Still Waters Posted August 8, 2012 #1 Share Posted August 8, 2012 Bemused residents in a quiet suburban street thought there was something fishy about the weather when it literally started raining seaweed. They were stunned to find their homes, gardens and cars littered with the smelly marine algae after a stormy weather spout swept up the debris from a beach 20 miles away. Weather experts believe the seaweed was picked up from Clevedon Beach in North Somerset by a twister during freak weather conditions on the coast. http://www.telegraph...re-village.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super-Fly Posted August 8, 2012 #2 Share Posted August 8, 2012 LOL, Be weird seeing that happen, proper trip. Like when it rains frogs golf balls etc. LOL. Thanks, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simbi Laveau Posted August 8, 2012 #3 Share Posted August 8, 2012 Is the sky raining green a biblical prophecy anywhere ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coffey Posted August 9, 2012 #4 Share Posted August 9, 2012 Is the sky raining green a biblical prophecy anywhere ? Probably..... Everyone sing with me.... "It's the end of the world as we know it...." 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Fluffs Posted August 9, 2012 #5 Share Posted August 9, 2012 I bet that was a surprise for them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.United_Nations Posted August 9, 2012 #6 Share Posted August 9, 2012 There was a twister In Southsea in Portsmouth just few days ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Professor T Posted August 10, 2012 #7 Share Posted August 10, 2012 Stupid twister.. Bet you it bypassed a big-fat bank and a jewelers factory before it ploughed into a big pile of sea weed.. NO wonder twisters have such a bad name! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lava_Lady Posted August 10, 2012 #8 Share Posted August 10, 2012 How can a twister pick up only one thing? Shouldn't there also be some sand, rocks, pieces of wood, etc.? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacques Terreur Posted August 10, 2012 #9 Share Posted August 10, 2012 finally a real fortean news article! Lava_Lady is right, though....one should think that a twister picks up pretty much EVERYTHING of a certain weight, like seaweed, sand, fish, clams....not only one particular thing!?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coffey Posted August 10, 2012 #10 Share Posted August 10, 2012 How can a twister pick up only one thing? Shouldn't there also be some sand, rocks, pieces of wood, etc.? Not sure, some seaweed floats to the surface doesn't it? And it's above the sand and rocks as well. So they might have just been to far down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwin Posted August 11, 2012 #11 Share Posted August 11, 2012 I wonder if there is a fairly easy way to match the seaweed with it's source? It's odd that so many of these 'rains' are single items and not comprised of several different items. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwin Posted August 11, 2012 #12 Share Posted August 11, 2012 (edited) Stupid twister.. Bet you it bypassed a big-fat bank and a jewelers factory before it ploughed into a big pile of sea weed.. NO wonder twisters have such a bad name! We would probably just get bricks LOL Edited August 11, 2012 by kwin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csspwns Posted August 11, 2012 #13 Share Posted August 11, 2012 god is bringing down his wrath on UK lol 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lava_Lady Posted August 11, 2012 #14 Share Posted August 11, 2012 Not sure, some seaweed floats to the surface doesn't it? And it's above the sand and rocks as well. So they might have just been to far down. Yes, it's true, some sea weeds do float. I live in Hawaii and occasionally there are beds of sea weed floating, but, thereis always a plethora of things mixed into it. Even live crabs and other ocean crud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Professor T Posted August 11, 2012 #15 Share Posted August 11, 2012 Professortaylor, on 10 August 2012 - 03:16 PM, said: Stupid twister.. Bet you it bypassed a big-fat bank and a jewelers factory before it ploughed into a big pile of sea weed.. NO wonder twisters have such a bad name! We would probably just get bricks LOL Heavier items would fall closer the event.. In the case of Bricks they would more likely fall closer to the banks & jewelers onto bankers, parking wardens & wheel clampers.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hetrodoxly Posted August 11, 2012 #16 Share Posted August 11, 2012 The wrong type of weed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arbenol Posted August 12, 2012 #17 Share Posted August 12, 2012 god is bringing down his wrath on UK lol By throwing seaweed at it? He has the choice of flood, fire, pestilence, death upon the firstborn, etc.... And he decides on algae. That'll teach'em Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mykhailo Posted August 21, 2012 #18 Share Posted August 21, 2012 I'm not a scientist and did NOT play one on TV... but I'd think that they should test the seaweed and if that does not work then all they have to do is test the sand that came embedded in the seaweed to determine where this seaweed came from. This is how the USA discovered where the Japanese ballon bombs were coming from during WWII. They tested the sand in the sandbags attached to the ballon bombs, found out which beach had it, and bombed the crap out of that area. Problem solved... no more ballon bombs. I also find it interesting that there is usually only one item that comes down in these strange storms. Did they ever say where the apples came from...??? Afterall, apples were not in season when they came down in a storm in England. I'd really like some follow ups and not just the original stories... but then again they would just lie or make something up IF they had no sound explainations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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