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Tamaulipas Civil Defense says in a brief statement that rain Tuesday in the coastal city of Tampico included fish. Photos posted on the agency's Facebook page show four small fish in a bag and another on a sidewalk.
According the U.S. Library of Congress, it's a phenomenon that has been reported since ancient times. Scientists believe that tornadoes over water - known as waterspouts - could be responsible for sucking fish into the air where they are blown around until being released to the ground.
Source: Associated Press
Reader Comments
True, thoughout ancient times, there have been fish falls, but they have occurred in normal weather, clear skies, no funnel clouds for thousands of miles, hundreds or thousands of miles from where the fish are native.
Most importantly, he notes that for that same forever, there have likewise been falls of frogs.
Now if the waterspout theory held water (it doesn't) then it goes to say that it would be more likely to pick up smaller frogs - indeed, POLLYWOGS. And yet, throughout history, he only found references to falls of frogs; and NONE of pollywogs. (Another 'damned' fact to be not repeated.)
R.C.