Dead blackbirds fall again in Ark. town where thousands fell from sky last year

[CountAllVotes]

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Thousands of dead blackbirds rained down on a town in central Arkansas last New Year’s Eve after revelers set off fireworks that spooked them from their roost, and officials were reporting a similar occurrence Saturday as 2012 approached.

Police in Beebe said dozens of blackbirds had fallen dead, prompting officers to ban residents from shooting fireworks Saturday night. It wasn’t immediately clear if fireworks were again to blame, but authorities weren’t taking a chance.

Officer John Weeks said the first reports of “birds on the streets” came around 7 p.m. as residents celebrated the year’s end with fireworks in their neighborhoods.

“We started shutting down fireworks,” he said. “We’re working on cleaning up the birds now.”

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/dead-blackbirds-fall-again-in-ark-town-where-thousands-fell-from-sky-last-year/2012/01/01/gIQAi5FWTP_story.html?tid=pm_national_pop

[CanonRay]

1. Arkansas-Where blackbirds go to die

New tourism marketing campaign.

[Thor_MN]

2. How do we know they weren't terraist suicide Blackbirds?

It might have been suicide vests instead of fireworks...

[mistertrickster]

3. Except fireworks go off all around the country.

Why did they only die in this one town?

[mojowork_n]

4. Nearby military base testing a death ray? n/t

[sarcasmo]

9. A new Death Star?

[unionworks]

5. Nearby chemical weapons

Storage facility.

[Kablooie]

6. Bye bye blackbirds, bye bye.

[Bucky]

7. It's the first anniversary of the End Times

[bitchkitty]

8. Poor birds.

New Year revelers woke me up at midnight with drunken shouting and fireworks. I know how they felt. Guess if I'd been sitting in a tree I'd have fallen out and died too.