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This document is an assignment submitted by Krishna to their senior librarian on the topic of fish rain. It provides an introduction to fish rain as a meteorological phenomenon caused by waterspouts lifting fish into the air. It then discusses several historical reports of fish rain events in locations like Louisiana, Kerala, and Andhra Pradesh. Specific details are given about fish rain events near Jamnagar in 2009 and in Nandigama, Andhra Pradesh in 2015. The document concludes by listing several references used in the assignment.

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1| College of Fisheries,(JAU), Veraval AN ASSIGNMENT ON Fish Rain Course Name: Library and Information Services (PGS 501) Submitted to, Sh. C. H Shah Senior Librarian Technician Junagadh Agricultural University, Junagadh, (Gujrat) Submitted By, Name: Krishna Reg. No. 2030316005 M.F.Sc. 1st Year College of fisheries, (J.A.U.), Veraval COLLEGE OF FISHERIES Junagadh Agricultural University VERAVAL, GUJRAT 362265
2| College of Fisheries,(JAU), Veraval CONTENT Sn. No. Particular Page no. 01. Introduction 03 02. WhatisthereasonbehindFishrain 04 03. Old reports of rain of fish 05 04. Nandigama, Andhra Pradesh Fish rain 06 05. Fish rain near Jamnagar 06 06. Fish rain in Kerala 07 07. References 08
3| College of Fisheries,(JAU), Veraval INTRODUCTION Fish don't usually fall from the sky, but this unusual meteorological phenomenon is possible although rare. The best explanation for this odd occurrence is that strong air disturbances, such as tornadoes, can lift water and fish up into the air. Then, the tornado can carry them for some distance. When the tornado becomes weaker, its energy is not capable of holding objects up off the ground any longer, and it begins to rain fish. This can also be referred to as "animal rainfall," but often, the event is simply described as "raining fish." Fish live in water, but tornadoes usually begin over land. If the tornado then moves over water, it can create what is known as a waterspout. Instead of pulling air upward, it pulls water upward. Fish in the water can also be drawn out at the same time. Waterspouts can move at speeds of up to 100 miles (161 kilometers) an hour. This means that fish can travel far away from their original location. The waterspout can only maintain its violent energy temporarily, and when it loses momentum, it can rain fish. Fish may, surprisingly, survive the waterspout and the fall to the ground. If the air inside the tornado is cold enough, the fish may also freeze. The meteorological phenomenon of waterspouts does not just have the capability to rain fish. Over the centuries, there have been reports of skydiving frogs, crayfish, and lizards. Stones can also fall from the sky. One report from the mid-1900s even tells the story of a rain of candy. Most of the unusual rainfall items can be traced back to water sources. With items falling from the sky, another more mundane possibility is that they were dropped from an aircraft. A feature of events that rain fish or other items is that usually only one type of object falls on one area. Scientists suggest this is because each item differs in weight and size from others. The lighter and smaller objects tend to be carried for longer periods than heavy and large objects.
4| College of Fisheries,(JAU), Veraval WHATISTHEREASONBEHINDFISHRAIN The fish do not really "rain" in the sense of condensing out of water vapor. The fish that fall from the sky are just fish that used to be in the sea. So what puts the fish up in the sky in the first place? Although few detailed scientific observations have been performed on this phenomenon, the common consensus is that tornadoes are the culprit. When tornadoes traverse over bodies of water, they become known as waterspouts. Waterspouts suck up lake or ocean water along with the fish or other creatures swimming in the water. The fish are sucked up the tornado's vortex and then blown around in the clouds until the wind speed decreases enough to let them fall back to the ground, perhaps miles away from where they started. According to Bill Evans' meteorology book titled It's Raining Fish and Spiders, creatures fall from the sky about forty times a year. All sorts of creatures have been reported raining down, including snakes, worms, and crabs, but fish and frogs are the most common. Even squid and alligators have been reported to fall from the sky. Often, the process of being swept high into the clouds encases these creatures in a layer of ice or hail that may still remain after they have plummeted back to earth. Raining creatures encased in blocks of ice can be very dangerous and have been known to smash through car windshields. If you see any wildlife falling from the sky, seek shelter indoors immediately. Waterspout formation Fishes collected from fish rain
5| College of Fisheries,(JAU), Veraval The actual falling of the Marksville fish occurred in short intervals, during foggy and comparatively calm weather. The velocity of the wind on the ground did not exceed 8 miles per hour. The New Orleans weather bureau had no report of any large tornado, or updraft, in the vicinity of Marksville at that time; however, numerous small tornadoes occurred the day before the rain of fish in Marksville. Fish rains have nearly always been described as being accompanied by violent thunderstorms and heavy rains. This, however, was not the case in Marksvi lle. Fallen fishes are usually alive, because fishes generally succumb slowly to falls and blows. If they fallen grassy lands, the shock, of course, is much decreased. However, numbers of those found are dead. Fishery scientists of today agree with Raphael Eglini who believed in 1771 that these extraordinary events result from the action of heavy winds. Powerful, rising spirals of air from occasionally. If they occur over land, they are tornadoes, and if they occur over water, they are waterspouts. These whirlwinds can pick up objects, whirl them to considerable heights, often up into the thunderstorm clouds themselves, and transport them some distance from the locality at which they were picked up. The objects fall when the spirals disperse and usually scatter over a wide area. OLD REPORTS OF RAIN OF FISH Singapore, February 22, 1861. Knighton, Powys, Wales, 18 August 2004. Madhesh, Nepal, May 15, 1900. Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada, July 1, 1903. Marksville, Louisiana, October 23, 1947. Kerala State, India, February 12, 2008. Bhanwad, Jamnagar, India, Oct 24, 2009. Lajamanu, Northern Territory, Australia, February 25 and 26, 2010. Loreto, Agusan del Sur, Philippines, January 13, 2012. IIT Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, Sep 12, 2013. The yearly Lluvia de Peces in Yoro, Honduras. Chilaw, Sri Lanka, 6 May 2014. Nandigama, Andhra Pradesh India, 19 June 2015. Guntur, Andhra Pradesh India, 16 August 2015. Dire Dawa, Ethiopia, 20 January 2016. Pathapatnam, Srikakulam district, Andhra Pradesh, 19 May 2016. Mumbai-Pune Express Highway, Maharashtra India, 12 July 2016.
6| College of Fisheries,(JAU), Veraval NANDIGAMA, ANDHRA PRADESH FISH RAIN A strange incident was reported from Andhra Pradesh when fish were falling from the sky. Eyewitnesses said that several hundreds of them could be seen strewn across the agricultural fields. Villagers, believed it to be an act of God, but were later explained that it could be a natural phenomenon. Here's explaining what 'Waterspout' is. A tornado-like phenomena on the sea or any water body that carries with it aquatic animals and a lot of other things too. Although the phenomena is yet to researched thoroughly, this could be a possible reason why there have been instances of falling tomatoes, frogs lumps of coal, water birds and worms. FISH RAIN NEAR JAMNAGAR Mysterious "Fish rain" is not yet over. In 2009 it was seen in Bhanwad and Bantiya village of Junagadh district.Many Forest officials and Naturalist believed that the fishes must have been dropped by pelicans during migration, Jamnagar Fisheries dept. have ruled out the possibility that fish can get sucked in clouds and then fall as rain, they feel it as "absurd. Navagam (Bhanwad) villagers said that they saw about half a kilometer long and as much wide fish-laden clouds about 15 feet above the ground. This looks a bit outrageous though. In Nawagam, fish fall was seen along with roads and markets and on terraces of several buildings.
7| College of Fisheries,(JAU), Veraval FISH RAIN IN KERALA Residents of Kandanassery village near here were quite surprised when small fish started raining down towards the end of a sudden downpour last night. The phenomenon was first noticed by two persons when the little slimy things started pattering on their body while they were returning home late in the night. As they thought that people would reject this as a mere fantasy or concocted tale unless there was a tangible proof, they picked up some of the bubbling fish and kept them in a water-filled bucket near the village library. Sivaraman, who first sighted the rare phenomenon, said he also saw some fish crushed by vehicles that drove on the road when it was raining. "There is no reason to disbelieve what the villagers say, as it is possible to have a scientific explanation for this", Dr C K Rajan of the School of Marine Sciences of the Cochin University of Science and Technology told when asked about the phenomenon. "When convective clouds are formed, it is possible that tiny aquatic organisms get lifted to the atmosphere. They can survive suspended in the clouds so long as the clouds have moisture content," he said. The type of fish that came down from the sky was the same as commonly found in ponds and canals in the area, the villagers said. Some time back, a few places in the state had received 'red coloured' rain. Scientists who studied the phenomenon attributed it to the presence of algae in clouds.
8| College of Fisheries,(JAU), Veraval REFERENCES 1. http://spo.nmfs.noaa.gov/Fishery%20Leaflets/leaflet513.pdf 2. http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/32767. 3. http://sciencequestionswithsurprisinganswers.org/2013/04/30/can-it-rain-fish/. 4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rain_of_animals 5. http://www.pc-tablet.co.in/fish-fall-sky-andhra-pradesh-village/11068/. 6. http://www.bhaskar.com/news/MH-PUN-HMU-fish-rain-on-mumbai-pune- expressway-news-hindi-5370894-PHO.html.

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  • 1. 1| College of Fisheries,(JAU), Veraval AN ASSIGNMENT ON Fish Rain Course Name: Library and Information Services (PGS 501) Submitted to, Sh. C. H Shah Senior Librarian Technician Junagadh Agricultural University, Junagadh, (Gujrat) Submitted By, Name: Krishna Reg. No. 2030316005 M.F.Sc. 1st Year College of fisheries, (J.A.U.), Veraval COLLEGE OF FISHERIES Junagadh Agricultural University VERAVAL, GUJRAT 362265
  • 2. 2| College of Fisheries,(JAU), Veraval CONTENT Sn. No. Particular Page no. 01. Introduction 03 02. WhatisthereasonbehindFishrain 04 03. Old reports of rain of fish 05 04. Nandigama, Andhra Pradesh Fish rain 06 05. Fish rain near Jamnagar 06 06. Fish rain in Kerala 07 07. References 08
  • 3. 3| College of Fisheries,(JAU), Veraval INTRODUCTION Fish don't usually fall from the sky, but this unusual meteorological phenomenon is possible although rare. The best explanation for this odd occurrence is that strong air disturbances, such as tornadoes, can lift water and fish up into the air. Then, the tornado can carry them for some distance. When the tornado becomes weaker, its energy is not capable of holding objects up off the ground any longer, and it begins to rain fish. This can also be referred to as "animal rainfall," but often, the event is simply described as "raining fish." Fish live in water, but tornadoes usually begin over land. If the tornado then moves over water, it can create what is known as a waterspout. Instead of pulling air upward, it pulls water upward. Fish in the water can also be drawn out at the same time. Waterspouts can move at speeds of up to 100 miles (161 kilometers) an hour. This means that fish can travel far away from their original location. The waterspout can only maintain its violent energy temporarily, and when it loses momentum, it can rain fish. Fish may, surprisingly, survive the waterspout and the fall to the ground. If the air inside the tornado is cold enough, the fish may also freeze. The meteorological phenomenon of waterspouts does not just have the capability to rain fish. Over the centuries, there have been reports of skydiving frogs, crayfish, and lizards. Stones can also fall from the sky. One report from the mid-1900s even tells the story of a rain of candy. Most of the unusual rainfall items can be traced back to water sources. With items falling from the sky, another more mundane possibility is that they were dropped from an aircraft. A feature of events that rain fish or other items is that usually only one type of object falls on one area. Scientists suggest this is because each item differs in weight and size from others. The lighter and smaller objects tend to be carried for longer periods than heavy and large objects.
  • 4. 4| College of Fisheries,(JAU), Veraval WHATISTHEREASONBEHINDFISHRAIN The fish do not really "rain" in the sense of condensing out of water vapor. The fish that fall from the sky are just fish that used to be in the sea. So what puts the fish up in the sky in the first place? Although few detailed scientific observations have been performed on this phenomenon, the common consensus is that tornadoes are the culprit. When tornadoes traverse over bodies of water, they become known as waterspouts. Waterspouts suck up lake or ocean water along with the fish or other creatures swimming in the water. The fish are sucked up the tornado's vortex and then blown around in the clouds until the wind speed decreases enough to let them fall back to the ground, perhaps miles away from where they started. According to Bill Evans' meteorology book titled It's Raining Fish and Spiders, creatures fall from the sky about forty times a year. All sorts of creatures have been reported raining down, including snakes, worms, and crabs, but fish and frogs are the most common. Even squid and alligators have been reported to fall from the sky. Often, the process of being swept high into the clouds encases these creatures in a layer of ice or hail that may still remain after they have plummeted back to earth. Raining creatures encased in blocks of ice can be very dangerous and have been known to smash through car windshields. If you see any wildlife falling from the sky, seek shelter indoors immediately. Waterspout formation Fishes collected from fish rain
  • 5. 5| College of Fisheries,(JAU), Veraval The actual falling of the Marksville fish occurred in short intervals, during foggy and comparatively calm weather. The velocity of the wind on the ground did not exceed 8 miles per hour. The New Orleans weather bureau had no report of any large tornado, or updraft, in the vicinity of Marksville at that time; however, numerous small tornadoes occurred the day before the rain of fish in Marksville. Fish rains have nearly always been described as being accompanied by violent thunderstorms and heavy rains. This, however, was not the case in Marksvi lle. Fallen fishes are usually alive, because fishes generally succumb slowly to falls and blows. If they fallen grassy lands, the shock, of course, is much decreased. However, numbers of those found are dead. Fishery scientists of today agree with Raphael Eglini who believed in 1771 that these extraordinary events result from the action of heavy winds. Powerful, rising spirals of air from occasionally. If they occur over land, they are tornadoes, and if they occur over water, they are waterspouts. These whirlwinds can pick up objects, whirl them to considerable heights, often up into the thunderstorm clouds themselves, and transport them some distance from the locality at which they were picked up. The objects fall when the spirals disperse and usually scatter over a wide area. OLD REPORTS OF RAIN OF FISH Singapore, February 22, 1861. Knighton, Powys, Wales, 18 August 2004. Madhesh, Nepal, May 15, 1900. Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada, July 1, 1903. Marksville, Louisiana, October 23, 1947. Kerala State, India, February 12, 2008. Bhanwad, Jamnagar, India, Oct 24, 2009. Lajamanu, Northern Territory, Australia, February 25 and 26, 2010. Loreto, Agusan del Sur, Philippines, January 13, 2012. IIT Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, Sep 12, 2013. The yearly Lluvia de Peces in Yoro, Honduras. Chilaw, Sri Lanka, 6 May 2014. Nandigama, Andhra Pradesh India, 19 June 2015. Guntur, Andhra Pradesh India, 16 August 2015. Dire Dawa, Ethiopia, 20 January 2016. Pathapatnam, Srikakulam district, Andhra Pradesh, 19 May 2016. Mumbai-Pune Express Highway, Maharashtra India, 12 July 2016.
  • 6. 6| College of Fisheries,(JAU), Veraval NANDIGAMA, ANDHRA PRADESH FISH RAIN A strange incident was reported from Andhra Pradesh when fish were falling from the sky. Eyewitnesses said that several hundreds of them could be seen strewn across the agricultural fields. Villagers, believed it to be an act of God, but were later explained that it could be a natural phenomenon. Here's explaining what 'Waterspout' is. A tornado-like phenomena on the sea or any water body that carries with it aquatic animals and a lot of other things too. Although the phenomena is yet to researched thoroughly, this could be a possible reason why there have been instances of falling tomatoes, frogs lumps of coal, water birds and worms. FISH RAIN NEAR JAMNAGAR Mysterious "Fish rain" is not yet over. In 2009 it was seen in Bhanwad and Bantiya village of Junagadh district.Many Forest officials and Naturalist believed that the fishes must have been dropped by pelicans during migration, Jamnagar Fisheries dept. have ruled out the possibility that fish can get sucked in clouds and then fall as rain, they feel it as "absurd. Navagam (Bhanwad) villagers said that they saw about half a kilometer long and as much wide fish-laden clouds about 15 feet above the ground. This looks a bit outrageous though. In Nawagam, fish fall was seen along with roads and markets and on terraces of several buildings.
  • 7. 7| College of Fisheries,(JAU), Veraval FISH RAIN IN KERALA Residents of Kandanassery village near here were quite surprised when small fish started raining down towards the end of a sudden downpour last night. The phenomenon was first noticed by two persons when the little slimy things started pattering on their body while they were returning home late in the night. As they thought that people would reject this as a mere fantasy or concocted tale unless there was a tangible proof, they picked up some of the bubbling fish and kept them in a water-filled bucket near the village library. Sivaraman, who first sighted the rare phenomenon, said he also saw some fish crushed by vehicles that drove on the road when it was raining. "There is no reason to disbelieve what the villagers say, as it is possible to have a scientific explanation for this", Dr C K Rajan of the School of Marine Sciences of the Cochin University of Science and Technology told when asked about the phenomenon. "When convective clouds are formed, it is possible that tiny aquatic organisms get lifted to the atmosphere. They can survive suspended in the clouds so long as the clouds have moisture content," he said. The type of fish that came down from the sky was the same as commonly found in ponds and canals in the area, the villagers said. Some time back, a few places in the state had received 'red coloured' rain. Scientists who studied the phenomenon attributed it to the presence of algae in clouds.
  • 8. 8| College of Fisheries,(JAU), Veraval REFERENCES 1. http://spo.nmfs.noaa.gov/Fishery%20Leaflets/leaflet513.pdf 2. http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/32767. 3. http://sciencequestionswithsurprisinganswers.org/2013/04/30/can-it-rain-fish/. 4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rain_of_animals 5. http://www.pc-tablet.co.in/fish-fall-sky-andhra-pradesh-village/11068/. 6. http://www.bhaskar.com/news/MH-PUN-HMU-fish-rain-on-mumbai-pune- expressway-news-hindi-5370894-PHO.html.