On 1/5/2011 10:52 AM, Geoffrey wrote:
> Are there any military bases near by that may test munitions ?
>
> Nerve gas will float in the air like a puff of smoke and, in seconds, 
> kill anything which gets in the way.
>
> Just a thought.
>
> geoff
>
> -----Original Message----- From: gpayton@.............
> Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2011 1:47 PM
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> Subject: Re: Guy, AR
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>
> Hi Chris,
>
> Great to see you online again!  The gas idea was only a passing 
> thought on my part.  I know that volcano activity and sometimes oil 
> drilling releases pockets of hydrogen sulfide, but I don’t remember of 
> a spontaneous release.  And, like we say, it is heavier than air.
>
> These Red-wing Blackbirds fly and roost by the thousands in tight 
> formations.  They sometime look like clouds of undulating and changing 
> smoke when flying in the distance.
>
> I saw an TV interview with a Arkansas Game and Wildlife representative 
> yesterday who said that they were looking into the fireworks 
> possibility and the birds becoming frightened.  As you may know, here 
> in the U.S. it is a custom sometimes to shoot off fireworks in 
> celebration of the New Year.  However, this was a small rural area and 
> I don’t know how much of a fireworks display they may have had.  That 
> is questionable in my mind.
>
> I know that in Dallas, Texas there is a park downtown that is a 
> frequent roosting spot for similar type birds.  They reappeared each 
> year causing a lot of noise and mess from their droppings, creating a 
> big health hazard.   The city tried using fireworks to frighten them 
> away and didn’t work.
>
> However, fireworks were the leading theory, as of last night.
>
> Being a meteorology “nerd”, I also know that tornadoes have cause 
> similar events in the past, even sucking fish from lakes.  There WAS a 
> tornado event in Cincinnati, AR that same night.  It was probably more 
> than a hundred miles West of the bird event though. The line of storms 
> did move NE and would have probably passed over that area later.  I do 
> not know the exact timeline for each occurrence.  As you suggest, 
> lightening or hail is a possibility too.  I’ve heard not mention of 
> that occurring at the time, but is another theory.
>
> I suspect it will be one of those “strange events of nature” which we 
> never know for sure and have only theories.  I think that I will drop 
> the subject for fear of confirming that I may be a “bird-brain.”
>
> Best Wishes for the New Year,
> Jerry
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Yes Ft Leonard Wood (very large)  which is due east of Springfield, MO 
about 300 miles.
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