Posted on 02/18/2016 8:09:30 AM PST by cripplecreek
A city in Michigan is perplexed after a a tar-like substance has rained down on their cars, porches and driveways this week. The black, oily substance first appeared on at least six driveways in Harrison Township on Sunday, and days later, what the material is still remains a mystery. Michigan Department of Environmental Quality officials collected samples of the substance on Wednesday. The city's fire chief sad that it is not bird droppings and is not flammable,
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How did they stop them in the book?..................
And I really got hot when I saw Janette Scott
Fight. a Triffid that spits poison and kills
I forget to ask. Did you see that image in your original post? Because all I saw was a tiny square, as if the image didn’t come through.
That looks exactly like my place after I use my blower to clean the gutters.
EPA overflights of waste material?
Was the wind blowing from the general direction of DC?
I don’t remember. I think it was in the preview, but now all I see is the blank square. The image is present in your post.
Science Fiction double feature?
What I did was highlight the image at the wikipedia source by sweeping across it with the left click held down. Then right clicked on the image and selected “view selection source”. Copied that and pasted it here. At least it works using FireFox. I’ve stopped using IE awhile ago.
Those are bird droppings. The police chief doesn’t know s@#t.
I don’t know why the movie I referred to above was titled Black Rain. It was about Japanese counterfeiters. I think it had something to do with drug smuggling too. Not sure.
Here is the explanation for the film’s title:
“...Joyce helps him meet Sugai, who explains that making counterfeit US currency is his revenge for the “black rain”, or nuclear fallout, after the bombing of Hiroshima in World War II. ...”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Rain_%281989_American_film%29#Plot
Whew! For a moment there I thought you might be linking to something to do with "yellow rain", as in, guy on a balcony over a group of people he doesn't like.
***How did they stop them in the book?..................***
They didn’t. It ended with the hope that soon a way would be found.
We're talking North American Dem' Party strongholds here.
BIG flying monkeys and lots and lots of smaller ones.
What? You think they don't have to go and do their business in the dark when they are doing their business in the dark?
Don't tell me you've never used a airliner's toilet.
Flying monkeys don't need no airliners to fly. Think man THINK.
Just don't look up, or leave home without a hat.
*just dies*
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