From The Sun
By VINCE SOODIN
Published: 26 Aug 2008
TWO British schoolgirls cheated death after being stung by a lethal Portuguese Man O’War.
Paddling Molly Purcell, ten, suffered toxic shock and gasped for breath after the tentacles of the sea creature — which can kill with a single sting — wrapped around her arms and legs.
Pal Amelia Walsh, 12, was left with huge welts on her legs after brushing part of the creature that was draped over a rock.
Medics used freezing water and seawater to flush out the toxins.
Bathers were evacuated after last Friday’s attack at Monmouth Beach, Dorset.
Molly, of Ascot, Berks, said: “I thought I was stung by a bee at first, then suddenly it felt like my arm was on fire. It got worse and worse until I couldn’t stop shaking.”
Last night mum Sheenagh said: “Molly is getting better but her arms are still very swollen.”
Brits were warned last month of seven species of poisonous sea creatures heading for our shores due to global warming.
John-X:
After the catastrophic ice melting and sea-level rise, it’s only a matter of time til the Man-o-war reaches you in Colorado.
Not lethal. Got one wrapped around me when I was about 9 or so. I took a bath in ammonia (not my idea).
Great blog. I read it religiously.
What point?
Here you go… http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/
Enjoy. 🙂
Those media people know how to get money.
By false information and intimidation.
I should use some of their tactics for my own pursuits…
(Shakes head)
With any luck, Portugal will succeed where the Spanish, French, and Germans failed?
(Come to think of it, didn’t the bulk of the Spanish Armada launch from Lisbon?)
Living on the South Coast of England, we’ve had Portuguese Man of Wars turn up for years. I’ve been sea fishing since 1978 so I should know.
Some years none , other years loads
“With any luck, Portugal will succeed where the Spanish, French, and Germans failed?” evan
Didn’t John Paul Jones give em a big scare?
“Perhaps we should launch a counterattack with our American Jellyfish against the Man of War.”
They should be easy to find, all American jellyfish are located in Washington D C
The jellyfish is spineless, D.C. should be a good place to look.
Question: What bad things have not been blamed on Global Warming?
REPLY: The Taliban comes to mind.
At risk of being pedantic I visited a Purbeck Marine Centre in Kimmeridge Bay (just down the coast from Poole) last Wednesday and was shown two Portuguese Man O’ War (should that be Men O’ War) which had been collected from the rocks on the foreshore and were being kept in a small tank. But the poor little things were only about 70mm across with 250mm long tentacles. What is worse I was advised that they weren’t jellyfish at all but were siphonophore—a colony of specialized polyps and medusoids.
This stuff is getting to be so predictable.
Jellyfish migration?
No, simple-minded journalists pumping out hyperinflated AGW-caused tales of imminent disaster.
That was a bit pedantic, Oldjim.
We had a few of them washed ashore on the Long Island (NY) beaches during the outbreak of the ’70s. Never had the misfortune of being stung. Got nailed once or twice by conventional jellyfish, but it was no big deal.
What you have to understand about Anthropomorphic Global Warming – a good rule of thumb, if you like – is that AGW is bad news for all things Nice and good news for all things Nasty. Polar bears, being cute and fluffy, and therefore Nice, are suffering because of AGW. Stinging jellyfish, malaria, kidney stones, crabgrass – heck, anything with spines, stingers, fangs, or otherwise noxious or pestilential, fall into the Nasty category, and thus are thriving and will shortly take over the Earth.
If you think about it, this is an update of the 10 Plagues of Egypt (sort of). All because Pharaoh (GW sceptics, SUV drivers, oil companies, President Bush) didn’t listen… Instead of Jehovah, we now have Gaia…
Whaaaaat? It isn’t Christmas or Easter already, is it?
As a Brit I remember being taught about Portuguese Man O War as a child. That included that they could come as far north as the UK due to the “Gulf Stream’s” warm waters. How the world changes.
Global Warming Linked to Taliban and Other Radical Groups
New study finds that higher temperatures have a direct impact on human developement. Climate change in the Middle East is causing a particularly virulent form of religious fundamentalism. Scientists say that when we win the war on global warming, these individuals will be as gentle as lambs.
Not Really.
“Question: What bad things have not been blamed on Global Warming?
REPLY: The Taliban comes to mind.”
The site that lists “everything caused by Global Warming” includes Terrorism.
I have to admit that I’m terrified by some of the proposed ‘solutions’.