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Tens of thousands of dead fish wash ashore on South Carolina beach

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By Andrew Mach, Staff Writer, NBC News

Thousands of dead fish washed up on mile and a half stretch of beach in South Carolina Tuesday, officials said, at least the second such occurrence in the region in a week.

Roughly 30,000 to 40,000 menhaden fish, 6 to 8 inches long, were spread along the shore from DeBordieu Beach in Georgetown County, S.C., to Pawleys Island, a town on the state's Atlantic Coast, and thousands more were expected, Pawleys Island Police Chief Michael Fanning said.

Similar incidents have happened in the area before, including late last week when hundreds of thousands of the small, oily fish were washed ashore near Masonboro Island, N.C., and last year when an influx of dead starfish were found on the same beaches.

The fish were first spotted by beachgoers taking advantage of the unseasonably warm weather.

"We came down to the beach for the day just to have, you know, a nice day on the beach, smell the fish smell, came down to look for shells and all these fish -- dead," Pawleys Island resident Pat Hawkins told NBC station WMBF in Myrtle Beach, S.C. "It's a shame. I don't know what's causing it."

Officials from the Department of Health and Environmental Control and the Department of Natural Resources visited the area Tuesday and took water samples in an effort to determine what killed the fish.

Marine experts determined the fish died from hypoxia, which occurs when the amount of oxygen in the water drops.

“On Friday we had a new moon (which caused) real high high tides and real low low tides,” Belltold The Sun News. “Probably what happened was a school (of menhaden) got in an area of water on a high tide, in a hole or depression, and at low tide they were trapped and depleted the oxygen in the water. Then, all the fish would suffocate. Then, when the tide came back in, it washed the dead fish out and they washed up on the beach.”Mel Bell, director of the Office of Fisheries Management for the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, said the occurrence was an entirely natural event.

"When it's one species like that, that's usually indicative of a low dissolved oxygen situation because they tend to be more fragile," added Dan Hitchcock, an assistant professor at the Baruch Institute of Coastal Ecology and Forest Science at Clemson University in Georgetown, S.C.

Fanning said the city has no plans to clean up the fish and will let the seagulls and the tide clear the sand. 

“We’re just dealing with it as a force of nature," Fanning said. "There are some residual fish, most of it has gotten washed away, there were a ton of birds down there. If you went down there (Thursday), you’d get more birds than fish.”  

Menhaden fish, typically used by fishermen as bait, are a small, silver fish, whose oil is used in vitamin supplements, lipstick and livestock feed. 

source: http://usnews

California: Thousands of Dead Fish Wash Ashore at Pawleys Island

Shoreline covered with thousands of menhaden fish appear but scientists believe mass deaths a natural event

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January 17, 2013 2:24 PM GMT

The scene on the beach (Pawleys Island Police)

Thousands of dead fish have been washed up on a beach at Pawleys Island in south California - the second such occurrence in a week.

Police have confirmed thousands of menhaden fish were found dead and thousands more were expected.

Hundreds of thousands of the small, oily fish were washed ashore near Masonboro Island outside Wilmington in north California. The  Department of Natural Resources has been notified of the latest incident.

Scientists believed the deaths were a natural event because oxygen levels in the water had plummeted to nearly zero.

Pawley Island Sgt Steve Pop told WBTV: "It's an occurrence called hypoxia.

"That is dissolved oxygen levels in the water that drop to a level that is not sustainable for the fish."

"We've got some deep holes off the north inlet that holds these fish," Pop added. "This time of year the fish congregate in these holes which is depleting the oxygen source."

Source: http://www.ibtimes.co.uk

Sarasota County removes dead fish from south county public beaches

Posted: Thursday, January 17, 2013 11:53 am | Updated: 12:02 pm, Thu Jan 17, 2013.

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Sarasota County staff members working with non-violent offenders from the Sarasota County Sheriff's Offender Work Program have been deployed to Caspersen Beach, 4100 Harbor Drive, Venice, to remove dead fish that have washed ashore. Cleanup efforts also have been scheduled today for county-owned beaches, including Manasota Beach, Blind Pass Beach, Venice Beach and others. The suspected cause of the fish kill is a red tide bloom located offshore in the Gulf of Mexico.

The dead fish started washing ashore earlier this week. County staff, including lifeguards and employees of Parks and Recreation, will continue to monitor all public beaches for impacts of red tide, and will respond as the need arises.

Residents and visitors with asthma or chronic respiratory impairments who are planning to visit a local beach are encouraged to be aware of beach conditions where red tide impacts are being reported. For those who are susceptible, the symptoms associated with red tide tend to become more noticeable when the winds are blowing onshore.

Current beach conditions can be found online at Mote Marine Laboratory's website,www.mote.org/beaches. Residents and visitors also can register to receive email reports about specific beaches. For telephone updates, call 941-BEACHES (232-2437) and press "1" for Sarasota County beaches.

source: http://www.mysuncoast.com

Hundreds of thousands of dead fish reported on Masonboro Island

MASONBORO ISLAND, NC (WECT) – Hundreds of thousands of dead fish have been reported this week at Masonboro Island by state environmental officials, according to a spokesperson for the N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources.

Environmental officials explain that the fish, Atlantic menhaden, which travel in very large groups, took a wrong turn, up Loosins Creek.

In under an hour, the area caused dissolved oxygen levels in the water to drop to close to zero, which ended up killing them.

As a result, the dead fish have been discovered along the island's beaches and in the water.

Officials say they've noticed a pattern of dead fish in winter months and attribute it to the menhaden tightening their school.

Workers with Coastal Management, Water Quality and Marine Fisheries are keeping an eye on the area, and throughout the weekend, dead fish will probably continue to surface.

The workers have a monitoring station set up that checks the water for dissolved oxygen levels, temperature, pH levels and other data.

"This may be the first time we have had continuous monitoring of water quality in an area at the exact time of a fish kill," said Jim Gregson, Surface Water Protection supervisor for the state Division of Water Quality, in a statement. "The data recorded by Coastal Management's monitoring station was a big help in determining the cause of this event."

"You want to make sure it's not an algae or something that could be a concern for human health and a lot of times, you don't know what caused it," said Stephanie Garrett, who is with NCDENR. "Being able to look at what the physical conditions were at the time, you can see that they just ran out of oxygen."

Officials say that while the dead fish don't necessarily pose a danger to humans, they want to make visitors aware of the occurrence.

read more at http://www.wect.com

PHOTO: Dead fish

Thursday, January 17, 2013

Purwakarta, Java — A fisherman looks at dead fish floating near the Jatiluhur dam at Purwakarta, West Java, yesterday. Thousands of tons of dead fish were found following torrential rains around the area. (Photo:AP)

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Low Oxygen Levels Kill an Estimated 2,000 Fish in Grand Island Lake NEBRASKA

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Wildlife officials are investigating after an estimated 2,000 dead fish have turned up in one Grand Island lake.

An angler ice fishing on Suchs Lake reported the fish kill to the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission last week.

"We had an angler who went over there to the lake to ice fish last week, and when he started drilling holes through the ice to fish, he noticed some dead fish floating up through them," fish and wildlife biologist Brad Eifert, of the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission, said. 

A preliminary investigation revealed that low oxygen levels in the water led to the die-off, Eifert said.

"We had oxygen levels below one part per million, which is lethal to most fish species," he said.

One cause for those low oxygen levels, he said, could be the recent snow fall, covering the lake's surface, making it impossible for fish to breathe.

"The heavy snow cover inhibits sunlight penetration into the water," Eifert said, "which doesn't allow the plants to photosynthesize and produce oxygen, so when that happens, the plants actually use oxygen and then the oxygen levels drop fairly rapidly."

Officials say these kinds of fish kills aren't uncommon, but they usually occur later in the winter season.

"Normally they happen later in the year," Eifert said. "We haven't had ice for very long -- about three weeks now or about a month -- and the snow cover really wasn't as thick as we sometimes get, so it was a little unusual that way."

"It's a natural occurrence, it happens throughout the Midwest and it seems to happen to a lot of the smaller lakes and ponds," Todd McCoy, director of the Grand Island Parks and Recreation Department, said.

Also adding to the problem, city officials say, is the large number of geese that inhabit the lake.

"Sometimes the waterfowl with their deposits in the lake sometimes can make the lake not as clear, and that reduces the visibility, reduces the light that gets into the lake," McCoy said. "And in the winter time when you get the ice on top of the lake, you get snow on top of the lake, and then if you have murky conditions then some of the plants don't grow, and that reduces the oxygen levels."

So how will the die-off affect fishing at the popular lake?

"There'll be less fish in there for anglers to catch this spring, and probably a lot smaller fish for people to catch," Eiefert said.

But experts say it's likely that some of the fish will survive.

"The ones that do survive will actually grow larger, and they'll actually thrive a little bit more now that they'll have a little more space, a little more oxygen for them," McCoy said.

Officials plan to go in to the lake in the spring when it thaws and remove all the dead fish, which they say could cause a strong odor for a while.

"There'll be a lot of dead, floating carcasses, but they typically decompose rather quickly," McCoy said. "The smell will be around for a week or two, and then be gone."

Eifert says replacing the possible thousands of fish lost will be costly. At about $1.50 per fish, restocking the lake could add up to about $3,000.

source: http://www.nebraska.tv/story/20596831/fish-kill

Red tide reported off Collier beaches

• Daily News staff
• Posted January 17, 2013 at 5 a.m

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Dead fish have washed ashore on North Naples beaches as a red tide continues to hang on offshore of Southwest Florida, Collier County beach monitors reported Wednesday.

Red tide is a bloom of microscopic algae that releases a toxin that can kill marine life and cause respiratory irritation in humans, including as recently as early last week. The county is warning people with emphysema and asthma to avoid the beaches.

One beach goer estimated that Barefoot Beach was littered with one dead fish every five feet for a mile, and 20 fish were reported on Vanderbilt Beach north to Wiggins Pass, county pollution control worker Rhonda Watkins said.

Watkins said the county's regular beach rake routine picked up the Vanderbilt Beach fish, but beach raking is not allowed on Barefoot Beach, which is within a preserve area.

Satellites are tracking patches of elevated to high chlorophyll levels stretching offshore from southern Pinellas to Collier counties. More water samples are scheduled to be taken from the beaches Thursday.

Water samples collected earlier this week showed red tide at very low levels at Vanderbilt Beach and Seagate and at low levels at the Naples Pier and South Marco Beach.

To report dead fish or red tide symptoms, call 239-252-2502. Red tide updates are available by calling the county's hotline at 239-252-2591.

source: http://www.naplesnews.com

Update 1/29/2012: Pole Shift Causing Sky Quakes Which Explain The Strange Trumpet and Humming Noises People Are Hearing Around The Globe

Update: 1-29-2012






Don't forget when this happened it was in real time and the announcers were talking about it in real time.

Update 1-27-2012:





FORUM
SKY QUAKES: Natural or government related Occurrence. Real or misidentify.

Definition (An attempt to define)
You be the judge. Sky quakes are best defined as a possible atmospheric disturbance that is described to be a loud and long bang sound (Usually a duration of 10 to 45 seconds) which causes rattling of loose objects and trembles the air (Feeling the shock waves hit you in constantly).It gives the appearances similar to respects of an earthquake but with the air trembling with no distinct double bang as a sonic boom, no seismic activity can be recorded due to it not being a disturbance in the ground and thus being unable to be recorded to an extent that seismotectonics and other geographical area of science will not be able to recognize it due to it not being able to be recorded, verified by instruments, and no confirmed source of a epicenter. It is severe enough to light up government and media switchboards but no know major damage. It usually seen near military installations, but not always near or in the same geographic area of a military installation. No known confirmed sources of explosion or fast moving objects picked up on radar or ground seismic instruments.

What would causes a phenomenon like this?

Possible identification of a cause of it is only in theory. Roughly it is thought that a object in the atmosphere or wind atmospheric pressure at altitudes of over 5,000ft moving (possibly object) or shifting (atmospheric pressure) at a speed of mach 5 (3691.05mph) or great. Which in itself will ripple the troposphere.

Reports of Occurrences

No official report or official agency of a acceptable reputation is around to record such incidents due to the Sky Quake being unable to be verified as a real occurrence but one of only in theory. How ever there are sites and independent sites and agencies that are nonofficial that due take the report of occurrences. So far the independent reports are many just statements around the world and nothing else. http://www.shadowresearch.com/SRI/shadowreport.htm is one where you can read the reports and such submit one. it is a good read.

Possible Natural Occurrence
Thoughts of possible space debris or rocks from the solar system may of been traveling at a high speed and skipped through the atmosphere much like skipping a rock at a lake. Impacts of meteoroids on earth have been classified recently in the United States in early 2009. The United States is the one who generally disseminates the information to other astrological agencies throughout the world.

Possible Weaponization of Nature.
The ability to use natural occurrences as a weapons is a possibility and it is either confirmed to an extent or denied by many governments. Use of using sounds and shockwaves have been record in times of the Bible and as recently by Nazi Germany in World War 2 and current.

Possible Military Project of NATO.
Before we go off saying that all conspiracies are those of a single government (United States). Be advise that there are such things as joint conspiracies. When I was in the military, in order to be loaned out from the ARMY to Nato control for a a certain time you need a Top Secret Clearance and the ability to keep your mouth shut. There is only one official project name that is officially know but no details are officially released on it. In the military, the only thing that can be mentioned about something that is confidential, secret, top secret or sci is the project or operation name. The name is of the project or the operation is ALWAYS unclassified. So what project am I referring to that has a connection to this? It will be Project Aurora.

Tell me more of Project Aurora?

It is said to be in existence since 1970's. It is described to be triangular shaped planes that may have actually been in service since 1989. In fact, there is believed to be a small squadron operating out of Beale AFB, in California. Some believe that the aircraft is able to cruise at altitudes of above 180,000 feet and travel at a speed of Mach 8. At 5,280 mph, this is more than 2 times the official world record. It’s been reported that Aurora operates mainly at night and incorporates the latest radar-evading "stealth" advancements. An aircraft traveling at Mach-8 could reach any point on the globe in less than three hours. In early 1992 it was reported that...  

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Skyquakes: Warnings From Earth’s Destabilizing Core
By Terrence Aym
Ominous booms thunder across the sky. These ‘skyquakes’ are abruptly erupting all over the world. Hundreds of thousands wonder in fear about the bizarre hums, explosive booms, and howling moans. From Russia, to Australia, from Chile to the Eastern Coast of the U.S., the sky is exploding. As the frequency and intensity increase people are asking: ‘Is Doomsday approaching?’ Some researchers fear that may be exactly what’s coming…

Hyperborean vibrations from the Earth’s destabilized core
AUDIO: Harmonics over Czech Republic – January 2012

NEW! Earth harmonics heard in Manitoba…animal reacts…eerie. Earth core mutation twisting subterranean rock. Keep eye on sky where you are for earth lights day or night.

Harmonics may signal massive Earth core slippage
Millions of years ago the seas suddenly rose, islands disappeared, continents flooded, and mighty mountain ranges like the Andes rocketed from the depths of the ocean reaching many thousands of feet into the air within a matter of hours.
Today fossils of bottom dwelling sea creatures—even actual parts of seashells—can still be found near the South American range’s jagged mountain peaks.
Despite the fact that a few believe the Earth may flip on its axis, that’s not very likely to happen.
Is the sky falling? No, the Earth’s core is slipping…
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You have to watch this video prior to the reading of the rest of the blog. It is extremely interesting as it explains what is going on with the weird noises all around the globe and the changes in the weather.







Here is the screenshot from my article 2 weeks ago — proving the north pole has shifted towards Russia:



This “new pattern” of severe weather, mild winter, and earthquake unrest will continue as long as the magnetic Poles are in a large state of Flux.

FINALLY ! It all ties together.
Strange animal deaths starting last year…. global uptick in earthquakes…. weather patterns shifting / changing noticeably …. compasses showing variances …. airports changing their runway alignment …. sun rising early in Greenland …. record snow over Russia/Alaska ….  north pole shifting …. gravity and moon anomalies…
And now this latest story — the USDA confirms that indeed WARM LATITUDES have shifted north — what once was the climate of New Orleans Louisiana to North Florida is now the Climate of South Missouri to North Carolina !!!  Plants will be able to live in these warmer new climates developing… thus some tropical species will thrive in temperate zones.

This is HUGE news!!!

In my opinion — this all can now be put together into one narrative — THE EARTHS MAGNETIC POLES HAVE SHIFTED .. this is not wild conspiracy talk .. it is now being confirmed by stories like this USDA announcement.


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USDA releases new planting zone map

Janice Lloyd, USA TODAY Staff

Camelias, a New Orleans trademark, staking out in North Carolina and higher latitudes?

It's true, gardening experts say, and expect similar oddities to represent the new norm.

It is now safe to plant new species in many parts of the nation, according to a new government map released Wednesday showing new growing guidelines for the first time in decades. A gradual northward warming trend makes it possible to plant trees and other perennials that would have perished in colder zones.

The "hardiness" zones, the gospel to the the nation's 82 million gardeners that are printed on the back of seed packs and catalogs, are based on average minimum temperatures.

"It is a good thing the government has updated the map," says Woodrow Nelson, director of marketing communications for the Arbor Day Foundation. "Our members have been noticing these climate changes for years and have been successfully growing new kinds of trees in places they wouldn't grow before."

For example, Pennsylvania's growing zone was considered risky for Southern Magnolias, according to the old government map dating to 1990. But the new map, based on updated weather statistics from 1996 to 2005, puts Pennsylvania, like much of the Northeast, in a warmer growing zone.

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HERE IS THE MAP - click here

 

Mass Animal Deaths In August 2011 - End Times Prophecy Fulfillment?

Hundreds of Birds Dead in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma

(Broken Arrow, OK) – It was a bit of a mystery as hundreds of birds were found dead yesterday in the Oklahoma town of Broken Arrow.

Tulsa County and state experts say severe weather is to blame.

Officials speculate lightning and thunder scared the birds out of the trees, causing them to either fly or be blown back into trees and buildings.

Most of the birds were found near a local Walmart.

Experts are also speculating the birds were so soaked with rain, they died from hypothermia.

State wildlife experts say bird die-offs are common after severe weather.

They also say there is no threat of disease from the dead birds. – MyStateline.com

Hundreds of birds found dead in Broken Arrow, Ok

Posted on August 12, 2011 by The Extinction Protocol

August 12, 2011 – Broken Arrow, OK –  It was a bit of a mystery as hundreds of birds were found dead yesterday in the Oklahoma town of Broken Arrow. Tulsa County and state experts say severe weather is to blame. Officials speculate lightning and thunder scared the birds out of the trees, causing them to either fly or be blown back into trees and buildings. Most of the birds were found near a local Walmart. Experts are also speculating the birds were so soaked with rain, they died from hypothermia. State wildlife experts say bird die-offs are common after severe weather. They also say there is no threat of disease from the dead birds. –Mystateline.com

The death of one of nature's giants: 55ft-long fin whale dies after lying stranded on beach

By Daily Mail Reporter

Last updated at 8:28 AM on 10th August 2011

A giant rare whale has washed up on a beach at a British beauty spot.

The 55ft fin whale - the world's second largest animal and a globally-endangered species - washed ashore at Lynmouth, Devon.

Swansea Coastguard received a call around 8.30am today saying the animal had been marooned on the pebble beach at Lynmouth, close to the Cliff Railway.

A Lynmouth coastguard source said the animal had been dead for a day or two.

Lynmouth coastguards are currently in talks with Swansea coastguards about how best to remove the animal.

The fin whale is the second largest animal after the blue whale. It can grow to lengths of up to 85ft and weigh up to 80 tonnes.

Fin whales are most common in the southern hemisphere but smaller populations have been known to inhabit the North Atlantic.

Visitor Peter Osborne, from Wimborne in Dorset, discovered the whale when he arrived at the resort's seafront car park, under Holladay Hill, to do some early morning fishing.

He contacted the Lynmouth Coastguard Station but when staff arrived, the whale was found to be dead.

Among the first people on the scene were Andy Cleverdon, former Station Officer at Lynmouth Coastguard Station and Heidi Fargher-Harding, wife of the current station officer David Harding, are both medics with the British Divers Marine Life Rescue organisation.

Andy said: ‘I have looked at the records over the years and I am pretty sure that this is the first stranding of a whale for more than 20 years on the Lynmouth beaches and rocks.

‘It is difficult to tell whether the whale was still alive or already dead when it became stranded.

‘We were able to identify it through certain characteristics and the first thoughts were that it was a female, but it was fairly battered through the contact with the rocks.

‘It was a sad sight.~ Andy Cleverdon added that contact had been made with the National History Museum and there was a possibility of a post-mortem being carried out on the spot if a team had been able to reach the site before the morning tide.

There were some fears that the tide and the prevailing wind might carry the dead whale onto the section of beach close to Lynmouth's harbour and jetty.

A spokesman for British Marine Life Divers Rescue, which attended the fin whale stranding, said efforts would be made to find the cause of death.

He said: ‘High tide is around 5pm so it doesn't leave too much time for an investigation.

‘It will be down to the local council to dispose of the carcass.

‘It must be removed from or tethered to the beach as it could be a hazard to shipping it floats out to sea.

‘There's a sizeable population of fin whales that live off the coast of Pembrokeshire - it could have been a member of that group.’

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2024111/The-death-natures-giants-Huge-fin-whale-dies-lying-stranded-beach.html#ixzz1UxVz0WNo

Unknown poison kills Mackay Creek fish

Streamkeeper warns about use of storm drains

By Tessa Holloway, North Shore NewsJuly 20, 2011

North Shore streamkeeper Ron Den Daas holds a few of the dozens of juvenile coho salmon and cutthroat trout that died July 8 in upper Mackay Creek. No obvious signs of pollutants leave the fish deaths a mystery.

Photograph by: Paul McGrath, North Shore News

UPWARDS of 100 dead and dying coho salmon were found in Mackay Creek July 8, but just what killed them may never be known.

Ron Den Daas, a member of the Pacific Streamkeepers Federation, discovered the fish when he took some kids down to the creek to show them the young salmon, only to happen upon the much more grisly scene. He described salmon gasping, unable to swim and floating to the top, with several still dying in front of him.

"It was horrible," he said. He walked up and down the banks with staff from Environment Canada, the provincial Ministry of Environment and Fisheries and Oceans Canada, counting in total about 100 dead fish. The die-off in a small ecosystem will have a huge impact, he said.

"Because Mackay Creek is a very impacted urban creek, the salmon population that lives in Mackay Creek is really struggling to survive," he said. "It will impact the return, who knows how much, but when it's already struggling this doesn't help, for sure."

Environment Canada is investigating the deaths and conducting tests on fish samples at their West Vancouver facility, but by the time Nick Russo, acting manager of environmental emergencies, reached the site, water tests came back within normal limits.

It's often difficult to pinpoint an exact source of what killed the fish, he said, because of how many different storm drains feed into creeks like Mackay.

"Whatever that material was that caused the fish kill could have come from anywhere," he said.
Poisoning via storm drains is not uncommon. In July 2010, an unknown amount of fire-retardant foam was flushed down a storm drain at North Vancouver District's No. 3 fire hall on Montroyal Boulevard and wound up in Mosquito Creek. The chemical, called Hi-Combat A, coated the surface of the creek in bubbles, but wasn't blamed for any fish deaths in the creek.

"Urban creaks are hit hard every year. It's not just Mackay Creek. I've worked extensively with the city of Burnaby over a couple of years to resolve issues on Byrne Creek, and it's just one of those ongoing things," said Rucco, adding it's a frustrating job at times to respond to these fish kills year after year.

If there's a moral to the story, he said, it's that people need to watch more carefully what they do with their household products. Even products that say "environmentally friendly" or "biodegradable" on them can be dangerous to fish in certain concentrations, as can prolonged exposure to the chlorine in tap water.

"Any sort of waste should be disposed into the sanitary line: your sink, your toilet, that sort of thing," he said.
It's a message Den Daas couldn't agree with more, adding people often think storm drains enter the sewer system when they actually dump into streams.

Still, he hopes to see Mackay Creek bounce back, describing it as an invaluable resource for the North Shore.

"I bring a lot of kids to the creek to do programming with local schools about salmon and protecting the creek, so for me it was a total disaster and a very troubling event."
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(Aug 10) Dead fish wash up along a barrier in the Grand River below Fort Gibson Dam in Phoenix, Arizona. Fisheries biologists said the fish kill, which primarily affected the striped bass population, likely was caused by excessive heat. Striped bass reportedly are less tolerant to heat than other game fish found here.

http://endtimesrevelations.wordpress.com/2011/08/13/mass-animal-deaths-august-2011-part-i/

UPDATE: Dead Fish at Chipman’s Pond after algae bloom

Aug 9, 2011 posted by: Kelli Steele - WGMD News

A large fish kill at Chipman’s Pond in Laurel sent DNREC officials to investigate. Stu Mickels (Mick-uls), Program Manager for Fisheries tells WGMD…

He says about 2000 fish died in the algae bloom, but with the weather the way it’s been over the past month – he’s expecting to see more fish kills occur unless there’s a change in the weather.

WGMD News has learned that there are indeed dead fish dotting the shore line and in the water at Chipman’s Pond in Laurel.

DNREC Program Manager Stu Michels has confirmed that crews are on the way to the Pond to assess the situation. He says probable causes for the fish dying include the recent hot, humid weather and lack of rain.

We should know more later today.
http://www.wgmd.com/?p=31621

(Aug 9) More than a ton of dead fish, mainly carp and mullet, were found floating in the River Segura on Monday, close to the mouth of the river at Guardamar in Spain. Conservationists are still unclear as to the cause of death but a spokesman said that it is likely to be one of two things, either as a result of the high temperatures in recent days which reduces the oxygen in the water and produces asphyxiation or due to the increasing use of agricultural pesticides in the region.

http://endtimesrevelations.wordpress.com/2011/08/13/mass-animal-deaths-august-2011-part-i/

(Aug 9) Visitors to Taman Bandar Indera Mahkota lake in Kuantan, Malaysia, had a rude shock when they saw hundreds of dead black tilapia floating in the man-made feature. The rotting fish was emitting a stench and had turned the water murky.

http://endtimesrevelations.wordpress.com/2011/08/13/mass-animal-deaths-august-2011-part-i/

Hundreds of dead fish flood Mid-South lake
By Nick Kenney

Memphis, Tennessee - (WMC-TV) - Visitors to Patriot Lake at Shelby Farms Park may be shocked by the sight of hundreds of dead fish in the water, though park officials say there is little cause for concern.

"We've had a lot of fish turn up dead," spokesperson Jen Andrews said Monday.

Recent visitors have noted over the past several days the large number of dead fish in the lake.

It's not the first time this summer that a large-scale fish kill has been reported. The same thing happened in June at Appling Lake in Bartlett.

Andrew said hot weather is the likely cause of this latest fish kill.

"The heat could have an affect on it," she said. "Any kind of environmental extreme is gonna affect oxygen levels in the water, and fish who are sensitive to that will be affected by it."

Most of the dead are Gizzard Shad. According to Andrews, the phenomena is a natural function of normal turnover - a way for the lake to manage its own waters.

Andrews said there is no bacteria, parasite or illness that is causing the fish to die, and there is no danger to the public or the environment.

She acknowledged, however, that the dead fish leave behind a unique odor.

"Our very hard-working rangers all unfortunately smell a little bit fishy right now," she said. "They've been wading in the water and cleaning it." 

Andrews said a fish kill like the one Patriot Lake is currently experiencing happens every 12-18 months.

The park plans to expand and renovate Patriot Lake, which park official hope will minimize fish kills.

http://www.wmctv.com/story/15230482/hundreds-of-dead-fish-flood-mid-south-lake

MSD to clean-up dead fish in parts of River Des Peres

KMOV.com

Posted on August 8, 2011 at 4:04 PM

Updated Monday, Aug 8 at 6:37 PM

(KMOV) – The smell of dead fish lurks in the air near the River Des Peres in south St. Louis due to the hot and dry weather keeping the river waterless for the most part.

The St. Louis City Streets Department told News 4 the city cannot do anything to clear out the dead fish because that part of the River Des Peres is not owned by the city.

News 4 discovered it is the St. Louis Metropolitan Sewer District’s property and MSD will pick up the dead fish that are on nearby banks or easy to reach.

Most of the fish are Asian carp fish and the Missouri Department of Conservation is not worried about the amount of Asian carp fish that have died.
http://www.kmov.com/news/local/MSD-to-clean-up-dead-fish-in-parts-of-River-Des-Peres-127268558.html

Several Hundred Kiliograms of dead fish found in Lakes near Batumi, Georgia - 3rd Aug 2011

Massive quantities of dead fish have been resolved in Adjara, where several hundred kilograms of dead fish were found in lakes near Batumi during the last two days.

The local authorities have begun studying this issue.

The cause was asphyxia, the decrease of oxygen concentration in the water due to intense heat, the Ministry of the Environment told media.

Damage caused by the dead fish has not been accounted for.

http://thecomingcrisis.blogspot.com/2011/08/several-hundred-kiliograms-of-dead-fish.html

Thousands of Star Fish Wash Up On South Carolina Beach

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. -- The unsettled weather along the South Carolina coast has caused thousands of starfish to wash on shore at Pawleys Island.

State Department of Natural Resources Marine Division spokesman Phil Maier told The Sun News of Myrtle Beach that the starfish were likely dislodged from the rocks they usually stick to by rough seas Monday night.

Beachgoers reported starfish littering sections of the beach Tuesday, some piled on top of each other.

Maier says most of the starfish are still alive and there is no need to throw them back in the ocean because Mother Nature will take care of them.

Read more at http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/07/dead-starfish-south-carolina-pawleys-island_n_846298.html

Psychological Warfare and You.

As I have made mention in past posts, PsyOps or Psychological Operations take place among Homeland Security, Military, and others to gain political objectives, manipulate the public opinion, or to promote reasons for taking action, such as the war in Iraq.

There is conjecture that, not only does this include manipulation through what is defined below, but it includes causing events that gain the attention of a population, causing fear and more dependency upon the government and their "expertise".   One of these events that have come up in the conjecture is 9/11.  Many think this took place to justify a "war on terror" or an entry into, not only Iraq, but into the middle east to hunt down the Taliban and others, as well as to show U.S. power.

Here is what is defined as psychological operations.

Psychological warfare (PSYWAR), or the basic aspects of modern psychological operations (PSYOP), have been known by many other names or terms, including Psy Ops, Political Warfare, “Hearts and Minds,” and Propaganda.^[1] Various techniques are used, by any set of groups, and aimed to influence a target audience's value systems, belief systems, emotions, motives, reasoning, or behavior. It is used to induce confessions or reinforce attitudes and behaviors favorable to the originator's objectives, and are sometimes combined with black operations or false flag tactics. Target audiences can be governments,organizations, groups, and individuals.

The U.S. Department of Defense defines psychological warfare as:

"The planned use of propaganda and other psychological actions having the primary purpose of influencing the opinions, emotions, attitudes, and behavior of hostile foreign groups in such a way as to support the achievement of national objectives."^[2]

....warning, there is extensive adult language (swearing) and violence...

During World War II the United States Joint Chiefs of Staff defined psychological warfare more broadly stating "Psychological warfare employs any weapon to influence the mind of the enemy. The weapons are psychological only in the effect they produce and not because of the weapons themselves."^[3]

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United States

See also Psychological Operations (United States)

The purpose of United States psychological operations is to induce or reinforce attitudes and behaviors favorable to US objectives. The Special Activities Division (SAD) is a division of the Central Intelligence Agency's National Clandestine Service, responsible for Covert Action and "Special Activities". These special activities include covert political influence (which includes psychological operations) and paramilitary operations.^[5] SAD's political influence group is the only US unit allowed to conduct these operations covertly and is considered the primary unit in this area.^[5]

Dedicated psychological operations units exist in the United States Army. The United States Navy also plans and executes limited PSYOP missions. United States PSYOP units and soldiers of all branches of the military are prohibited by law from targeting U.S. citizens with PSYOP within the borders of the United States(Executive Order S-1233, DOD Directive S-3321.1, and National Security Decision Directive 130.) While United States Army PSYOP units may offer non-PSYOP support to domestic military missions, they can only target foreign audiences. During the Waco Siege, the FBI and BATF conducted psychological operations on the men, women and children inside the Mount Carmel complex. This included using loudspeakers to play sounds of animals being slaughtered, drilling noises and clips from talk shows about how much their leader David Koresh was hated. In addition, very bright, flashing lights were used at night.^[6]

The United States ran an extensive program of psychological warfare during the Vietnam War. The Phoenix Program had the dual aim of assassinating Viet Cong personnel and terrorizing any potential sympathizers or passive supporters.

When members of the VCI were assassinated, CIA and Special Forces operatives placed playing cards in the mouth of the deceased as a calling card. During the Phoenix Program, over 19,000 Viet Cong supporters were killed.^[7]

The CIA made extensive use of Contra death squads in Nicaragua to destabilize the Sandinista government, which the U.S. maintained was communist.^[8] The CIA used psychological warfare techniques against the Panamanians by broadcasting pirate TV broadcasts. The CIA has extensively used propaganda broadcasts against the Cuban government through TV Marti, based in Miami, Florida. However, the Cuban government has been somewhat successful in jamming the signal of TV Marti.

In the Iraq War, the United States used the shock and awe campaign to psychologically maim, and break the will of the Iraqi Army to fight.

More recently, an article in Rolling Stone magazine alleges the United States has conducted psychological operations on its own senators and other decision makers in order to influence foreign policy. The article quotes U.S. Army Lt. Col. Michael Holmes describing how the U.S. Army illegally ordered a team of soldiers specializing in "psychological operations" to manipulate visiting American senators into providing more troops and funding for the war. According to Holmes, the orders came from the command of Lt. Gen. William B. Caldwell, a three-star general in charge of training Afghan troops.^[9]. Gen. David Petraeus commander of the forces in Afghanistan ordered an investigation into the allegations made in the article.^[10]

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychological_operations#United_States

Propaganda is a form of communication that is aimed at influencing the attitude of a community toward some cause or position.

As opposed to impartially providing information, propaganda, in its most basic sense, presents information primarily to influence an audience. Propaganda often presents facts selectively (thus possibly lying by omission) to encourage a particular synthesis, or uses loaded messages to produce an emotional rather than rational response to the information presented. The desired result is a change of the attitude toward the subject in the target audience to further a political agenda. Propaganda can be used as a form of political warfare.

While the term propaganda has acquired a strongly negative connotation by association with its most manipulative and jingoistic examples, propaganda in its original sense was neutral, and could refer to uses that were generally benign or innocuous, such as public health recommendations, signs encouraging citizens to participate in a census or election, or messages encouraging persons to report crimes to the police, among others.

The United States and Iraq both employed propaganda during the Iraq War. The United States established campaigns towards the American people on the justifications of the war while using similar tactics to bring down Saddam Hussein’s government in Iraq.^[35]

[edit]Iraqi Propaganda

The Iraqi insurgency's plan was to gain as much support as possible by using violence as their propaganda tool.^[36] Inspired by the Vietcong's tactics,^[37] insurgents were using rapid movement to keep thecoalition off-balance.^[36] By using low-technology strategies to convey their messages, they were able to gain support.^[38] Graffiti slogans were used on walls and houses praising the virtues of many group leaders while condemning the Iraqi government. Others used flyers, leaflets, articles and self published newspapers and magazines to get the point across.^[38]

Insurgents also produced CDs and DVDs and distributed them in communities that the Iraq and the U.S. Government were trying to influence.^[39] The insurgents designed advertisements that cost a fraction of what the U.S. was spending on their ads aimed at the same people in Iraq with much more success.^[39] In addition, the Iraqis also created and established an Arabic language television station to transmit information to the people of Iraq about the rumors and lies that the Americans were spreading about the war.^[37]

[edit]American Propaganda in Iraq

To achieve their aim of a moderate, pro-western Iraq, U.S. authorities were careful to avoid conflicts with Islamic culture that would produce passionate reactions from Iraqis, but differentiating between "good" and "bad" Islams has proved challenging for the U.S.^[37]

The U.S. implemented something called “Black Propaganda” by creating false radio personalities that would disseminate pro-American information but supposedly run by the supporters of Saddam Hussein. One radio station used was Radio Tikrit.^[37] Another example of America’s attempt with Black Propaganda is that the U.S. paid Iraqis to publish articles written by American troops in their newspapers under the idea that they are unbiased and real accounts; this was brought forth by the New York Times in 2005.^[40] The article stated that it was the Lincoln Group who had been hired by the U.S. government to create the propaganda, however their names were later cleared from any wrong doing.^[40]

The U.S. was more successful with the “Voice of America” campaign, which is an old Cold War tactic that exploited people’s desire for information.^[37] While the information they gave out to the Iraqis was truthful, they were in a high degree of competition with the opposing forces after the censorship of the Iraqi media was lifted with the removal of Saddam from power.^[41]

In November 2005, the Chicago Tribune and the Los Angeles Times, alleged that the United States military had manipulated news reported in Iraqi media in an effort to cast a favorable light on its actions while demoralizing the insurgency. Lt. Col. Barry Johnson, a military spokesman in Iraq, said the program is "an important part of countering misinformation in the news by insurgents", while a spokesman for former Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said the allegations of manipulation were troubling if true. The Department of Defense confirmed the existence of the program.^[42][43]

[edit]Propaganda aimed at Americans

The extent to which the US government was guilty of propaganda aimed at its own people is a matter of discussion. The book Selling Intervention & War by Jon Western argued that president Bush was "selling the war" to the public.^[44]

President George W. Bush gave a talk at the Athena Performing Arts Center at Greece Athena Middle and High School Tuesday, May 24, 2005 in Rochester, NY. About half way through the event Bush said, "See in my line of work you got to keep repeating things over and over and over again for the truth to sink in, to kind of catapult the propaganda."

People had their initial reactions to the War on Terror, but with more biased and persuading information, Iraq as a whole has been negatively targeted.^[45] America’s goal was to remove Saddam Hussein’s power in Iraq with allegations of possible weapons of mass destruction related to Osama Bin Laden.^[46] Video and picture coverage in the news has shown shocking and disturbing images of torture and other evils being done under the Iraqi Government.^[46]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propaganda#Iraq_War

More on this at a later date....