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[Jreengus]

during winter my river froze (frooze? frozze? none of them look right so I'll just say freezed.) for a few days when it unfreezed all my carp were dead.  im pretty sure this has to be a bug.

[MJ working]

If the water freezes deep enough, yes the fish will freeze. And running water will freeze, if given cold enough temperatures long enough. Deep water tends to freeze first (from the top down) as it is generally slower moving. But eventually the ice will find the level where there is enough heat from the newly provided insulation (ice above) and movement of the water to not freeze, and provide a level boundary between solid and liquid.

Froze is the correct past tense word. That is how we get to the word frozen.

[Jreengus]

ok, I thought it should be froze but it looked kinda wierd so i was unsure

[Alfador]

quote:Originally posted by thatguyyaknow:
<STRONG>ok, I thought it should be froze but it looked kinda wierd so i was unsure</STRONG>

That should be spelled "weird."  

[PTTG??]

Although the physics are correct, and ice does tend to insulate the water below, currently, in DF water freazeses (sic) wholesale. But you know; I don't mind it at all myself if it kills the carp!

[Angela Christine]

That is a bug.  When the river thaws, the carp should revive.   :p  Most fish will be killed by freezing, but the carp family goes into dormancy in low temperatures.  Some have revived upon thawing after appearing to be completely frozen and dead.

[Keldor]

quote:Originally posted by Alfador:
<STRONG>

That should be spelled "weird."   </STRONG>

"I" before "e"
except after "c",
or when sounded as "a"
as in neighbor or weigh.
...unless the spelling is weird!

Couldn't resist  

Anyway, I sorta think that a water flow should generate an ice floor above it when it reaches freezing, since water never freezes all  the way through unless it's extremely cold.

[Chariot]

quote:Originally posted by Angela Christine:
<STRONG>That is a bug.  When the river thaws, the carp should revive.    
</STRONG>

   "I" Before "E" Except After "C"
   by Duncan McKenzie

   It's a rule that is simple, concise and efficeint.
   For all speceis of spelling it's more than sufficeint.
   Against words wild and wierd, it's one law that shines bright
   Blazing out like a beacon upon a great hieght,

   It gives guidance impartial, sceintific and fair
   In this language, this tongue to which we are all hier.
   'Gainst the glaceirs of ignorance that icily frown,
   This great precept gives warmth, like a thick iederdown.

   Now, a few in soceity choose to deride,
   To cast DOUBT on this anceint and venerable guide;
   They unwittingly follow a foriegn agenda,
   A plot hatched, I am sure, in some vile haceinda.

   In our work and our liesure, our homes and our schools,
   Let us follow our consceince, sieze proudly our rules!
   Will I dilute my standards, make them vaguer and blither?
   I say NO, I will not! I trust you will not iether.