Originally posted by aoi3610
It's all the medias fault, and probably social networking, and the popularity of the internet.
136 Reported in 1 year on average. (What has USGS reporting got to do with Social Media Etc)
Obviously, I don't think you read the OP's article.
Blame technology, says famed Harvard biologist E.O. Wilson. With the Internet, cell phones and worldwide communications, people are noticing events,
connecting the dots more.
"This instant and global communication, it's just a human instinct to read mystery and portents of dangers and wondrous things in events that are
unusual," Wilson told The Associated Press on Thursday. "Not to worry, these are not portents that the world is about to come to an end."
These events happen all the time. It's only unusual that you hear about them, not that they happen. Some reason this time they all got
reported/noticed because everyone is thinking and talking about it on the media, internet, etc... this made the event seem bigger than it really is.
I blame the technology too, people who are ill-informed get freaked out over stuff they don't know is already happening all around them all the
time.
Originally posted by aoi3610
Events happen around the world that mostly go unnoticed,
Un-noticed? Perhaps, Unreported? Unlikely.
136 Reported in 1 year on average.
"Depending on the species, these things don't even get reported," White said.
Federal records show they happen on average every other day somewhere in North America. Usually, we don't notice them and don't try to
link them to each other.
"They generally fly under the radar," said ornithologist John Wiens, chief scientist at the California research institution PRBO Conservation
Science.
I'm guess you missed the part where they said it "happens on average EVERY OTHER DAY".... and that is only in North America... Imagine how it is all
over the world.
It happens so much, people don't even notice, or report it.
Originally posted by aoi3610
but when media finally chooses to report it widely,
Which is not something i've seen?
Well the net is littered with media reports from across the globe about these die-offs which are pretty normal. You probably wouldn't be talking
about it right now if it wasn't for the media reporting it.
Originally posted by aoi3610
people freak out
I haven't seen the average "JOE" give a toss?
You are the average joe. People like you worry about bioweapons, evil world rulers killing everyone and everything, the end of the world, HAARP,
super sonic weapons, etc.... all just FEAR by people like you.
Originally posted by aoi3610
like it is the first time and think the events are "rare".
100+ events in 7 days is a FIRST?
No, it's not. Again, events happen EVERY OTHER DAY and that is only in North America....
100+ events? Don't start exaggerating on me now. It won't work.
Originally posted by aoi3610
so much attention.
Have they been plastering this all over your TV?
It is an honest question, I do not know, but they have not here.
Yes, and the internet.
edit on 6-1-2011 by gift0fpr0phecy because: (no reason given)
I was relieved someone posted this, because all of this doom and gloom really sucks. It is boring,
depressing and really not helping anyone. If these people actually believed something was happening they would get off of their collective buts and
get non-virtual about it, meaning they would go outside and start making some noise. 
