Here's why they should ban chainlink fences.

[Madcrawdad]

Fish remain stuck in a fence as flood waters caused by Hurricane Ike recede, in West Orange, Texas, Monday, Sept. 15, 2008.

[Blueiz]

That picture looks photoshopped to me... At least the fish that is in front with the mouth open. The inside of a fishes mouth isnt black.

[paperdragon]

That picture looks photoshopped to me... At least the fish that is in front with the mouth open. The inside of a fishes mouth isnt black.

Yeah, that and the fact that the space it's "stuck" in is certainly large enough for that fish to get out of easily,

I kinda suspect that was the whole point of the post though... just silliness. :)

[1oooop]

fish don't look like that... especially when dried...

[Reefscape]

hmmmm.... :popcorn:


/me loads photoshop....

[Madcrawdad]

yup...and Hurricane Ike never happened ;)

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/APStories/stories/D937DVIG4.html

[J double R]

we're not disputing that the fish got stuck in the fence.. just that that photo is so bogus, you dont even need photoshop to tell.

(note the lack of actual photo in the article)

[excuzzzeme]

Hey it's on the internet so it must be real!:eek3: :grinyes::grinyes::grinyes:

[Madcrawdad]

The photo was taken by Eric Gay, an Associated Press photographer since 1986... I just can't figure out why he would have jeopardized his career with the organization and produced such an obvious fake. I'm off the the AP website to lodge a complaint. :headshake2:

[J double R]

link??

[Madcrawdad]

Link to photo...note the credit near the caption.

http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Most-Emailed-Photos-West-Orange2C-Texas/ss/1756/im:/080915/480/e8dea7f2f76b43c99e0859f38cf4223b/



Here's some info on the photographer...note the bio at the end of the article.

http://www.digitaljournalist.org/issue0509/dis_gay.html



I say we expose this guy for the fraud he is... Everyone still with me?! :)

[J double R]

fair. i'll concede on that. ;) what a weird lighting angle..like the gills dried shut..

[The Zigman]

here's a close-up.
not sure if it is photoshopped or not...

[Mgamer20o0]

ok so every so often a chainlink fence might kill some fish they should ban them? thats not rational...... i cant tell if the op was trying to be funny or what.

[The Zigman]

ok so every so often a chainlink fence might kill some fish they should ban them? thats not rational...... i cant tell if the op was trying to be funny or what.

I'm pretty sure he was just joking man..

Ya dont wanna get the fence stretchers union on yer butt... knowwhuttimean Vern?

[Blueiz]

Anyone else find it funny that both fish apppear to be looking at you?

[Vicious_Fish]

I don't know guys, it doesn't looked photoshoped to me. I will agree that the fish on the left looks rather goofy looking. Seems the fence worked like a "gill net"!

[Madcrawdad]

ok so every so often a chainlink fence might kill some fish they should ban them? thats not rational...... i cant tell if the op was trying to be funny or what.

Not ban them everywhere, but at least regulate their usage...

Maybe design some sort of safety guards that could be attached to the fence, that would prevent this sort of horror from ever happening again. Make it mandatory for those with chainlink fences living in areas prone to flooding.










































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[Blueiz]

IMO, flooding is horrible no matter how you look at it. This is just an example of the havocks it puts on the enviroment, other examples include coffins rising from the ground, propane tanks detaching and floating whereever they please, petroleum products from automatives washing into the water from vehicles that are submerged. The list really is endless. Just another one of those things that have to be dealt with in times of crisis.

[Madcrawdad]

IMO, flooding is horrible no matter how you look at it. This is just an example of the havocks it puts on the enviroment, other examples include coffins rising from the ground, propane tanks detaching and floating whereever they please, petroleum products from automatives washing into the water from vehicles that are submerged. The list really is endless. Just another one of those things that have to be dealt with in times of crisis.

I was just kidding about the Fishy Fence Guard (TM), but yes, I agree that flooding is horrible. Just to clarify, as this thread is taking a turn for the serious, I am making light of a silly fish picture...not the aftermath of Hurricane Ike.

[Blueiz]

I see...was getting hard to tell there for a bit..

[Madcrawdad]

Having a dry sense of humor, I should probably learn to use emoticons more effectively.... :)

[Mgamer20o0]

lol the sad part is i am sure there someone somewhere that agrees and wants to make it happen..... in this day in age you never know lol

[tennesseemom]

I don't agree flooding is horrible. It's mother natures way of washing out the old, and adding new nutrients back into the ground. What's horrible is that we allow building and people to live in flood areas, we've dammed our rivers and generally messed with the way nature had intended things to flow.

[Madcrawdad]

Yes, but everyone has to live somewhere. Unfortunately there is the potential for natural disasters everywhere. If you're going to tell people that they can't live in areas prone to flooding, you may as well get everyone out of the earthquake zones, too... and let's not forget about tornado alley, wildfires, mudslides, etc.

I'm sure that the poor person sitting in a flooded (or non-existent house) who has lost everything, or somebody whose family member drowned during a flood would think flooding is horrible... I would agree wholeheartedly with them. But that is a topic for another thread...;)

[Blueiz]

I don't agree flooding is horrible. It's mother natures way of washing out the old, and adding new nutrients back into the ground. What's horrible is that we allow building and people to live in flood areas, we've dammed our rivers and generally messed with the way nature had intended things to flow.

Its horrible what flooding does, regardless of what we have done to cause it, its stillleaves behind a horrible stgnant, disease filled mess.

[Lupin]

Its horrible what flooding does, regardless of what we have done to cause it, its stillleaves behind a horrible stgnant, disease filled mess.
I agree. I had to bear the smell for weeks after the aftermath done by the most powerful typhoon to ever hit my province last June. It was the most horrible experience in memory of the citizens.:shakehead:

[tennesseemom]

About 10 years ago, I was living with my grandmother and her house was on Rehoboth Bay, DE. We had 3 nor'easters back to back and I woke up in the middle of the night to the sound of water spashing. I looked outside and we and the entire neighborhood had become part of the Bay. I was scared to death! We and the neighbors got rescued by some very handsome National Guard soldiers. Luckily her house was on "stilts" but we lost both of our cars. She said that floods and hurricanes only happend "once in a great many years" and it was worth it to live there. You get very interesting things in your yard after the water goes away, and it stinks. But after that, I've always questioned why the continue to let people build houses in flood zones.

[J double R]

i don't necessarily agree with flooding bringing about any sort of good, but i do have to say...


live in an area on the coast that is below sea level, and you're ASKING for it. don't expect help when the problem isnt the area, it's you living in it.

[The Zigman]

i don't necessarily agree with flooding bringing about any sort of good, but i do have to say...


live in an area on the coast that is below sea level, and you're ASKING for it. don't expect help when the problem isnt the area, it's you living in it.

Hmm.

I live about 40 miles from the Southern shores of lake Michigan.. Does that count?!? because I didnt ask for it and this whole area is flooded. I live 6 miles from work, and today it took me about 40 minutes to get there. Most all of the streets are flooded in excess of 3 feet...

...askin for it my butt....

But if you have a cyclone fence, or a chain link fence, and you are worried it might become a dolphin net, put some privacy slats in it. That will keep the fishes out, and we wont be able to see you mow the lawn in that bright green speedo! anyway...

[J double R]

is your area a NORMAL flood area? with swamps and wetlands and such? if so.. yes. you're asking for it.

i didnt say ALL flooded areas are like that.. heck, it floods here in oklahoma on occasion..

i'm talking about regions that are PRONE to flooding, areas that WOULD be flooded, if it wasnt for man-made structures keeping the water out.

[ProAquatics]

just saw this in the hurricane pics

[catnipgal]

I am not a big fan of chain link fences. Not because of this fish picture, but many kids and animals have been hurt by chain link fences.

As for the fish, if it was really stuck in the fence, it would have died anyway. It would have landed on land without the fence, and would have died from being out of the water.

The hurricane was to blame for fish deaths, not fences.

[The Zigman]

No it usually doenst flood here
this is a link to a slideshow fromthe local newspaper's website. check it out..


http://www.nwitimes.com/packages/slideshows/floodingaerials/

and another
http://www.nwitimes.com/packages/slideshows/0915regionflood/

[Madcrawdad]

I am not a big fan of chain link fences. Not because of this fish picture, but many kids and animals have been hurt by chain link fences.

As for the fish, if it was really stuck in the fence, it would have died anyway. It would have landed on land without the fence, and would have died from being out of the water.

The hurricane was to blame for fish deaths, not fences.

During the hurricane that fence was underwater, and when those poor fish tried to swim away, they were caught in the fence. Had it not been for that fence, those fish might have been able to make their way back home when the water receded... Those fences need to be BANNED, and banned NOW!



BTW...I am just kidding. I don't really want to ban chainlink fences. I thought the picture was interesting, and the thread would be a way for me to poke a little fun at those folks who want to legislate every little thing. :thud:

[J double R]

why don't we ban fish instead? :grinyes:

[Madcrawdad]

why don't we ban fish instead? :grinyes:

That would be fine... In that case a 'No Trespassing' sign would be required to be posted on the chainlink fence.

[DAVIDFBT]

This one looks real:

http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080916/capt.b605c1fb08a9483193b4ae26bf5da68a.ike_texas_tx eg106.jpg?x=400&y=308&q=85&sig=nXL5nmHHnq5mXy.ukxoD4g--

[Bk718]

I agree for the ban..
Fences are tricky.. Not only fish are affected
http://img529.imageshack.us/img529/5442/p1010019nb0.jpg
http://img529.imageshack.us/img529/7136/stupidgoat1728224my4.jpg

Even Bras cant seem to avoid them..
http://intelligenttravel.typepad.com/it/images/2008/01/11/bra_fence_2.jpg

[DAVIDFBT]

Poor bras, they must've died a slow death. :(

[Bk718]

I want to see the camera turn to the right and show who those things belong to..
:tear: :tear:

[DrNo]

What the........???

http://intelligenttravel.typepad.com/it/images/2008/01/11/bra_fence_2.jpg

[noodles62]

boys will be boys....

[DrNo]

http://www.hickerphoto.com/data/media/40/bluefooted-booby_449.jpg

Wild Booby...

[catnipgal]

I think the bras in the fence is hysterical.

[DAVIDFBT]

I like blue footed boobies, I always wanted one as a pet.

[DrNo]

In the words of all those immortal Looney Tunes...... I'm a baaaaaaaaad boy.

[Cory Keeper]

I dislike any of the MSM, it just goes to show me how left they really have become.

I mean really.... THIS IS NEWSWORTHY?