Los mirlos de Arkansas, los estorninos de Louisiana, las ranas de Magnolia y demás acontecimientos luctuosos

Cito www.elpais.com de hoy: "las autoridades de varios Estados de EE UU investigan las causas de diversos casos de misteriosas muertes masivas de animales que han sucedido desde fin de año, con centenares de pájaros que caen muertos del cielo y ríos que fluyen llenos de peces sin vida. En Luisiana, 500 pájaros (mirlos y estorninos) han aparecido muertos a lo largo de un estrecho tramo de autopista cerca de la ciudad de Labarre, se supone que caídos del cielo. Su caso se suma al de los miles de mirlos que aparecieron muertos el día de Año Nuevo en la localidad de Beebe, en el vecino estado de Arkansas, donde uno de sus principales ríos mostraba miles de peces fallecidos".

The epoch times, 30 de octubre de 2008: "aside from frogs, the most common animal rain involves fish—a frequent occurrence in both India and Australia. A study done by Australian zoologist Gilbert Whitley found that in 1972 it rained fish some 50 times.

The Honduran province of Yoro has a history of raining fish going back so far that it has become part of the culture of this region. Each year between May and July, witnesses see what starts out like a normal storm—black clouds, thunder, lightening, and hard rain— but when the rain stops, the ground is covered with live fish that the villagers cook and eat. Since 1998, the Yoro people have held an annual "Rain of the Fish" festival to mark this miraculous occurrence. On July 16, 2006, Honduran television gave a special report on this phenomenon since it now rains fish there up to two times per year.

... When science does acknowledge this occurrence, the explanation often centers on a storm or hurricane lifting creatures out of the water and through the air where they finally fall in remote areas. However, this does not explain how such a powerful storm could be discriminating enough to select only animals of the same species, and careful enough not to touch surrounding plant life. Tornadoes and hurricanes are known to scatter and destroy everything in its wake. Evidence of their presence differs quite a bit from the vast majority of animal rains concentrated to relatively small areas.

Another problem with this theory is that the animals that fall are alive—suggesting that little time has passed between the moment the storm collected them and when they fell. How does this happen when there are no known bodies of water nearby? There are even occasions, like with the Salta spiders, in which the animals appear on clear days, without wind or precipitation.

So why do these animal rains occur? There have been several theories, but nothing has yet been suitably explained or proven. It appears that Mother Nature still holds some mysteries in this modern age"

Entre las langostas del Antiguo Testamento, las ranas de "Magnolia", las arañas de Salta (Argentina), los peces de Honduras y los mirlos de Arkansas, vaya con las diversas lluvias. Si añadimos la lluvia de millones en Barcelona por el gordo de Navidad, la de estrellas esa, la lluvia ácida y otras que ahora no recuerdo, la fijación con lo que nos cae del cielo acabará convirtiéndonos a todos en Abrazopartidix, con su temor a que le caiga el cielo encima...