Dead Birds Falling

Is it a sign of the apocalypse?

To ring in the new year, thousands of red-winged blackbirds decided to mysteriously die and plummet from the sky, raining bird carcasses in Arkansas and Louisiana.

People have come up with all kinds of reasons that these birds all died at once and dropped to the ground.  Some say that it was the New Year's fireworks... but wouldn't that mean that all these birds would've died every time fireworks are shooting in the sky?  Others suggest maybe it was severe weather, such as lightning... but AGAIN, wouldn't this cause birds to die every time there is a thunderstorm?  There's been some talk of disease or poisoning, but who really knows?

Actually, I think I know.

If you've ever watched the show "Flash Forward" (which might not be that many people, since the show was cancelled after one season) this might seem all too familiar.  To quote an article about this, which explains it a lot better than I would:

[In the show,] The world suffered a Global Black Out, in which some people had flash-forwards. This gave an insight in to their life to be in six months time.  Apparently, in the TV series, there had been a localised first test of a pylon system which was a quantum entanglement device.  This happened in the fictional region of Ganwar in Somalia. Everyone in the town blacked out and all the crows died. Life imitating art?

Well, ok, it might be tough to explain why nobody in the town of Beebe, Arkansas blacked out, yet all the birds died.  Or, as my little sister proposes, maybe they DID black out, and the government is covering it up??  But maybe this isn't the best explanation either.  Good thing I have an ACTUAL idea of what is causing all these birds to die.

I don't find it much of a coincidence that all these birds died in Louisiana and Arkansas.  Just so happens that LA is one of the states that was most harshly effected by the BP Oil Spill.  I won't be surprised at all if I find out that the birds died because they ate fish that had been poisoned or coated in oil.  I know that there are going to be some serious long-term effects from the oil spill, even if nobody else wants to agree with me or acknowledge this.  You can't just spill millions of gallons of oil into the ecosystem and expect there not to be serious repercussions.  First the marine life will be effected, as they already have been.  Then the animals that feed on these fish, such as the bird life in the area, will die as they try to eat the tainted fish.  It's just going to continue to affect the food chain, and things are going to get worse before they get better - mark my words!  :P