In January, weather is often a hot topic. Or should I say “cold” topic, since it is the winter here in the Northern Hemisphere. Plunging temperatures, ice and snowpocalypse, which at one point covered 49 of 50 states simultaneously last year, are usually the terms being bandied about. Winter even creates such a thing as snowy revenge.
But in Cleveleys, near Blackpool in the UK, the result of the winter weather isn’t purple snow but a freak foam storm in the seaside resort. The oceanic foam blew in and piled up as deep as three feet in spots.
The nation’s Environmental Agency claims tests show the soapy-looking foam contains no detergents, but is the result of decomposing algae stirred into a frothy nightmare by recent high winds. At least they didn’t say it’s main ingredient was raw sewage like the foam that washed over an unsuspecting weatherman covering Hurricane Irene.
Fortunately for residents of Cleveleys, the foam doesn’t stick around too long. Before it disappeared, some citizens took a ride through the goop and of course videoed their experience.