One of the websites I manage, has an rss feed and receives alert emails from an emergency and disaster information service in Hungary. The site has quite a bit of near real-time information on everything from pandemic maps, nuclear events, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis, cosmic events, and just about every reported event in the world.
Anyway, every now and then an interesting one pops up. The alert email below stood out because it was listed as "Non-categorized event - Australia". Here's their main page: http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/ Click on the region map you want to view. Click on any map icon to read details about any given event. Gary -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of RSOE EDIS Sent: Sunday, February 28, 2010 12:50 AM To: RSOE EDIS AlertMail Subject: RSOE EDIS: Australia - Non-categorized event - 2010.02.28 RSOE EDIS <http://hisz.rsoe.hu/index.php?lang=eng> RSOE Emergency and Disaster Information Service Budapest, Hungary RSOE EDIS ALERTMAIL 2010-02-28 05:50:18 - Non-categorized event - Australia EDIS CODE: UEV-20100228-25147-AUS Date & Time: 2010-02-28 05:50:18 [UTC] Area: Australia, State of Northern Territory, , Lajamanu Not confirmed information! Description: While the Top End and Central Australia have been battered by torrential rains, a Territory town has reportedly had fish falling from the sky. The freak phenomena happened not once, but twice, on Thursday and Friday afternoon about 6pm at Lajamanu, about 550km southwest of Katherine, The Northern Territory News reports. Christine Balmer, who took the photos of the fish on the ground and in a bucket, said she had to pinch herself when she was told "hundreds and hundreds" of small white fish had fallen from the sky. "It rained fish in Lajamanu on Thursday and Friday night," she said, "They fell from the sky everywhere. "Locals were picking them up off the footy oval and on the ground everywhere. "These fish were alive when they hit the ground." Mrs Balmer, the aged care co-ordinator at the Lajamanu Aged Care Centre, said her family interstate thought she had lost the plot when she told them about the event. "I haven't lost my marbles," she said, reassuring ! herself. "Thank God it didn't rain crocodiles." Lajamanu sits on the edge of the Tanami Desert, hundreds of kilometres from Lake Argyle and Lake Elliott and even further from the coast. But it's not the first time the remote community has been bombarded by fins from above. In 2004, locals reported fish falling from the sky, and in 1974, a similar incident captured international headlines. The small white fish are believed to be spangled perch, which are very common through much of northern Australia. Weather bureau senior forecaster Ashley Patterson said the geological conditions were perfect on Friday for a tornado in the Douglas Daly region. He said it would have been an ideal weather situation to allow the phenomena to occur - but no tornados have been reported to the authority. "It's a very unusual event," he said. "With an updraft, (fish and water picked up) could get up high - up to 60,000 or 70,000 feet. "Or possibly from a tornado over a large water body - but we haven't had ! any reports," he said. Posted:2010-02-28 05:50:18 [UTC] hr <http://hisz.rsoe.hu/images/hr-large.gif> Please DO NOT reply to this message: replies may be treated as errors and result in your subscription being deleted. If you have trouble or other queries, send email to [email protected] RSOE EDIS is operated by the National Association of Radio-Distress Signalling and Infocommunications (RSOE), Budapest, Hungary. Because of the complexity of this system and its dependence on other systems, we cannot be responsible for delays or failures in forwarding or transmission. You're receiving this AlertMail because you subscribed for the service. To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now <http://levlista.rsoe.hu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hisz-alertmail-eng> . Contact: [email protected] _______________________________________________ http://box535.bluehost.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
