Can It Really Rain Fish?
In short: Falls of fish from the sky are documented events, usually explained by whirlwinds, tornadoes or waterspouts crossing water, though a calm-weather case at Marksville, Louisiana, in 1947 fits that picture less neatly.
A 1:24 short film in the series “Invisible Atmosphere”, narrated by intellect_voice_01.
Sources used in this film: U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Commercial Fisheries (Fishery Leaflet 513, 'Rains of Fishes', April 1961; hosted by NOAA Fisheries), “leaflet513.pdf”; BBC News (UK Magazine, article by Edward Green, last updated 20 August 2004), “BBC NEWS | UK | Magazine”; Smithsonian Magazine, “Strange Rain: Why Fish, Frogs and Golf Balls Fall From the Skies”; National Weather Service, Weather Forecast Office Key West, FL (NOAA), “Waterspouts & the Florida Keys”; NOAA National Weather Service Office, Melbourne, Florida (technical memorandum by Barry K. Choy and Scott M. Spratt), “Microsoft Word - spout.doc”; ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation), ABC Alice Springs, “Fish 'rained from the sky', outback community says, in freak weather event”; Live Science, “Raining Frogs & Fish: A Whirlwind of Theories”.
Sources used in this film
- U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Commercial Fisheries (Fishery Leaflet 513, 'Rains of Fishes', April 1961; hosted by NOAA Fisheries) — leaflet513.pdf · View →
- BBC News (UK Magazine, article by Edward Green, last updated 20 August 2004) — BBC NEWS | UK | Magazine · View →
- Smithsonian Magazine — Strange Rain: Why Fish, Frogs and Golf Balls Fall From the Skies · View →
- National Weather Service, Weather Forecast Office Key West, FL (NOAA) — Waterspouts & the Florida Keys · View →
- NOAA National Weather Service Office, Melbourne, Florida (technical memorandum by Barry K. Choy and Scott M. Spratt) — Microsoft Word - spout.doc · View →
- ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation), ABC Alice Springs — Fish 'rained from the sky', outback community says, in freak weather event · View →
- Live Science — Raining Frogs & Fish: A Whirlwind of Theories · View →
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Sources
- Summary by Intellect · source: U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Commercial Fisheries (Fishery Leaflet 513, April 1: leaflet513.pdf
- Also: BBC News (UK Magazine, article by Edward Green, last updated 20 August 2004): BBC NEWS | UK | Magazine
- Also: Smithsonian Magazine: Strange Rain: Why Fish, Frogs and Golf Balls Fall From the Skies
- Also: National Weather Service, Key West, FL Weather Forecast Office: Waterspouts & the Florida Keys
- Also: NOAA National Weather Service (Melbourne, FL forecast office): Microsoft Word - spout.doc
- Also: ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation), ABC Alice Springs: Fish 'rained from the sky', outback community says, in freak weather event
- Also: Live Science: Raining Frogs & Fish: A Whirlwind of Theories
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