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uppityperson

(115,681 posts) Thu Jun 14, 2012, 01:11 PM Jun 2012

Coastal debris comes in; cleanup alert goes out

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2018416994_marinedebris14m.html

Federal officials say its likely that much of the foamlike material that is littering beaches in Southwestern Washington and Oregon is some of the first debris from Japan's calamitous 2011 tsunami to show up on U.S. shorelines.

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Coastal debris comes in; cleanup alert goes out (Original Post) uppityperson Jun 2012 OP

In other news, world proven to be smaller than many thought. This is going to hurt. freshwest Jun 2012 #1

freshwest

(53,661 posts)

1. In other news, world proven to be smaller than many thought. This is going to hurt.

Reply to uppityperson (Original post)

Thu Jun 14, 2012, 03:01 PM

Jun 2012

Hope there will be sufficient funding for the clean up which may last many years.

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