Douglas stinky beach

[WTF]

27 minutes ago, Augustus said:

Bulldozed mounds of rotting seaweed. Still stinking. Still full of micro-plastics. Well done.

i'm sure amadildo thinks it's all great.

[Non-Believer]

1 hour ago, Augustus said:

Bulldozed mounds of rotting seaweed. Still stinking. Still full of micro-plastics. Well done.

The contract feels good though...kerching...

[Happier diner]

22 hours ago, Augustus said:

Bulldozed mounds of rotting seaweed. Still stinking. Still full of micro-plastics. Well done.

Microplastics? What's the relevance?

[Shake me up Judy]

22 hours ago, Augustus said:

Bulldozed mounds of rotting seaweed. Still stinking. Still full of micro-plastics. Well done.

The best we can do ? Unbelievable.

[Broadcasterman]

47 minutes ago, Shake me up Judy said:

The best we can do ? Unbelievable.

Yes but they have ten grand to spend on a beach party on the same disgusting stretch of beach. You couldn’t make it up. 

[hissingsid]

If it was money out of their own pockets they would not be so keen people are very good at spending other people’s money i.e. the taxpayers and this is where the problem lies throughout governments and councils everywhere.    Fireworks every time the cat farts…ridiculous but there again not their money 😣 .

[Twitch]

1 hour ago, Happier diner said:

Microplastics? What's the relevance?

Biosphere, biosphere, biosphere etc. Probably.

[Augustus]

3 hours ago, Happier diner said:

Microplastics? What's the relevance?

The relevance is that these twats are paid to clean the beach, but don't actually "clean" it. 

[Happier diner]

1 minute ago, Augustus said:

The relevance is that these twats are paid to clean the beach, but don't actually "clean" it. 

And what's the relevance of microplastics. It was a genuine question.

 

[Augustus]

Google microplastics or, better, go take a look for yourself at ground level.

[Happier diner]

1 minute ago, Augustus said:

Google microplastics or, better, go take a look for yourself at ground level.

I know what microplastics are. I think you need to Google it. They are not visible to the human eye. Hence the micro bit. I suspect you mean plastic litter and that would make sense. 

[Omobono]

walked the promenade this morning , and the stench was horrible , the mounds are quietly  rotting away  below the central in the current spell of warm weather , surely  this is not the way a Local authority should be managing   their only tourist beach , its an absolute disgrace , the city fathers should be ashamed of themselves .

[Broadcasterman]

8 hours ago, Omobono said:

 its an absolute disgrace , the city fathers should be ashamed of themselves .

They’re too busy Tweeting about other peoples failures. They don’t seem to like any attention drawn to theirs.

[Shake me up Judy]

I wonder if Beach Buddies have ever offered to clear the seaweed, and what was the response from DBC ? I think Bill Dale has posted on here before so if you read this Bill it's a genuine question. I still think there's more to it than meets the nose. 

[The Bastard]

This thread is tiresome, it's the same wrong opinions over and over.

Beach buddies clear bags of beach litter, not several tonnes of natural sea vegetation.

What's on the beach is rotting seaweed, not sewage. Sewage isn't routinely discharged at Douglas unless the holding tanks are overspilled by heavy rain, which doesn't happen in a dry week in summer.

Creamery waste is discharged into the bay but again it isn't sewage, it's waste whey residue from cheese production.

Unsurprisingly, rotting seaweed smells bad. This shouldn't be a shock. 

Edited May 29, 2023 by The Bastard