What a way to start your beach vacation at Ocean City, or your resort town of choice. Thousands of beach bum wannabes fleeing D.C. were greeted by thousands of dead fish on the Maryland and Delaware shore after a burst of cold water killed off countless Atlantic croakers. Scientists think the fish, also known as the King Billy and the hardhead, went into shock after temepratures dropped 20 some degrees off shore. A couple hundred thousand to a million fish could have been killed, the experts say.

Ever wanted to know what an Atlantic croaker sounds like? Here’s an audio clip from East Carolina University.

But what if you’re stuck in D.C. and want to join in all the croaker fun at the beach? Don’t fret, you can have the fish shipped in overnight from the Great Gourmet.

And in other offshore news, Hurricane Alex is spinning well off the Delmarva coast, and continues to head out into open water.