-degree approach from the south.

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People near the epicentre in Ripon, in North Yorkshire, reported hearing what they described as an ‘explosion’ or a ‘rumbling’ when the quake hit.

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This unusual opportunity to see two gas giants in the same field of view is actually the third time in eight months there has been some alignment. This week Jupiter happens to be the brightest celestial body in the sky. During sunset it is very high in the sky and will set in the western sky at around 0400GMT (2300EST)

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