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Blue_Tires

(55,445 posts)
Wed Jan 6, 2016, 03:35 PM Jan 2016

Thousands watch livestream of puddle in Newcastle(?)

It's currently blocking a popular pathway in the city centre.

Richard Rippon became so fascinated by the different ways people are tackling the large pool of water, he began streaming it on Periscope.

"Some people are Jesus-walking across it," he told Newsbeat,

"Some people are running and jumping."

As it became a "spectator sport" in his own office, he decided to set up a the live feed at 11.20am.

As many as 20,000 people have been watching.
Someone placed a caution wet floor

"We haven't had anyone fall in yet but there's still time," he says.

"The depth of the puddle varies. It's quite deceptive," he adds.

The puddle is on the way from Jesmond station to the centre of Newcastle "so quite a few people do pass through".

He explained: "There's a kind of British resilience to it. No one has turned back yet."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/35245437/drummond-puddle-watch-thousands-watch-livestream-of-puddle-in-newcastle

https://www.periscope.tv/w/1YpKkrVPNVyxj

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