The Hydrogen sulfide is heavier than air, according to what I read. I = personally DOUBT the idea of gas involvement or connection of the = events. It is strange though. Regards & Happy New year, Jerry From: Thomas Dick=20 Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2011 12:06 AM To: psnlist@................. Subject: Re: Guy, AR On 1/3/2011 9:20 PM, gpayton@............. wrote:=20 You thinking Hydrogen sulfide or Methane?=20 __________________________________________________________=20 Public Seismic Network Mailing List (PSNLIST)=20 To leave this list email PSNLIST-REQUEST@.............. with the body = of the message (first line only): unsubscribe=20 See http://www.seismicnet.com/maillist.html for more information.=20 I don't know about the type of gas ... or IF it involved a gas. I = talked to the North Little Rock weather bureau and they told me that the = wind was out of the south until about midnight(30) when it turned out of = the north. We usually get the weather from over there (in Arkansas) = the next day or two at the most..Actually my wind tried to turn to the = north about midnight on Jan1. I never had a peak wind speed of over 9 = MPH for the two days before and the north wind got here midnight on Jan = 1 and the wind was calm for at least four hours each day (31, and 1 to = 3) which might suggest a very light wind over there. There was a brief = squall line passed through. It lasted all of about 30 minutes.... no = significant wind. Temperatures started around 30 degree F over there = on the 28 and gradually moved up to low fifties by Jan 1. We did get = some rain ... about an inch. The streams are cold in that area and they = catch a lot of trout. I would expect a higher than average oxygen = content in streams and lakes at this time of year. I pulled a 5th wheel through Guy area in November and it is all up hill = from Little Rock to almost Branson and the streams are incised. The = News mentioned a dam and a stretch of water below this dam and to the = area of Hartman, AR...I would expect this to be rather fast moving = shallow water that didn't freeze. The lakes over here were frozen for = over two weeks . There was one small fish kill in one lake when the ice = cleared. That wouldn't explain the dead birds. Some of the birds I saw = were red-winged black birds. This is a bird that likes to be around = water but their food source would be berries and stuff away from water = at this time of year. The only thing I can say for sure.... there was a gentle upslope wind = acting on the area at the time this happened. The general flow of = surface water is west to east in this Guy area but there might be = underground springs, The Hydrogen sulfide is heavier than air, according to what I = read. I=20 personally DOUBT the idea of gas involvement or connection of the = events. =20 It is strange though.Regards & Happy New year,JerryOn=20 1/3/2011 9:20 PM, gpayton@............. wrote:=20You=20 thinking Hydrogen sulfide or Methane?=20I don't know about the type = of gas=20 .... or IF it involved a gas. I talked to the North Little = Rock=20 weather bureau and they told me that the wind was out of the south until = about=20 midnight(30) when it turned out of the north. We usually get the = weather=20 from over there (in Arkansas) the next day or two at the = most..Actually my=20 wind tried to turn to the north about midnight on Jan1. I never had a = peak wind=20 speed of over 9 MPH for the two days before and the north wind got here = midnight=20 on Jan 1 and the wind was calm for at least four hours each day (31, and = 1 to 3)=20 which might suggest a very light wind over there. There was a brief = squall line=20 passed through. It lasted all of about 30 minutes.... no significant=20 wind. Temperatures started around 30 degree F over there on = the 28=20 and gradually moved up to low fifties by Jan 1. We did get some = rain ...=20 about an inch. The streams are cold in that area and they catch a lot of = trout.=20 I would expect a higher than average oxygen content in streams and lakes = at this=20 time of year.
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I pulled a 5th wheel through Guy area in November = and it is=20 all up hill from Little Rock to almost Branson and the streams are=20 incised. The News mentioned a dam and a stretch of water below = this dam=20 and to the area of Hartman, AR...I would expect this to be rather fast = moving=20 shallow water that didn't freeze. The lakes over here were frozen for = over two=20 weeks . There was one small fish kill in one lake when the ice cleared. = That=20 wouldn't explain the dead birds. Some of the birds I saw were red-winged = black=20 birds. This is a bird that likes to be around water but their food = source would=20 be berries and stuff away from water at this time of year.
The = only thing=20 I can say for sure.... there was a gentle upslope wind acting on the = area at the=20 time this happened. The general flow of surface water is west to east in = this=20 Guy area but there might be underground=20 springs,