|
Image of the Day Images that will blow your mind - every day. [Blog] [RSS] [XML] |
|
Thread Tools | Rate Thread | Display Modes |
03-09-2011, 08:45 PM | #1 |
Drawn Druid
Join Date: Sep 2007
Posts: 32
|
Mar 9, 2011: Millions of dead fish at King Harbor in Redondo Beach, California
Authorities in Redondo Beach are investigating what killed millions of fish over the last day at King Harbor Marina. Fish, including anchovies, sardines and mackerel were floating lifeless in Basins 1 and 2 of the north side of King Harbor Marina. "There’s basically fish everywhere you go in the harbor," said the harbor's assistant manager, Jason McMullin, who added that there were reports that a red tide may have driven the fish into the harbor in massive numbers where they died because of limited oxygen. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lano...4e5fb9fc9f970c
__________________
Now what do we do? |
03-09-2011, 10:08 PM | #2 |
To shreds, you say?
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet!
Posts: 18,449
|
lately there's been a rash of massive bird die-offs too
__________________
The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs |
03-09-2011, 11:11 PM | #3 |
trying hard to be a better person
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Brisbane, Australia
Posts: 16,493
|
The end is nigh!
__________________
Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber |
03-09-2011, 11:36 PM | #4 |
LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Arkansas
Posts: 7,661
|
Charlie Sheen went swimming
__________________
"Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner |
03-10-2011, 03:25 AM | #5 |
Doctor Wtf
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Badelaide, Baustralia
Posts: 12,861
|
Suppose they revved up that outboard and let her rip. Eeeiiuuuwww!
If the fish died from natural causes (hypoxia, eg) that would make excellent fertiliser. ETA: thanks for the IotD, coolcat.
__________________
Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl. |
03-10-2011, 05:22 AM | #6 |
Professor
Join Date: Oct 2006
Posts: 1,911
|
I'm amazed they're making such a hullabaloo of this. It happens all the time. Our harbor had it happening every other year until they fixed it.
They installed large motors with propellers on them all over the harbor. When the fish show up they turn them all on. It thrashes the water into an aerated foam and simultaneously reduces the incentive for the fish to hang around in the maelstrom. While the fish show up regularly there's never been another big die off. BTW when those fish die? They rapidly decompose into an oily mess. The oils strip the very expensive paint off the bottoms of all the boats. This causes great hues and gnashing of teeth. |
03-10-2011, 08:11 PM | #7 |
Lecturer
Join Date: Sep 2009
Posts: 796
|
News today says they've removed over 20 tons of the dead fish. Still working on that, but concerned also about the fish that are dead and NOT floating on the surface.
Considering bringing in a "vaccuum" boat, possibly with a diver, to help remove the dead fish from the bottom of the marina. Yes, it's all going to be sold to a fertilizer company, to help defray the costs of the clean up. Sounds like the hull repainting business will be picking up! Off-topic, but is Charlie Sheen the biggest space cadet of the last decade, or what? I thought Lindsay Lohan might top the list, but she's suzy stable, compared to Charlie. |
03-11-2011, 10:34 AM | #8 |
lobber of scimitars
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Phila Burbs
Posts: 20,774
|
They heard the tsunami was coming and decided to take themselves out early?
__________________
wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis |
03-12-2011, 05:01 AM | #9 |
Professor
Join Date: Oct 2006
Posts: 1,911
|
Adak: Agreed there on Charlie.
Well wouldn't you know it? Our harbor was the one that got creamed by the tsunami today. You know. The one on all the national news channels all day. Those network ass-clowns had a helicopter hover over it from 8am to 8pm. Sheesh. (or should I say Sheen!) |
03-12-2011, 07:35 AM | #10 |
Blatantly Homosapien
Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 6,200
|
I think we should break it down in smaller batches. All those fish will never cook at once.
__________________
Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please. |
03-12-2011, 01:32 PM | #11 |
lobber of scimitars
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Phila Burbs
Posts: 20,774
|
Is zippyt on vacation again? Wouldn't be the first time he went fishing with dynamite ...
__________________
wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis |
03-12-2011, 07:46 PM | #12 |
Coronation Incarnate
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Western Australia
Posts: 99
|
Woo-Hoo! .. The Road Kill Grill, will now be able to broaden the menu, to include seafood .. with fresh anchovies, sardines and mackerel listed as being immediately available!
__________________
Illiterate??? - Not a problem! Write today for more information!! .... |
03-14-2011, 04:33 PM | #13 |
Snowflake
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Dystopia
Posts: 13,136
|
...
__________________
****************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio |
03-15-2011, 05:44 AM | #14 |
Professor
Join Date: Oct 2006
Posts: 1,911
|
LOL!! Nice one Flint
|
03-15-2011, 09:01 AM | #15 |
Turns out my CRS is a symptom of TMB.
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Chicago suburbs
Posts: 2,916
|
You know how they say animals can tell when an earthquake is coming? Maybe these guys suicided rather than face the tsunami.
__________________
Talk nerdy to me. |
Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests) | |
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | Rate This Thread |
|
|