Big blob of gunk found in the Gulf ... .not ruling out a potential link to the oil.....

[jus_the_facts]

:eyes:

http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20110202/BREAKING/110209956/-1/sports?p=all&tc=pgall&tc=ar


From a distance the toxic goo looks like oil, but up close it smells like rotten eggs and wiggles like jelly. Scientists have no idea what it is or how it wound up in the northern Gulf of Mexico, near Perdido Pass.


Just off the Florida Panhandle coastline, within site of Perdido Key, scientists have discovered an underwater mass of dead sea life that appears to be growing as microscopic algae and bacteria get trapped and die.

Early samples indicate the glob is at least three feet thick and spans two-thirds of a mile parallel to the coast.

[louis-t]

1. "CO2 DAVE, CO2!!"

Jeez, the Gulf of Mexico is dying and all I can do is quote Steve McQueen in The Blob. :banghead:

[KansDem]

3. "It can't stand cold!"

7'12", if you're so inclined...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijjzBk1jIc8

[louis-t]

10. Thanks for that.

[TuxedoKat]

13. LOL -- beware of the Blob

it creeps, it crawls... I know I was thinking the same thing! :(

[Lucinda]

2. They have NO idea?

I'm pretty sure I could clue them in...

[obxhead]

4. No traces of oil

"Scientists are trying to determine if oil from last year's Deepwater Horizon disaster led to the glob. But tests so far have found no sign of oil."

Wonder if they have tested it for corexit.

[TalkingDog]

5. Gelatinized souls of BP execs that were sold for profit. n/t

[Generic Other]

11. smells like rotten eggs and wiggles like jelly

yes. I think you identified it!

[Liberal_in_LA]

6. thread title invites jokes. lol

[bluedigger]

7. Did Rush go swimmin'?

[SoCalDem]

8. beat me to it.. you rascal

:P

[Little Star]

9. LOL

[Generic Other]

12. kick n/t

[jus_the_facts]

14. Thanks

;)