Most people have heard the saying "it's raining cats and dogs," but not as many are familiar with the term, "raining fish.
" But while "raining cats and dogs" is a traditional saying from folklore, meaning "heavy rain," this term applied to a real situation.
People have experienced and reported this, raining frogs, and other such odd events.
Raining fish is an event that has occurred many times in the last century in places as far apart as California and India.
If you are wondering how it can be raining fish, you are not alone.
Scientists have been studying this phenomenon for many years, and the most recent explanation is the occurrence of waterspouts.
Waterspouts, in this case, are not the same as what the spider climbed up in the children's song that everyone learned in kindergarten.
In this case, a waterspout is literally a tornado which takes place on water.
They occur when cold air moves over warm water.
This can cause some serious winds which have been recorded as high as 200 mph.
Anything that gets in the path of a waterspout is going to be picked up and thrust into the air.
This is precisely what happens when it starts raining fish.
The waterspout with all of its wind speed still present moves from water onto land and carries with it anything that crosses its path.
It picks up fish, frogs and debris out of the water, deposits them in a cloud and proceeds to carry them for several miles.
The ultimate fate of these fish is to be dropped from the cloud back to earth.
For a while it is literally raining fish.
These fish can fall in the middle of nowhere or they can fall in populated areas and land on people or in their yards.
Most of the time, because the fish have been out of the water for some time, they usually cannot be saved.
This, however, is not true of frogs.
Frogs have fallen in the view of people, and then hopped away looking like normal, healthy frogs in every way.
Raining fish and similar occurrences have been reported as far back as 1 A.
D.
Some people say there are also references to such phenomena in the Bible.
They are not uncommon in the United States or in the United Kingdom and even countries in Asia report these kinds of events.
So, someday if you are out in a storm and it starts raining fish, you now will know that you are not crazy and you did not get transported to some strange alien world.
While raining fish is not an everyday occurrence, it is not uncommon either.
" But while "raining cats and dogs" is a traditional saying from folklore, meaning "heavy rain," this term applied to a real situation.
People have experienced and reported this, raining frogs, and other such odd events.
Raining fish is an event that has occurred many times in the last century in places as far apart as California and India.
If you are wondering how it can be raining fish, you are not alone.
Scientists have been studying this phenomenon for many years, and the most recent explanation is the occurrence of waterspouts.
Waterspouts, in this case, are not the same as what the spider climbed up in the children's song that everyone learned in kindergarten.
In this case, a waterspout is literally a tornado which takes place on water.
They occur when cold air moves over warm water.
This can cause some serious winds which have been recorded as high as 200 mph.
Anything that gets in the path of a waterspout is going to be picked up and thrust into the air.
This is precisely what happens when it starts raining fish.
The waterspout with all of its wind speed still present moves from water onto land and carries with it anything that crosses its path.
It picks up fish, frogs and debris out of the water, deposits them in a cloud and proceeds to carry them for several miles.
The ultimate fate of these fish is to be dropped from the cloud back to earth.
For a while it is literally raining fish.
These fish can fall in the middle of nowhere or they can fall in populated areas and land on people or in their yards.
Most of the time, because the fish have been out of the water for some time, they usually cannot be saved.
This, however, is not true of frogs.
Frogs have fallen in the view of people, and then hopped away looking like normal, healthy frogs in every way.
Raining fish and similar occurrences have been reported as far back as 1 A.
D.
Some people say there are also references to such phenomena in the Bible.
They are not uncommon in the United States or in the United Kingdom and even countries in Asia report these kinds of events.
So, someday if you are out in a storm and it starts raining fish, you now will know that you are not crazy and you did not get transported to some strange alien world.
While raining fish is not an everyday occurrence, it is not uncommon either.