150 treated in hospital after unknown chemical 'mist'

>>172825
What the fuck?

Could be a fuel discharge from a passing ship. If it was hot enough it could have evaporated along the coastline and drifted onshore.

My guess: probably just a naturally occurring gas from decomposition. I used to live on a lake in Minnesota. Right after the ice melted, this same thing would happen in the morning for a few days at sunrise; exact same symptoms. Never bad enough to go to the hospital, but made it unpleasant for about an hour. I'm thinking it's something to do with decomposition in an anaerobic environment making ammonia or something like that.

>>174591
It's a sea, not a lake. Never heard of this happening in a sea.

I live in his area - there's been a few reports going around that they're looking for a Syrian man who may have something to do with it

News also says it was some company not disposing of their chemicals properly?

>>172825
Sorry had a extra helping of English breakfast.

>>174590
>Could be a fuel discharge from a passing ship. If it was hot enough it could have evaporated along the coastline and drifted onshore.

I am a marine engineer. The above post is factually incorrect and utter lunacy. Ship fuel doesn't "evaporate". The lightest stuff they use is "marine grade" (read: "gunk from the bottom of the tank") diesel. While it's possible someone was "blowing tubes" aka blowing soot out of the smokestack, that would quickly disperse and is not legal within 3 miles of shore.

I don't know what it was, but I can tell you with certainty that it wasn't a ship.

>>174611
Nice to see you're eating well while the Muslims develop demonic water magic...

>>174609
I'm putting my money on 'company being reckless' over 'random Syrian develops chemical weapons to attack beach'.

>>174615
If you're an engineer you know what can happen if bumbling deckhands or officers fuck about with equipment.

It wouldn't be the first time someone fucked up and all of a sudden something that was impossible suddenly happened as if by magic.

>>174615
>is not legal within 3 miles of shore.
Whatever happened isn't legal.

This is how we lose precious ecology and biodiversity for the sake of cheaper shit.
The actions of one person can impose a cost on another.
And we're lucky it was just humans this time and no permanent damage could be done. Non-human life has no legal recourse without a human advocate and ecosystems are irreplaceable.