Showing posts with label Dead Fish. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dead Fish. Show all posts

Thursday, September 1, 2011

No Fosdic Lake Fish Seem To Be Dying From Too Much Heat And Too Little Oxygen

I opted for walking around Fosdic Lake in Oakland Lake Park in the late afternoon today, rather than hike the hills of Tandy, because I did not realize it was so windy or that the temperature, though HOT, was rendered pleasant by the wind.

The Fosdic Fosducks seemed to be enjoying the breeze and were in floating flotilla mode today, rather than hovering under shoreline shade.

The Fosdic Turtles also seemed to be enjoying being out on their logs. Of late I had been concerned as to where all the Fosdic turtles had gone. But today I saw at least a dozen.

What perplexed me today about Fosdic Lake was wondering why I saw no dead fish. No water is flowing into Fosdic Lake. The lake is evaporating. The lake's oxygen level must be plummeting.

Over 140,000 fish have died in Lake Grapevine. With the explanation for this being that that big lake's oxygen level it too low for fish to survive. And that this low oxygen level was caused by too much HEAT.

That same HEAT heats up Fosdic Lake and all the other lakes in the Prairies & Lakes Region of Texas.

So, why no dead Fosdic Fish?

It is very perplexing. Methinks there is something fishy about the Lake Grapevine dead fish. And the explanation as to what has caused their demise.

The First Day Of September With Fish Dying In Lake Grapevine While I Swim

The sun has now arrived to light up the place, but I was up well before that golden orb in the sky on this first day of September.

The outer world in my location is currently chilled to 83.2 degrees, heading to a high today of under 100 degrees, hopefully.

Regarding the heat wave, odd news in the past 24 hours regarding over 124,000 dead fish in Lake Grapevine.

The fish supposedly died due to the HEAT depleting the level of oxygen in the lake.

Which had me wondering what makes Lake Grapevine different than any of the other many lakes in the Dallas/Fort Worth area? Why are there no reports of dead fish in Lake Joe Pool? Lake Arlington? Benbrook Lake? Lake Eagle Mountain? Lewisville Lake? Lake Worth?

Yesterday, when I was watching snakes and turtles in the shallow little pond in Veterans Park, I also watched a lot of little fish swimming around.

Are the fish dying in newly dangerous Lake Texoma, which has been closed to swimming due toxic algae by the Army Corps of Engineers?

Speaking of swimming, methinks I shall go take my first morning swim of September. I am hoping by the end of the month I will be typing it was only 48 degrees this morning and I am still swimming.