Dead birds rain down on towns half a world apart
Stoy last updated at 22:00 pm, 10th January 2007
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It was back in the mid 70's when traveling by car in Southern Oregon, when I noticed (and photographed) a small purple'ish opaque (rainbow like) cloud that was shimmering very high in the otherwise clear blue, Summer sky.
It was not only unusual in that it was the only cloud in the sky, but it appeared to change to other shades of red, blue and green as it reflected the sunlight. Golly, that sure was purty!
With later asking many so-called weather experts I was unable to learn an answer to what may have caused that unusual purple cloud. So, I'm crazy!
Then in the 90's I was told by an Ag professional that what I had seen was likely a mist or vapor cloud coming from a petroleum based agricultural chemical (oil slick) that when sprayed (fr0m
land or by air) was caught in the rising air driven by a warming Sun, and rather than land on the farm crop (or orchard) as intended, it was carried up and away to whoever knows where.
I was also told that at an estimated 10 thousand feet of elevation (which was said quite possible) the mist-vapor in such a cloud could have traveled on the then West wind until the cooling late afternoon air would cause it to condense and fall to Earth, and then perhaps in eastern Oregon if not Idaho.
So today, when I hear of Moslem extremists having interest in Ag Spray Aircraft I can well understand how such a plane could easily be used as a random Terror Tool (but necessarily a Weapon) and how a cloud of poison gas could kill birds who had the misfortune of flying through it.
But then, in the 70's I doubt it was a smoke stack emmision . . . from China?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/worldnews.html?in_article_id=427997&in_page_id=1811
It was back in the mid 70's when traveling by car in Southern Oregon, when I noticed (and photographed) a small purple'ish opaque (rainbow like) cloud that was shimmering very high in the otherwise clear blue, Summer sky.
It was not only unusual in that it was the only cloud in the sky, but it appeared to change to other shades of red, blue and green as it reflected the sunlight. Golly, that sure was purty!
With later asking many so-called weather experts I was unable to learn an answer to what may have caused that unusual purple cloud. So, I'm crazy!
Then in the 90's I was told by an Ag professional that what I had seen was likely a mist or vapor cloud coming from a petroleum based agricultural chemical (oil slick) that when sprayed (fr0m
land or by air) was caught in the rising air driven by a warming Sun, and rather than land on the farm crop (or orchard) as intended, it was carried up and away to whoever knows where.
I was also told that at an estimated 10 thousand feet of elevation (which was said quite possible) the mist-vapor in such a cloud could have traveled on the then West wind until the cooling late afternoon air would cause it to condense and fall to Earth, and then perhaps in eastern Oregon if not Idaho.
So today, when I hear of Moslem extremists having interest in Ag Spray Aircraft I can well understand how such a plane could easily be used as a random Terror Tool (but necessarily a Weapon) and how a cloud of poison gas could kill birds who had the misfortune of flying through it.
But then, in the 70's I doubt it was a smoke stack emmision . . . from China?
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