Posted on 06/06/2021 11:28:46 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has promised to save the country's shores from "sea snot" building up in its waters.
A thick, slimy layer of the mucus-like matter is spreading along the Sea of Marmara near Istanbul, damaging marine life and the fishing industry.
President Erdogan blamed untreated sewage being dumped into the sea, as well as rising temperatures, and urged officials to investigate.
"My fear is, if this expands to Black Sea... the trouble will be enormous. We need to take this step without delay," he said.
Boats travelling through the Sea of Marmara have to navigate the grey sludge, and some fishermen are being prevented from working as it clogs up their motors and nets.
Divers have reported that large numbers of fish and other species are dying from suffocation.
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...
I wish someone could solve our “land snot” (democrat) problem.
Pretty simple. Quit pumping untreated poop into the ocean.
“His government has dispatched a 300-strong team to inspect potential sources of pollution.”
Can envision the inspectors: “Hmmm, looks like shit, smells like shit, tastes like shit, hmmm might possibly be shit ... better get the boss to confirm it.”
—” better get the boss to confirm it.”
Usually, at that point, they first go for the shakedown.
Anything you have of any value, fork it over.
...Where did the term Fork It Over originate?
This slangy term probably comes from the verb “to fork,” underground slang for picking someone’s pocket using only two fingers (resembling a two-tined fork). Dating from the first half of the 1800s, the term occasionally alluded to turning over something other than money, but it is the monetary version that survived.
Curious that this wasn’t a problem for the Byzantine Empire
SLICK AS SNOT Disgusting sewage-filled sea ‘snot’ plaguing Turkish resorts popular with Brits & killing marine life
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/15131023/sewage-sea-snots-turkey-marmara-marine-threat/
Not good for tourism I guess.
—”Disgusting sewage-filled sea ‘snot’ plaguing “
Global warming!
An easy way to shift the blame to other unknown parties.
Actual pollution, dumping the output of the local sewage systems into the sea?
Maybe the wind will drive it away, or the fish will eat it or...
If you think it’s butter, but it’s snot!
—”If you think it’s butter, but it’s snot!”
Very good!
And on a Monday morning too!!!
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