green deborah on sun 20 dec 98

> There is a saying here that it "rains frogs". Well it does. One evening I was
> seeing friends to their car and had my front door open. The rain was pouring
> down and when I went back into the hall the carpet was covered with baby
> frogs, literally hundreds of them and there were many more outside.

Hmm...now would this be frogs trying to get out of the rain?? I'm
assuming the frogs are not falling from the sky, but reacting to the rain,
but I wonder why THIS is their reaction?

Debbie in Williamsburg, VA where we have frogs, too, but not hundreds...

- Julianne Stovall on sun 20 dec 98

<< I'm assuming the frogs are not falling from the sky, but reacting to the
rain, >>

From what I have read on the subject, they actually do rain from the sky. It
is rare, but occasionally the small frog, fish, whatever are sucked up by an
updraft as a pressure front moves through. They are then carried some
distance and actually fall with the rain. I didn't believe it the first time
I read it, but have read elsewhere including Discover, Natl Geographic, et al.

Julianne

Brenda Pink on mon 21 dec 98

I'll confirm Julianne's version. This was a question asked on our weather channel up here and that was exactly the answer given by the weather expert.

Brenda in Lethbridge
pinkb@em.agr.ca

> - Julianne Stovall 12/20 5:31 PM >>>
From what I have read on the subject, they actually do rain from the sky. It
is rare, but occasionally the small frog, fish, whatever are sucked up by an
updraft as a pressure front moves through. They are then carried some
distance and actually fall with the rain. I didn't believe it the first time
I read it, but have read elsewhere including Discover, Natl Geographic, et al.

Julianne

Mary Allen on mon 21 dec 98

In a message dated 20/12/98 13:36:50 GMT, dxgree@FACSTAFF.WM.EDU writes:

<< Hmm...now would this be frogs trying to get out of the rain?? I'm
assuming the frogs are not falling from the sky, but reacting to the rain,
but I wonder why THIS is their reaction? >>

Hi Debbie, the frogs were thick on the ground as well as in the house. They
were only the size of a finger-nail.

Mary in England

Val Nel on mon 21 dec 98

Hi Brenda and Julianne,
Wo!! I don't know about that. Please send me that report because I saw
thousands of them kreeping out of the soil
Val
Date: Monday, December 21, 1998 6:31 PM
Subject: Re: OT: Frog rain (WAS: Fish rain in Sri Lanka)

> I'll confirm Julianne's version. This was a question asked on our weather
channel up here and that was exactly the answer given by the weather expert.
It
> is rare, but occasionally the small frog, fish, whatever are sucked up by
an
> updraft as a pressure front moves through. They are then carried some
> distance and actually fall with the rain. I didn't believe it the first
time
> I read it, but have read elsewhere including Discover, Natl Geographic, et
al.