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Watch: Wild Sea Foam Floods Scottish Village
High winds and waves whipped up the foamy messResidents of Footdee, a small fishing village in Aberdeen, Scotland, awoke to find their houses, cars and streets covered in white this morning. No, it wasn't an early snowstorm that blanketed the town. It was sea foam -- or spume -- blown in from the North Sea by heavy winds and crashing waves.
A Marine Scotland spokesman told BBC News: "Sea foam is created by the interaction of sea water movement and plant plankton residues." The organic mixture turned the area into a natural bubble bath, making for an incredible scene.
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Yeah, there's nothing "strange" about sea foam. My guess is the journalist has never seen a beach. I thought maybe this was one of those unexplained events like "angel hair" or "star jelly" that I've read about in books, but nope.
September 26 2012 at 3:58 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyThanks for wasting my time, AOL.
How does sea foam become a "strange substance" in this article? Or is it that the writer has never experienced such a thing in their life? The sea foams, hon. It's a given, no matter where you are in the world. Natural phenomenon. Nothing unusual about it. Rough seas ... sea foam. Goes hand-in-hand when you live by the ocean. And all it takes is a brush and some water. Sssss...it's gone!
September 26 2012 at 1:24 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyHow does sea foam become a "strange substance" in this article? Or is it that the writer has never experienced such a thing in their life? The sea foams, hon. It's a given, no matter where you are in the world. Natural phenomenon. Nothing unusual about it. Rough seas ... sea foam. Goes hand-in-hand when you live by the ocean. And all it takes is a brush and some water. Sssss...it's gone!
September 26 2012 at 1:24 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyHow did it smell? How easy was it to clean up?
September 25 2012 at 8:48 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply