10 Blocks Shut Down in Texas Due to Dead Birds O.oa

nobackspacebutton · Post by **nobackspacebutton** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 11:06 am

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- Police shut down 10 blocks of businesses in the heart of downtown Austin early Monday after dozens birds were found dead.

Experts were testing for any sort of environmental contaminant or gas or chlorine leaks that might have killed off the animals, police spokeswoman Toni Chovanetz said.

There were no reports of any humans harmed, but a 10-block stretch of the main north-south route through downtown, several side streets and all buildings in the area were blocked off and expected to remain off-limits until about noon, Chovanetz said.

The bird carcasses were found overnight along Congress Avenue between Sixth and Eighth streets.

The street closure Monday morning stretched from the front of the state Capitol to a section of the Colorado River known as Town Lake. The Capitol opened on schedule Monday, the day before the legislative session was to begin.

Luv2Skydive · Post by **Luv2Skydive** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 11:07 am

OMG, it's ARMAGEDDON! Dead birds in Texas....foul odors in New York. That's in Revelations, right?

nobackspacebutton · Post by **nobackspacebutton** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 11:09 am

Luv2Skydive wrote:OMG, it's ARMAGEDDON! Dead birds in Texas....foul odors in New York. That's in Revelations, right?

Yeah.. Pat Robertson dreamed it.

AutoPilate · Post by **AutoPilate** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 11:16 am

Disclaimer: The views expressed here concerning Pat Robertson are not indicative of how we feel about Christians in general.

nobackspacebutton · Post by **nobackspacebutton** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 11:24 am

AutoPilate wrote:Disclaimer: The views expressed here concerning Pat Robertson are not indicative of how we feel about Christians in general.

Thank you.

Kasdeja · Post by **Kasdeja** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 12:40 pm

Wow, that was really needed AP.

Anyway, think it's connected with the smell in NYC trains?

MrsCop · Post by **MrsCop** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 12:51 pm

uh oh, OpA's in Austin partying again. Strange thing...no dead bats

Kasdeja · Post by **Kasdeja** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 12:53 pm

LadyBugGirl · Post by **LadyBugGirl** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 9:01 pm

Wow that's interesting. (Thanks for sharing)

I feel bad for the birds.

girlAnachronism · Post by **girlAnachronism** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 9:05 pm

It's a preemptive strike against what will happen when Alfred's Hitchcock's The Birds comes to life.

blahblablee · Post by **blahblablee** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 9:07 pm

girlAnachronism wrote:It's a preemptive strike against what will happen when Alfred's Hitchcock's The Birds comes to life.

omg that movies was creepy...
I watched that in this TV Production class I had a few years ago...

The creepiest part is the guy with the missing eye

kristenjane · Post by **kristenjane** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 9:59 pm

That would be so scary to me if I lived anywhere near that.
Think about waking up one morning to dead birds all over.
Ha I made it sound like they were stacked. But just like even a few dead birds... make you think someone was after you.

angie78gg · Post by **angie78gg** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 8:26 am

Wow, either it was an angry cult protesting, or the poor birds ate some bad fish

Killthesmiley · Post by **Killthesmiley** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 8:44 am

oHOHOHOHOHOHHOHOHOHOHOHOH

IT WAS TERRORISTS! THAT DAMN BIN LADEN!

Kasdeja · Post by **Kasdeja** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 8:53 am

I wonder if those birds ate some fresh spinach...