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mnhtnbb

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4. I live in Raleigh, NC. Wallace, NC, where these fish were washed off the road is 40 miles north

Reply to Roland99 (Original post)

Sun Sep 23, 2018, 05:50 PM

Sep 2018

of Wilmington, NC, where Florence made landfall. My guess? Those fish got there not from flooding, but from a fishnado. It would be an easy matter to identify whether they are fresh water fish (from a lake or river nearby) or salt water fish. I've been looking at maps, and the only fresh water source near Wallace that I see near I-40 is Lake Leamon, which isn't a big lake.

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James McMurtry on dead fish on I-40 in NC [View all] Roland99 Sep 2018 OP

Duke Power coal ash? YessirAtsaFact Sep 2018 #1

I think we have a winner! Va Lefty Sep 2018 #7

I wondered about that, too. It doesn't make sense. Arkansas Granny Sep 2018 #2

Rethugs Making the Environment Great Again clementine613 Sep 2018 #3

I live in Raleigh, NC. Wallace, NC, where these fish were washed off the road is 40 miles north mnhtnbb Sep 2018 #4

There's a tributary of the Cape Fear River near it jmowreader Sep 2018 #12

Would storm surge have gone that far? Roland99 Sep 2018 #14

It would have been ducted up the river jmowreader Sep 2018 #15

I'm looking at Google maps now and the Cape Fear River meanders to within a mile of I-40 on the east mnhtnbb Sep 2018 #16

Well, asphalt is pretty toxic. GoCubsGo Sep 2018 #5

Fish are stupid. They get stranded NickB79 Sep 2018 #6

Yep. ghostsinthemachine Sep 2018 #8

"I was not aware of that" Roland99 Sep 2018 #9

Were they salt-water species, or fresh? pecosbob Sep 2018 #10

The last thing we need are more conspiracy theories like this. cstanleytech Sep 2018 #11

I love James...have talked to him about fishing... blitzen Sep 2018 #13