Huge fish kill reported in Plaquemines Parish | NOLA.com
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Plaquemines Parish officials have asked state wildlife officials to investigate what they said is a massive fish kill at Bayou Chaland on the west side of the Mississippi River late Friday.Photographs the parish distributed of the area shows an enormous amount of dead fish floating atop the water.
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themotivateddropout
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Get ready for a lot more stories like this.
- 2 years ago
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themotivateddropout
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Mark701
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Lack of oxygen, a massive release of hydrogen sulfide, a sharp temperature change and/or chemicals could be responsible. They're going to have to test the water to know for sure--if they can stand the smell.
- 2 years ago
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Mark701
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idealist
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http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Bayou+Chaland&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wl, not good
- 2 years ago
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idealist
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morgantj
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At first sight, I thought that was pavement. Not good.
- 2 years ago
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morgantj
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fun_size
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Oh shit theres so many dead fish you cant see water! Someone needs to be held responsible for this...
- 2 years ago
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fun_size
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reactionforce [removed]
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This was/is a nice place. Sad to see that my home, a place that only recently I've been able to appreciate for it's positive attributes, may very well be in for a world of trouble in the future. I do mean larger, more grandiose troubles, if thats possible.
- 2 years ago
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reactionforce [removed]
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EthicalVegan
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reactionforce:
Terribly, unforgivably sad. And what kills the fish can... and probably will... eventually kill off the regional humans (it's happened before).
- 2 years ago
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EthicalVegan
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keithponder
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you better have at least 6 months of rice, beans and water stored..
- 2 years ago
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keithponder
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Saladin
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What the hell happened?
And worse, will it even matter? Chances are that's it a corporate entity that's responsible, one that will get away more or less scott free if recent precedents are any indication. Especially in Mississippi.
- 2 years ago
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Saladin
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MINDHEAD
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this is just the beginning...
- 2 years ago
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MINDHEAD
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Kurta
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Very sad. I'm curious to see what results the investigators yield. Anoxic water is definitely a bad thing. If that is indeed the case, the only thing living that will be there is bacteria.
We had a similar event happen here in PA a little while back. 30 miles of the Dunkard creek was decimated by mine runoff. Absolutely lifeless. I wouldn't be surprised if something like that is what cause this current disaster.
- 2 years ago
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Kurta
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EthicalVegan
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Kurta:
I read about that.
And that bacteria will live on, and on, and on. This fish kill shouldn't surprise any of us.
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EthicalVegan
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Kurta
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EthicalVegan:
Oh, you know it. It's a shame that these type of events are becoming more commonplace as the population and consumption grows out of control.
If the Earth were a business, we would have never been hired.
- 2 years ago
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Kurta
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wally60
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just a little piece of what man is doing to our home mother earth
- 2 years ago
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wally60
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budmayne
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Perhaps it was all that oil we put into the ocean?
No one is really going to notice this post either. That's sad.
Although brittany spears is more important than the environment..... So i guess I understand - 2 years ago
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budmayne
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Viadeluna
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budmayne:
It really is sad. Where I live is not far from this and its widely accepted that this will barely catch a glance of attention. From anybody.
- 2 years ago
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Viadeluna
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EthicalVegan
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Viadeluna:
It's caught MY attention... and I sadly knew horror stories such as this would happen as a result of BP/Halliburton/Transocean's greed. Check out "BP Catastrophe" in Current. We need folks like you to keep the news going... please!
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EthicalVegan
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toyotabedzrock
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Wow, thats kind of scary.
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EthicalVegan
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toyotabedzrock:
It's a whole LOT scary, my friend!
See if your library carries the new book, "Animal Factory." The first two chapters are about fish kills, and it sure as hell seems that these massive "death-offs" are not natural.
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EthicalVegan
