Arkansas Fish/ Bird sudden deaths...

[bsfins]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_thelookout/20110103/ts_yblog_thelookout/massive-bird-fish-kills-in-arkansas-leave-many-scratching-heads

Then links to his story..
http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/01/02/arkansas.fish.kill/

The problem I'm having with this, is there has been a lot of Earthquake activity around Beebe Arkansas the past few months. It seemed like once or twice a week for a month or so we got,there was 3 to 4 magnitude earth quake centered around /near Beebe Arkansas.I can't buy the explanation of fireworks for the Kill (we had fireworks here,but no reports of a bunch of birds dying),I guess I can understand the storms...The fish kill is one species....the Drum Fish....

Am I missing something?...Couldn't environmental issues cause this? I emailed the local T.V. station,and asked them....What do you guy's think?

[fyo]

I saw an interview with an ornithologist who said this kind of thing happened "quite often". This one flock just happened to be fairly large and dropped right on top of a town. She said the fireworks theory was "unlikely" (the way she said it made it sound like she thought it was a complete nutso theory).

[CF DolFan]

I read this on CNN today in two seperate threads and thought it was weird. It always seems like people are quick to explain things away so I figure we will have to keep an eye on this situation.

[BigDaddyFin]

I've read where freshwater drum may die if the algae content gets out of whack.  Has it been unusually cold there?  Outside of that, just as baffled as you are.

[bsfins]

I want to clarify, I'm not thinking end of the world biblical disaster...

I think like In tidal wave situations,where all the animals were acting funny,dogs eating through doors to get to higher ground...(stupid shit, that I've heard/read over the years)

[bsmooth]

I think they all came to the sudden realization that they lived in Arkansas and gave up the will to live.

[Lee]

Or maybe they knew what was going to happen in tonight's game?  I kid tho, pretty entertaining game...

[MaineDolFan]

Didn't this exact thing happen in "Flashpoint?"

[BigDaddyFin]

Logically even I can't explain it based on what I've read and heard.

Lightning strike?  nope, too many birds n doesn't explain the fish.

Jet engines? See above

bad water conditions ? might explain the fish but the birds aren't big enough to be eating freshwater drums.

Bad storm?  maybe but how come nobody else noticed the extreme storm?