New Madrid Residents...Watch For Insects And Worms And Toads Fleeing The Ground, As Well As The Absence Of Birds

[Cheryl Nelson]

This reminds me of Prof. McCanney stating in one of his books that creepy crawlers would be fleeing the ground because of the excess presence of electricity. From an email from John DiNardo:

Check the soil for an absence of, or extermination of, insects and worms. When earth vibrations and stresses occur, there is a percussive/pressure related effect on huge masses of rock against one another. These rock-against-rock percussions and stresses result in what is known in the field of electricity and magnetism as the piezo-electric effect,
wherein electric voltage is generated. Considering the enormous masses of rock involved in these geophysical actions, not only are high voltages generated, but high electric currents can result from these voltages, when the electrical conductivity of the ground is great enough due to soil moisture and accompanying soil and rock salts disassociating from
the state of electrically neutral ionic compounds to electrically charged ions, which act as electrolytes, electric charge carriers, greatly increasing the electrical conductivity of the ground soil and rock. The piezoelectric voltages generated are on the order of thousands of volts, so it becomes obvious that these phenomena would electrocute underground life forms, such as insects, worms, and toads. Those that are not electrocuted would be severely stung so as to cause them to flee up out of the ground. This is one of the signs that I suggest your Missouri and New Madrid fault zone listeners look for. And the extermination of insects and worms could be a sign of an impending earthquake following severe ground stresses. As for the complete absence of birds, imagine a bird scratching and pecking into the ground for insects and worms, and being mildly stung, while finding unpalatable dead and rotting insects and worms. This would cause the birds to migrate to other areas for food. Now, if what your caller says is true, that the birds have gone to nearby wooded areas for better eating prospects, visit the woods close by and report your observations to the audience.

John DiNardo

http://observers.france24.com/en/content/20080513-toads-predict-earthquake-dead-china

http://scienceforums.com/topic/594-piezoelectric-earth/

"For some time, earthquakes and piezoelectrics have been associated, and it is generally postulated the effect was associated with quartz-bearing rock. Earthquake lights are often cited as evidence of the piezoelectric output, but little is known on how the electric charge associated with an earthquake moves in the earth and what determines its polarity.
The big 1960 Chilean and 1964 Alaska earthquakes produced observable effects in the ionosphere and serious studies have been underway to identify the mechanism."

[edina]

How's the turtle? :-)

[Kim B]

We still have birds here and I am in south central PA (just north of the mason dixon line). And we've got lots of stink bugs, worms, toads, etc. thankfully! Reminds me I have to dig up some night crawlers for the injured turtle.

[Cheryl Nelson]

Yes, the use of pesticides, etc. harm the eco-system. I read somewhere that if you put your worms in a ziploc with flour they will eat the flour and it will purge them. Then you can cook and eat them. There are a few books out on what I call "Scream Cuisine." Just do a search at amazon.com for "bugs." However, the two books with the large spider-types really creeped me out, but I found one with a grasshopper on the cover and that was easier to take. I also read somewhere else that insects are related to shellfish so if you put it in that perspective, maybe it would help.

[edina]

There has been much talk among survivalists about eating worms, but in the agrarian movements, and among the pasture management people they've discovered that in some places such as the entire south-eastern states of the USA, they may find only one to two worms in a pasture. There is speculation among these professionals that the fertilisers and pesticides have killed the microbial population of the soils, on which the worms feed. May be a good idea to worm farm, for both sanitation, and future protein needs. If we are reduced to eating insects and worms, there needs to be insects and worms for us to eat. Worms farms will definitely help with the sanitation issues. I still prefer to feed the worms to fish, chickens, ducks, and pigs. Just personal taste, I suppose... :-)

[Cheryl Nelson]

Not a good sign.

[edina]

Cheryl, we just had a friend come by tonight that said that on the Power Hour, there is discussion of birds suddenly gone missing. People are calling in from these states, saying they have noticed this in the last 2-3 days. Missouri, Texas, Pennsylvania, Ohio, these are the ones I remember.