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Poop Geyser On British Beach Erupts Snails, Dirty Water
huffingtonpost.com ^ | 08/12/2015 | Andres Jauregui

Posted on 08/12/2015 11:56:32 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper

Life's a beach, until it gets crappy.

Vacationers at Orcombe Point beach in Devon, England, have complained about a nasty new sink hole in the sand that's reportedly spewed snails and rancid seaweed into the air.

"I looked over and there were big plumes of water coming out of the beach it was all bubbling up much like a geyser," Kite surf instructor James Dart told the Express. "It was probably going about a foot above the beach."

Experts fear that the water that periodically erupts from the hole, which is 6 feet wide and 10 feet deep, might be linked to a damaged sewer pipe, and therefore, could contain human waste.

(Excerpt) Read more at huffingtonpost.com ...


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1 posted on 08/12/2015 11:56:32 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Swimming at Orcombe Point beach in Devon, England...just going through the motions.


2 posted on 08/13/2015 12:01:28 AM PDT by spokeshave (If an illegal alien is undocumented immigrant a drug dealer is an unlicensed pharmacist)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

What is a sewer-pipe doing underneath a beach - other than going out into the water?


3 posted on 08/13/2015 12:05:01 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Sorry. That was just me.

God this is so em-bare-assing...


4 posted on 08/13/2015 12:11:32 AM PDT by Norm Lenhart
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To: Berlin_Freeper
"beach wars"
5 posted on 08/13/2015 12:13:39 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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To: Berlin_Freeper; Slings and Arrows; Norm Lenhart; Salamander; JoeProBono
The Story, told Lyrically.
6 posted on 08/13/2015 12:14:07 AM PDT by shibumi ("Cover it with gas and set it on fire.")
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To: Berlin_Freeper
18 FOOT shark caught off surfing beach
7 posted on 08/13/2015 12:15:18 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Um, that isn’t a hot spring...


8 posted on 08/13/2015 12:16:55 AM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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To: shibumi

It’d make an awesome band name though

“95.5 KLOS ROCK LosAngeles presents POOP GEYSER live at the Hollywood Bowl! Tickets available online and at all Ticketron outlets. GET YOURS NOWWWWW!!!”

(Also playing, :Puppet Show” and “Spinal Tap”)


9 posted on 08/13/2015 12:18:09 AM PDT by Norm Lenhart
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Toxic sand and piles of litter

10 posted on 08/13/2015 12:19:49 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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To: Berlin_Freeper
£42k council beach huts miles from sea
11 posted on 08/13/2015 12:24:52 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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To: shibumi

Poor snails.

:(


12 posted on 08/13/2015 12:29:33 AM PDT by Salamander (We're ALL Dixie, now.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper
Beach Hogs
13 posted on 08/13/2015 12:31:48 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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Premier Mike Baird is ruling out support for a shark cull,
14 posted on 08/13/2015 12:36:22 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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To: Salamander

Maybe they were Hillary voters. Did any one check them for bumper stickers? “I’m ready for Poop Geyser” would be a dead giveaway.


15 posted on 08/13/2015 12:37:51 AM PDT by Norm Lenhart
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To: Berlin_Freeper
man was found dead on Tuesday on Al Rugaylat beach
16 posted on 08/13/2015 12:38:28 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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To: Berlin_Freeper
"I looked over and there were big plumes of POOP GEYSER water coming out of the beach it was all bubbling up much like a POOP GEYSER geyser,"


17 posted on 08/13/2015 12:40:58 AM PDT by BlueDragon (The things guys have to put up with around here, just to keep peace in the fambly...)
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gun-shaped iPhone case causes panic on Manitoba beach
18 posted on 08/13/2015 12:41:46 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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To: Berlin_Freeper
seaweed has piled up as high as 10ft on beaches
19 posted on 08/13/2015 12:45:58 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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seaweed build-up may scuttle planned Albany shark barrier
20 posted on 08/13/2015 12:49:41 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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