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-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
Thousands of birds fall from sky in Perth
2007-01-10
Posted by:Glinegum Glerelet8307

#7  The birds are dying because of their normal migratory routes have been permeated by radioactive fallout from a test that is to this point, still highly classified. This 'plume' was the result of an atmospheric 'mini' burst to thwart land and sea based sensors, possible to test the new 'Bunker Buster' Cruise missile yields.
Posted by: smn   2007-01-10 22:08  

#6  Not real sure about Austin (or Perth for that matter), but it could be tied to "red tide". An algae that grows offshore, which chokes the oxygen out of the water and can be toxic to certain animals. Of course, it usually occurs in warmer weather (summer), and would affect coastal birds first. Ah well, I still blame Bush and his lack of signing on to Kyoto!
Posted by: BA   2007-01-10 10:15  

#5  Esperance is 600 miles SE of Perth, a beautiful area BTW. It's normally dry in the summer, but the area had 10 inches of rain last week. I'd guess agricultural chemicals flushed into the water supply.
Posted by: phil_b   2007-01-10 07:29  

#4  Well...
Posted by: twobyfour   2007-01-10 01:07  

#3  Iff these events are truly "soft/benign" Terror, only pragmatic-realistic purpose I can see is to induce local Gubmint to [over]regulate and [over]bureaucratize = less $$$ for law enforcement. Using our own Gubmint processes agz ourselves.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2007-01-10 01:02  

#2  Article(s) indic leads are pointing to some kind of unknown [ingested]toxin, plus birds appear or seem to be dying near water sources, natural or artificial. Prob just a co-incidence but here in Guam, tried to water my Mom's plants for her but water from our outside hose had really strong smell/odor like sewage = sewer chemicals [e.g. "urinal cake"]!? No odor detected after one day's non-use.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2007-01-10 00:58  

#1  First Austin, now Perth. Holy cowpiles, those Muzzies must be upta somethin'. We've just got to figure out what.
Posted by: SpecOp35   2007-01-10 00:50  

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