SO YOU want to know what happened to the disappearing ducks at Codrington College? Well, after a few more earth tremors, one might well see an advertisement for earthquake predictors.
Indeed, this story I came across recently may provide an answer.
“It is always too little too late, with establishment alerts. Be prepared by having your own earthquake prediction scheme in place. Electronic screech in the rock precedes big quakes, usually by a couple days and certainly hours ahead. The electronic screech will create obvious static on AM/FM radio stations, so keep your car radio on when driving about, and keep the radio on in the kitchen.
“Plus pets and domestic animals will try to flee. They get frantic. I remember Mildred, a Peking duck in the hydroponic lab in my basement, a decade ago. Two days ahead of the 4.5 quake in Chicago, she was inconsolable, quaking and dashing about. Rocking her in my arms, singing to her, nothing changed her panic. Then the quake happened. Then no more quacking! The Chinese use their Peking ducks as earthquake predictors, and that’s a fact! So get a duck . . . .”
Get quacking. Unfortunately, as most of our ducks may not be in a confined space, they might just disappear at the first tremor; perhaps, as did those at the college. Well, we did not have to quake in our boots so quite “quackly” we can only say the “birds may have flown” due to the vibrations of an engine, not the earth. There was no quake.
I am not a quack so I am no help at predicting an earthquake.
– Michael Rudder
