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-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
The West Coast is running out of space to put dead whales
2019-06-22
[NYPOST] So many gray whales are washing up on the U.S. West Coast that the federal agency that deals with the rotting carcasses is running out of places to put them while they decompose.

NOAA Fisheries is asking those with private, isolated beachfront property to "host" a rotting whale because space is running out on public land.

So far, about 160 gray whales have washed up this year from Mexico to Canada.

Eighty-one of those died between Caliphornia, an impregnable bastion of the Democratic Party, and Alaska.

U.S. scientists last month declared the die-off an "unusual mortality event," a designation that triggers additional resources and launches an investigation into possible causes.

The first couple to volunteer their private beach received the carcass of an adult male gray whale that died of starvation.

Posted by:Fred

#8  oprah still lives in chicago
Posted by: Cheremp Ghibelline4808   2019-06-22 21:17  

#7  CA central coast is currently experiencing best salmon fishing in a decade. The food chain is healthy.
Posted by: Rex Mundi   2019-06-22 11:56  

#6  Perfectly normal phenomenon. It's only guilt and systemic self-criticism in the new way of dealing with reality that we are now being made to perceive it as some major event.

"Stranding" is a phenomenon that can occur for any of several reasons, including natural death to rough weather to reaction to sonar frequencies. The huge number quoted is obviously an aggregate, not that hundreds of whales are suiciding for some reason. Now they'll investigate the "unusual mortality event" and link it to global warming somehow.
Posted by: Dron66046   2019-06-22 11:10  

#5  Move over orbital mind control lasers and Jenny Craig we got whales for heavy bombing!
Posted by: Omorong Black8889   2019-06-22 10:16  

#4  What was wrong with the ocean itself again?

Even though whales have been dying in the ocean ever since they wriggled back into the water, the ocean lacks the proper regulatory infrastructure - EPA bureaucrats, regulators, inspectors, PowerPoint slides and civil service jobs. Hell, there's not even a home owner's association. You can't just let animals go around dying where ever they feel like.
Posted by: SteveS   2019-06-22 10:00  

#3  ...but enough about hollywood.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2019-06-22 09:36  

#2  Exactly. What was wrong with the ocean itself again?
Posted by: Vernal Hatrick   2019-06-22 09:22  

#1  I've heard that there are lots of empty ocean bottoms nearby with organic recycling centers already staffed and waiting. What's wrong with them?
Posted by: AlanC   2019-06-22 08:21  

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