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The NY Post has found a villain in the Miracle on the Hudson story, and it's Canada geese!
While authorities don't want to address what brought down US Airways Flight 1549, it's believed that a double bird strike caused the engines to fail. The Post has a graphic giving highlights of Branta canadensis and, in a separate editorial, the Post writes:
It's time to kill the geese... Canada geese are a serious threat to human life and property - not to mention a major pain to pedestrians, motorists and folks who just like to spread a picnic blanket in a park. Obviously, the official cause of the crash won't be declared for a while. But nobody doubts that it was what pilots call a 'bird strike' - just as nobody doubts that the guilty birds were Canada geese.The Daily News wonders if a $500,000 radar system could have helped spot the geese. But even the NY Times offers an article about the risk that geese pose at airports, "For years, airport officials have removed shrubs and trees that attract birds. They have tried to scare them away with music, pyrotechnics and cannons. They have even raided birds’ nests and culled the adults with shotguns." The problem continues, and some suggest that global warming has caused birds' migration paths to change.That's because Canada geese are everywhere - and they're out of control.
Wildlife biologist Steve Garber tells the Post that the Port Authority could try to remove geese populations during the summers, either relocating them or killing them (and donating meat to shelters)—"If you keep on doing that, you will get the whole breeding population. In a short period of time, you will have fewer breeding birds." He also suggests shaking their eggs (to damage embryos) and shooting them, "You can throw rocks at them. You can hit them with sticks. These are things that people don't like. But, we are talking about geese." We expect PETA, which has been upset with Canada geese slaughter, to speak up soon.
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i understand the whole incident and etc, but i dont think geese should be killed because they are doing what is natural and of nature to them. relocating seems like a good idea, i dunno..bash away.
Is giving the dead geese to shelters really feasible? Is that meat actually tasty? These are city birds. Wouldn't they be full of shot as well? I say kill em and toss them in the dumpster. They're a nuisance, and they're dangerous.
I think a laser cannon on the nose cone would take care of things...or at least a .50 cal machine gun
or wait maybe Anna Paquin can fly in her Goose-Plane and lead them back to Canada
PK, a .50 cal. machine gun will not do the trick, 12 gauge bird shot is what you're looking for here.
But seriously... "The Daily News wonders if a $500,000 radar system could have helped spot the geese."
Is that a joke? How about you pay ME half a mil. a YEAR and I'll stand at the end of the runway with a pair of Tasco binoculars and a walkie talkie. shiiiiit.
Uhggggg, stupids on a rampage!
Why does stupidity proposes obliteration as the best option?
Let's kill anything! except the stupid.
kill kill kill! just kidding. I don't think it's the answer either. this post artilcle makes as much sense as going jogging in a thong tonight. As if migratory creatures aren't on the decline enough as it is.
Uhggggg, stupids on a rampage!
Why does stupidity proposes obliteration as the best option?
Let's kill anything! except the stupid.
And someone who quadruple posts is what?
whoa...I forgot how serious people can get on Gothamist...I didn't really think a .50 cal would go on a commercial airliner.
"Why does stupidity proposes obliteration as the best option?"
stupidity? how about illiterated?
and I didn't think a 12 gauge would either, bet man. I'm drunk and I am declaring here and now that posting on here is way more fun when you're sauced!
That hardware store plastic owl on the roof of our building works pretty well at keeping the pigeons away. Planes should be built in the shape of owls.
HAHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHQA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!;znsdflkjnasef
If so, could we only fly them at night time!?!>!
Governor's Island sounds like a good place to build an airport. yes, take that with a grain of salt because I really don't know what I'm talking about. but that sounds as plausible as when NY airways had helicopter departures atop the Pan Am building. yes, I watched Coogan's Bluff the other day.
but NYC does need at least one world class airport.
Since Ratner's Atlantic Yard project is likely dead in the water (no pun intended), maybe the Port Authority can build a runway over the Atlantic Yards. Subway's a few steps away. You'd be in Manhattan in no time.
Check out http://www.wnyc.org/shows/atc/latest click on thursday and listen to hour 2 if you want to hear some interesting stuff about birds and planes
oh man, I think I posted the wrong link and I can't find the correct one. it was one where they went to the DC lab where they test all the shit from bird strikes. It was good.. I think it was yesterday.
Canadian Geese are a nuisance!
They block jogging paths, they crap everywhere, they foul lakes and ponds killing the fish there, they drive away other non-nuisance bird species like ducks, and now they no longer migrate because they've gotten too fat by hanging around city and suburban parks.
Those who seek to protect them are doing them a disservice and pissing off the rest of us.
The massive amount of shit those geese leave around already had me wanting to exterminate those damn things... It can't be healthy to have all that waste and bacteria all over our "green spaces."
how come no one is calling out the truth behind the event: this was a synchronized terrorist attack on the us of a! yes, canada hates us too! and they used this bio-weapon of mass destruction on us. this is just the beginning... they are training a bigger flock of birds as we speak.
kill 'em all!!!!
think it was a geese suicide mission.
I like geese - roasted Cantonese-style...
Roasted yes, but wrapped in bacon.
Just divert them To Newark and stop feeding them during their flight.
Listen Everyone these geese are only trying to fly south and is not their fault that a jumbo plane interferes. A heroic act took place because of the geese. I think these geese should also get full credit. I think multiple statues of these geese should be built.
yours truly,
Goose Lover
they are OUT OF CONTROL!! heheh
WON'T SOMEBODY PLEEEEEEASE THINK OF THE CHILDREN!?!
I heard Cheney will have some time off soon. Geese are probably almost as easy to shoot as old lawyers, although not nearly as much fun or useful to society.
The vast majority of the Canada Geese you see around are not the migratory type doing what's natural, but rather "resident" geese that in the last 50 years or so adapted to life in close proximity to humans. Resident Canada Geese degrade the habitats they occupy and compete with species that are actually in trouble. Check out this link - http://www.audubonmagazine.org/birds/birds0003.html - and do a search for "resident Canada Geese" for more details.
good article. seems like humans messing around with nature does it again.
Schumer's fault...
Captain Sullenberger charged with goose poaching!
See http://notionscapital.wordpress.com/2009/01/17/us-airways-violates-federal-migratory-bird-laws/
LOL!
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Considering what happened to the U.S. Airways Flight 1549, About 155 people boarded the plane in New York City for a two-hour flight to South Carolina. All of a sudden they heard a big thump followed by a voice over the intercom instructing everyone to brace him or herself for an impact. Flight 1549 endured a bird strike right out of LaGuardia and crashed in the Hudson. This makes my week and my need to get a payday loan seem like nothing. Bird strike is when a plane flies into a flock of birds that gets sucked into the engines then gets shot out the other side. In this case, the Canadian Geese, which are relatively larger birds, ruptured the blades in the engine fan causing the engine to go out. Fortunately, there were no fatalities reported, and it appears all the passengers made it out safely without any injuries, thanks to the courageous Captain Sully. You can read more about the story from this article on the payday loan money blog at PersonalMoneyStore.com.
Canada geese are a serious threat to human life and property - not to mention a major pain to pedestrians, motorists and folks who just like to spread a picnic blanket in a park.