Officials worry about creatures on tsunami dock

Associated Press ^ | June 7, 2012 | JEFF BARNARD

[Free ThinkerNY]

When the tsunami hit the northern coast of Japan last year, the waves ripped four dock floats the size of freight train boxcars from their pilings in the fishing port of Misawa and turned them over to the whims of wind and currents.

One floated up on a nearby island. Two have not been seen again. But one made an incredible journey across 5,000 miles of ocean that ended this week on a popular Oregon beach.

[tet68]

Link is no work for me.

I take it they are worried about invasive species?

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This thread has you written alllllll over it...

[Jo Nuvark]

They have to be “worried” about something or they
can’t justify themselves. Sheesh! Organisms have
been dispersed by the sea channels since creation.
It’s a NATURAL process. So what if they survive.

[JoeProBono]

[Molon Labbie]

This article is probably giving Syfy made for tv movie writers ideas.

“Irradiated from the world’s worst radiological disaster, cast toward foreign shores, it hasn’t eaten in months. Then, on that fateful day, when IT came ashore, it discovered....West Coast Liberals.”

[HereInTheHeartland]

They don't think logs or other things have ever floated over here in the past thousands of years?
Craziness to worry about that part.

[BillyBonebrake]

Could be Mothra eggs.

[rockrr]

Yep.

"This is a very clear threat," said John Chapman, a research scientist at Oregon State University's Hatfield Marine Science Center in Newport, Ore., where the dock washed up early Tuesday. "...It's incredibly difficult to predict what will happen next."

State officials organized a group of volunteers Thursday to scrape the dock clean of marine organisms, bag them and dispose of them inland, said Chris Havel, spokesman for the state Department of Parks and Recreation, which is overseeing the fate of the dock. Biologists have identified one species as a marine algae, known as wakame, that is native to Japan and has established in Southern California, but has not yet been seen in Oregon, he said.

[dead]

"The radiation has infected the fish eggs!"
"Oh no! That means the fish will be giant and will destroy the city!"
"Hurry! We must do something before the eggs hatch!"
"It's too late! The eggs are hatching and the giant fish are getting out!"
"They will destroy the city unless the military can stop them!"

[absolootezer0]

lucky people. fresh japanese sushi.

[AppyPappy]

Two very small women enter the scene “We can help”
Fat bald bad man: “Huh. What is this?”
Goofy idiot guy: “It’s just two tiny women. (shocked)Huh?”
Women: “We said we can help.”
Idiot: “Hai.They can talk”
Bad man: “Hey we can make money off these two”
Idiot: “Ooooohhhhh”
Bad man: “Grab them”
Idiot and bad man run into each other as women escape.

[Bronco_Buster_FweetHyagh]

Honestly, are people really this stupid?

Do you realize how many THOUSANDS of things wash up on shores all around the world? In particular, TREE TRUNKS, float down rivers, out to sea, float across the ocean, wash up on shore. This has been happening forever...

This is more environmental pointy-hatted alarmism.

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Sexy female reporter: "Maybe those tiny women can help! What have we got to lose?!"
Gruff but wise military commander: "You two idiots stay away from those tiny women! Let's hear what they have to say!"
Idiots: "Awwwwwwww...."

[Darksheare]

“...The derelict space vessel had drifted for centuries. Even millenia possibly. But then, one day, it found something...”

[null and void]

Honestly, are people really this stupid?

Yes.

Some of them even have warning stickers (AKA Obama bumper stickers)...

[MHGinTN]

Mindless Nature would never give US such a blessing.

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[Gil4]

Hey, I have an Obama bumper sticker:

[AppyPappy]

Scientist in lab coat: “They found this embedded in the pier”
Airheaded lovely assistant: “Ooooh. It looks like a tooth”.
Scientist: “Yes, it is a tooth off an unknown sea creature”
Assistant: “It must be very large”
Scientist: “Although it is unknown and all we have is a tooth, I have drawn this picture of it”
Shows picture to crowd....dramatic music plays
Annoying enthusiastic cub reporter: “Chief, stop the presses. Wait until you hear this”.