The Wall Street Journal published a story today about a young man whose attempt to take his own life was luckily halted...by a heap of trash bags. Apparently trash pickup in New York City was delayed due to recent snowfall, and so when this young man decided to jump out of the window of his 9th-story apartment, he landed on a pile of trash instead of on the sidewalk.
Unfortunately, there were about 4000 deaths in Arkansas that could not be prevented by waiting piles of stinking garbage: the deaths of the mysterious falling blackbirds on New Year's Eve. Except, their deaths are not as mysterious as they seem. Apparently, the immense clouds of blackbirds that periodically fill the skies of good ol' Beebe, AK, were disturbed either by recent thunderstorms or --more likely--by a bunch of Beebers (Beebens? Beebes? Beebites.) setting off fireworks to celebrate the last day of 2010. Scientists claim that birds who were trying to fly low and avoid the explosions probably ended up either crashing into houses or into each other.
I know birds have bad vision, but I mean, come on.
Anyway, next time you're taking out the trash, just think(!), you could be saving a life. Also, watch out for falling dead birds.
Oh, and apparently fish?
http://online.wsj.com/article/APd78a8fd3d2ac4845a51c38fc93eeab11.html - saved by trash
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/04/us/04beebe.html?src=twrhp - birds, fish
caused by global warming....
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