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Birling Gap beach was evacuated on Sunday [August 27] after people reported breathing difficulties, stinging eyes and vomiting when a "mist" appeared.
Sussex Police said on Monday morning the gas cloud appeared to have cleared.
Agencies are investigating the cause and have not ruled out either on-shore or off-shore locations.
In the past, chemicals have drifted across from European industrial units, but Sussex Police said: "Weather models suggest that an onshore source in northern France is very unlikely."
The Coastguard said it was working with its French counterparts and looking into vessels that were in the area at the time.
East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service said it was "extremely unlikely" the substance involved was chlorine.
First it was a sonic attack on US diplomats in Cuba, now potentially a chemical attack on British beach goers. What gives?
(Score: 5, Insightful) by n1 on Thursday August 31 2017, @03:15PM (4 children)
The problem now is the trolls who find a way to talk about mMuslims and or foreigners in any and every subject are indistinguishable from people who genuinely believe that other social/religious/ethnic groups are to blame for all societies ills, much like the communists of previous generations.
so desperate to push their narrative they will seek confirmation bias and correlation in the strangest of places. if it does not work out, we just move on to the next opportunity to fear and blame the external evil.
grenfell tower fire was but weeks ago and killed more than any terror attack in the UK, the death toll is not even final yet.
I expect this immature attitude on social media, but I expect better here.
(Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 31 2017, @04:13PM
I presume you haven't been paying attention for over a year now, 2016 was a watershed year for SN and Trump's win emboldened the more prejudiced around here. Tolerance is out, racism is in, and we get to see what that means when people like VLM post their trollish fears and get modded up for it. I like to believe they are actually propaganda shills, but it seems unlikely so many are or that they would bother with a low traffic site.
I'm sure that in VLM's mind there is a significant chance this was a muslim terrorist attack and so he explores that possibility without question. Yay FUD! I'm so glad we literally turned the US into a police state (patriot act, etc.) to make VLM feel more secure, those freedoms weren't doing much for anybody anyway amirite?
(Score: 2) by choose another one on Thursday August 31 2017, @05:06PM (1 child)
> grenfell tower fire was but weeks ago and killed more than any terror attack in the UK
Really? I know grenfell death toll is not final yet but where / when was it confirmed to be more than 270 (most recent figures I can find are 80) ?
The problem now is that there are trolls spouting utter rubbish, and anti-trolls also spouting utter rubbish - question is which are you?
(Score: 2) by n1 on Thursday August 31 2017, @05:20PM
I'll be honest, i forgot about Lockerbie... My thought process was very much in a post-9/11 world of terror.
That said, Lockerbie was an international terror incident, as the target was an American airline with the majority of passengers being from the US, and the official story has the bomb found it's way onto the plane in it's origin airport in Germany. The event happened to take place in UK airspace, but was not the actual target.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by edIII on Thursday August 31 2017, @10:13PM
I no longer expect better. Like the other poster said, Trump has revealed the ugly in people. Sadly, I see it more everyday. I'm not surprised that VLM is sounding more like EH every single day.
Wish I could say it was just VLM, but a good number of the people I know and care about use stupid fucking words like cuck now. It's so disappointing because I've read VLM for quite some time and he is not some unsophisticated hate filled redneck. He knows better, but is filled with that ugly hate and bullshit.
Technically, lunchtime is at any moment. It's just a wave function.