Okay... with Japan actually moving closer to the United States (by anywhere from 4- to 6-inches depending on whom you listen to) as a result of the Sendai earthquake on March 11, 2011 - additional consequences are being experienced in other countries as well. And that seems a little bit fishy to me.
Over in Acapulco, Mexico, fisherman are having a good day. A really friggin' good day. That day was March 11, 2011. I know, that's a lot of 11's in this paragraph and the last one, but let's take a slightly closer look at the story.
On that auspicious day, schools and schools of sardines, mackerel, anchovies and stripped bass gathered close to the Acapulco beach... so much so, that it turned the water black, looking akin to an oil slick.
How many fish were there? Well, let's just say one enterprising 'fisherman' went out with his buddy in a motorboat and scooped up fish using a plastic garbage bag. And it worked. No fisherman used a rod and reel or net - there was no need. One could scoop up fish faster using a bucket - holy mackerel!
I'm guessing that Acapulco's major trade is not fishing--perhaps it's tourism or growing marijuana aka Acapulco Gold, or perhaps tourists who want marijuana--but reports indicate that there were only about 30 fisherman (by profession) and numerous families who came out to take advantage of the bounty.
If you'd like a Christian analogy - there were so many fish that I think Jesus Christ could have walked on the water there and wouldn't have had to take five loaves of bread and two fish and use up a miracle to feed the several thousand people around him - they could have fed themselves. I'm guessing that if he wanted to turn water into wine, it would be stripped bass-flavoured wine.
Okay. I'm sorry about that last paragraph. But that was a lot of fish! Probably too many, meaning that the Fisherman's Union (good old FU) wouldn't pay scale for the catch.
Okay. I'm done now.
The Mexican fishermen - despite their ability to see Jesus Christ in a taco or the Virgin Mary in a quesadilia - believed the plethora of fish was caused by the earthquake causing strange ocean currents.
But is it true?
Experts aren't sure.
Rich Briggs, a geologist (??!!) with the U.S. Geological Survey, surmises that it would be easy to make that connection, but that even though a tsunami can change local water currents, it's difficult to know for sure. But he didn't say it couldn't be true.
Somewhere wondering why we're not talking to an oceanographer,
Andrew Joseph
Today's blog title is brought to us by Bread: FISHSANDWICH.
PS: Today I came up with the title first (and group) and then wrote the piece. I had no idea (as that's the way I write) what exactly I was going to write about - so using the Jesus Christ analogy was either blind luck or an amazing coincidence, as I had forgotten about the band's name. Really. It brought a smile to my face as I suddenly added the band's name under my signature.
Over in Acapulco, Mexico, fisherman are having a good day. A really friggin' good day. That day was March 11, 2011. I know, that's a lot of 11's in this paragraph and the last one, but let's take a slightly closer look at the story.
On that auspicious day, schools and schools of sardines, mackerel, anchovies and stripped bass gathered close to the Acapulco beach... so much so, that it turned the water black, looking akin to an oil slick.
How many fish were there? Well, let's just say one enterprising 'fisherman' went out with his buddy in a motorboat and scooped up fish using a plastic garbage bag. And it worked. No fisherman used a rod and reel or net - there was no need. One could scoop up fish faster using a bucket - holy mackerel!
I'm guessing that Acapulco's major trade is not fishing--perhaps it's tourism or growing marijuana aka Acapulco Gold, or perhaps tourists who want marijuana--but reports indicate that there were only about 30 fisherman (by profession) and numerous families who came out to take advantage of the bounty.
If you'd like a Christian analogy - there were so many fish that I think Jesus Christ could have walked on the water there and wouldn't have had to take five loaves of bread and two fish and use up a miracle to feed the several thousand people around him - they could have fed themselves. I'm guessing that if he wanted to turn water into wine, it would be stripped bass-flavoured wine.
Okay. I'm sorry about that last paragraph. But that was a lot of fish! Probably too many, meaning that the Fisherman's Union (good old FU) wouldn't pay scale for the catch.
Okay. I'm done now.
The Mexican fishermen - despite their ability to see Jesus Christ in a taco or the Virgin Mary in a quesadilia - believed the plethora of fish was caused by the earthquake causing strange ocean currents.
But is it true?
Experts aren't sure.
Rich Briggs, a geologist (??!!) with the U.S. Geological Survey, surmises that it would be easy to make that connection, but that even though a tsunami can change local water currents, it's difficult to know for sure. But he didn't say it couldn't be true.
Somewhere wondering why we're not talking to an oceanographer,
Andrew Joseph
Today's blog title is brought to us by Bread: FISHSANDWICH.
PS: Today I came up with the title first (and group) and then wrote the piece. I had no idea (as that's the way I write) what exactly I was going to write about - so using the Jesus Christ analogy was either blind luck or an amazing coincidence, as I had forgotten about the band's name. Really. It brought a smile to my face as I suddenly added the band's name under my signature.
