Beware of the blob

[K30a]

And here we thought we had all aspects of water
hazards covered....
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Smelly Mystery Blob Takes Over N.J. Town

LITTLE EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP, N.J. - It smells like rotten eggs at best,
decomposing flesh at worst. It looks like the pods from "Invasion of the Body
Snatchers."
*To the people whose homes back up onto a Tuckerton Creek tributary where the
gelatinous substance recently appeared, it's just "The Blob."
"It's frightening," said Eileen Masterson. "We can't swim because the odor is
so horrible and we won't crab here because we don't know whether it's safe."
The substance, which was noticed about two weeks ago, consists of jelly-like
bulbs that undulate with the waves just below the surface.
By most accounts, it generally stays submerged in about 8 feet of water in the
lagoon. At low tide, some of it pokes through the surface of the water, looking
like marbled rocks.
But no one's sure what it is.
The state Department of Environmental Protection poked at the blob and took
samples as part of a half-dozen field tests Tuesday before deciding it's not
hazardous.
"We've determined that it's not toxic. It's mostly like some algae or fungus,"
said DEP spokesman Jack Kaskey. "It may be an algae growth that lived on the
bottom of the lagoon and after its life cycle ended, gases brought it up to the
surface."
Robert Ingenito, environmental health coordinator for the Ocean County Health
Department, said he hadn't seen anything like it in 30 years of public health
work.
"In the dead-end lagoons, you normally see vegetative material that rots, fish
kills or dissolved oxygen problems, but I've never seen anything like this," he
said. "It's strange."
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[K30a]

Theo wrote >>Is this the right time to mention cyanobacteria ? ;-)<<

That's what I thought...
My backup theory is space aliens.




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[BenignVanilla]

"K30a" > wrote in message
...
> And here we thought we had all aspects of water
> hazards covered....
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Smelly Mystery Blob Takes Over N.J. Town
<snip>

They need loud rock music...no...wait...that is for large tomatoes. Ice,
yeah that's it...Lotsa ice!!!

BV.

[Hank]

Sorry if this double posted.

Here at the Jersey shore the politicians are trying to figure a
way to put a tax on it or raise the Egg Harbor toll on the Atlantic
City Expressway for people coming to see the blob. My theory is that
it is the remains of Jimmy Hoffa relocated from Giant Stadium. Or one
of the new casinos cross-connected their sanitary sewer to the storm
drain.

"BenignVanilla" > wrote in message
...
> "K30a" > wrote in message
> ...
> > And here we thought we had all aspects of water
> > hazards covered....
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > Smelly Mystery Blob Takes Over N.J. Town
> <snip>
>
> They need loud rock music...no...wait...that is for large tomatoes.
Ice,
> yeah that's it...Lotsa ice!!!
>
> BV.
>
>

[Hank]

Some frogs build a mucus case to winter in. That could be what you are
talking about. If broken over the winter ....... dead frog.

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"Bob Adkins" > wrote in message
...
> On 08 Aug 2003 17:02:02 GMT, (K30a) wrote:
>
> >Theo wrote >>Is this the right time to mention cyanobacteria ?
;-)<<
> >
> >That's what I thought...
> >My backup theory is space aliens.
>
> OK, what are those smaller blobs in ponds? They are clear,
gelatinous, and
> feel quite tough when you poke at them. They do not appear to be
eggs of any
> sort. I've seen them about 6-8" in diameter and weighing close to 2
pounds.
> They do not float, and have no strong odor.
>
> Bob

[~ jan JJsPond.us]

And let this be a warning to all ponders who neglect the fall cleaning of
their bottoms (pond bottoms that is). ;o) ~ jan

>On 08 Aug 2003 16:08:42 GMT, (K30a) wrote:

>And here we thought we had all aspects of water
>hazards covered....
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>Smelly Mystery Blob Takes Over N.J. Town
>
>LITTLE EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP, N.J. - It smells like rotten eggs at best,
>decomposing flesh at worst. It looks like the pods from "Invasion of the Body
>Snatchers."
>*To the people whose homes back up onto a Tuckerton Creek tributary where the
>gelatinous substance recently appeared, it's just "The Blob."
>"It's frightening," said Eileen Masterson. "We can't swim because the odor is
>so horrible and we won't crab here because we don't know whether it's safe."
>The substance, which was noticed about two weeks ago, consists of jelly-like
>bulbs that undulate with the waves just below the surface.
>By most accounts, it generally stays submerged in about 8 feet of water in the
>lagoon. At low tide, some of it pokes through the surface of the water, looking
>like marbled rocks.
>But no one's sure what it is.
>The state Department of Environmental Protection poked at the blob and took
>samples as part of a half-dozen field tests Tuesday before deciding it's not
>hazardous.
>"We've determined that it's not toxic. It's mostly like some algae or fungus,"
>said DEP spokesman Jack Kaskey. "It may be an algae growth that lived on the
>bottom of the lagoon and after its life cycle ended, gases brought it up to the
>surface."
>Robert Ingenito, environmental health coordinator for the Ocean County Health
>Department, said he hadn't seen anything like it in 30 years of public health
>work.
>"In the dead-end lagoons, you normally see vegetative material that rots, fish
>kills or dissolved oxygen problems, but I've never seen anything like this," he
>said. "It's strange."
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>k30a
>and the watergardening labradors
>http://www.geocities.com/watergardeninglabradors/index.html


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[Anne Lurie]

I'll vote for Bryozoans, based on this website:
http://www.bio.umass.edu/biology/conn.river/bryozoa.html

Pectinatella magnifica -- What a great name!

Anne Lurie
Raleigh, NC


"Bob Adkins" > wrote in message ...

> OK, what are those smaller blobs in ponds? They are clear, gelatinous, and
> feel quite tough when you poke at them. They do not appear to be eggs of any
> sort. I've seen them about 6-8" in diameter and weighing close to 2 pounds.
> They do not float, and have no strong odor.
>
> Bob

[K30a]

Anne wrote << http://www.bio.umass.edu/biology/conn.river/bryozoa.html >>

Oh, my gosh!!


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[Hank]

Since it is local to me, I thought I would give a "BLOB" update.
The state of NJ experts decided to cut it up and disperse it. In the
same breath they said they still don't know what it was.
I seem to remember somebody cutting up starfish to get rid of
them.(each arm grew a new body)
Don't these experts ever learn???????

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"Hank" > wrote in message
.. .
> Sorry if this double posted.
>
> Here at the Jersey shore the politicians are trying to figure a
> way to put a tax on it or raise the Egg Harbor toll on the Atlantic
> City Expressway for people coming to see the blob. My theory is that
> it is the remains of Jimmy Hoffa relocated from Giant Stadium. Or
one
> of the new casinos cross-connected their sanitary sewer to the storm
> drain.
>
> "BenignVanilla" > wrote in
message
> ...
> > "K30a" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > > And here we thought we had all aspects of water
> > > hazards covered....
> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > > Smelly Mystery Blob Takes Over N.J. Town
> > <snip>
> >
> > They need loud rock music...no...wait...that is for large
tomatoes.
> Ice,
> > yeah that's it...Lotsa ice!!!
> >
> > BV.
> >
> >
>
>
>

[K30a]

Hank wrote >> The state of NJ experts decided to cut it up and disperse it. In
the
same breath they said they still don't know what it was.>>

oh-my-gawd!!
Has Stephen King shown up yet?


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[BenignVanilla]

"Hank" > wrote in message
...
> Since it is local to me, I thought I would give a "BLOB" update.
> The state of NJ experts decided to cut it up and disperse it. In the
> same breath they said they still don't know what it was.
> I seem to remember somebody cutting up starfish to get rid of
> them.(each arm grew a new body)
> Don't these experts ever learn???????
>
> http://community.webshots.com/user/hankpage1
<snip>

They should blow it up like they did with that whale.

BV.

[Tom Patton]

Central Nerve Ganglion: inconspicuously located between the mouth and the anus, with a major nerve tract extending into each arm of the lophophore

I know some people this would describe. Mostly Democrats, is the mechanism for speach...


On 10 Aug 2003 22:46:42 GMT
(K30a) wrote:

> Anne wrote << http://www.bio.umass.edu/biology/conn.river/bryozoa.html >>
>
> Oh, my gosh!!
>
>
> k30a
> and the watergardening labradors
> http://www.geocities.com/watergardeninglabradors/index.html

[K30a]

Tom wrote >>I know some people this would describe.<<

Aren't they all running for governor of California?


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[~ jan JJsPond.us]

>>And let this be a warning to all ponders who neglect the fall cleaning of
>>their bottoms (pond bottoms that is). ;o) ~ jan
>
>Nobody would have thought of anything butt pond bottoms if you hadn't hinted
>at the "other" bottom. At least I don't think so. I could be wrong. ;-)
>Bob

Hinted? I wasn't trying to hint, as you obviously show, I need to DRAG this
group kicking and screaming into the gutter..... where the water is. ;o)
~ jan

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[~ jan JJsPond.us]

>On Tue, 12 Aug 2003 10:17:55 -0400, "BenignVanilla"
>>They should blow it up like they did with that whale.
>
>Oh man, that was one of the biggest farces I have ever seen. Just imagine a
>25 pound chunk of rotting whale blubber falling on your car. Whoever hatched
>that scheme should have been made to clean up the mess.
>Bob

Did I miss the URL on this? Whatup? ~ jan

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[BenignVanilla]

"~ jan JJsPond.us" > wrote in message
...
> >On Tue, 12 Aug 2003 10:17:55 -0400, "BenignVanilla"
> >>They should blow it up like they did with that whale.
> >
> >Oh man, that was one of the biggest farces I have ever seen. Just imagine
a
> >25 pound chunk of rotting whale blubber falling on your car. Whoever
hatched
> >that scheme should have been made to clean up the mess.
> >Bob
>
> Did I miss the URL on this? Whatup? ~ jan

I have an MPEG of it. It is huge, but I'll post it on my web site, if anyone
wants it.

BV.

[DT]

BenignVanilla wrote:

> "~ jan JJsPond.us" > wrote in message
> ...
>
>>>On Tue, 12 Aug 2003 10:17:55 -0400, "BenignVanilla"
>>>
>>>>They should blow it up like they did with that whale.
>>>
>>>Oh man, that was one of the biggest farces I have ever seen. Just imagine
>
> a
>
>>>25 pound chunk of rotting whale blubber falling on your car. Whoever
>
> hatched
>
>>>that scheme should have been made to clean up the mess.
>>>Bob
>>
>>Did I miss the URL on this? Whatup? ~ jan
>
>
> I have an MPEG of it. It is huge, but I'll post it on my web site, if anyone
> wants it.

Send 'em here: http://perp.com/whale/

Three versions, depending on your bandwidth.

DT

[K30a]

>>"The humor of the entire situation suddenly gave way to a run for survival as
huge chunks of whale blubber fell everywhere." <<

Good day starter ;-)


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[~ jan JJsPond.us]

>> >Oh man, that was one of the biggest farces I have ever seen. Just imagine
>a 25 pound chunk of rotting whale blubber falling on your car. Whoever
>hatched that scheme should have been made to clean up the mess.

>I have an MPEG of it. It is huge, but I'll post it on my web site, if anyone
>wants it.
>BV.

Yes, I'm DSL, give URL, if you have one of the blubber on the car. Thanks
DT for the KaBoom site. :o) ~ jan

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