Fingers Crossed

I hope this all turns out well. I live on the south Devon coast - a bit west of Branscombe admittedly, but still, I wouldn't want this muck wrecking the coast line of any country.

1,700 tonnes of dangerous materials including toxins now beached 1 miles off the coast due to structural failure of the boat. The sea state is not too hot for this sort of thing at the moment.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/spl...8/img/laun.jpg

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/devon/6282247.stm

South devon = beautiful coastline, and some cracking surf spots.

The locals aren't complaining.


Police are patrolling beaches in Devon where members of the public have been taking goods washed ashore from stricken container ship MSC Napoli.

Hundreds of people have made off with goods worth thousands of pounds from about 40 containers at Branscombe.

Police warned them they were breaking the law if they failed to declare taking any of the ship's cargo.

Ten police officers were on the beach to prevent containers being broken open.

They were also handing out forms so people could report what they had taken to the Receiver of Wreck. This must be done within 28 days, otherwise they are committing an offence.

Branscombe Police's Pc Steve Speariett said "a couple of hundred people" were on the beach on Sunday night with the same number again scavenging on Monday.

"Around 50 BMW motorbikes were carried off the beach last night," he added.

Pirates!!