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tavernier

(14,573 posts)
Tue Jun 23, 2026, 09:35 AM Tuesday

Uh-oh, I think the D.C. vandals have been to Mara-Lago as well!

Thick blankets of smelly sargassum seaweed are currently washing ashore on Palm Beach County beaches. Tourists and locals can barely tolerate the stench, choosing to stay away from the beach areas.

Poor Rump. Those Antifa criminals are everywhere!!

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Uh-oh, I think the D.C. vandals have been to Mara-Lago as well! (Original Post) tavernier Tuesday OP
It's the Antifa Mafia! greatauntoftriplets Tuesday #1
Obama and Biden have hired boats tavernier Tuesday #4
I hope not. greatauntoftriplets Tuesday #5
The boats are from Cuba and Soros is paying for them, right? rzemanfl Tuesday #6
It's Alg Qaeda lame54 Tuesday #25
Another good one! greatauntoftriplets Tuesday #31
No! It's "Amphibfa" maxrandb Tuesday #29
That's good! greatauntoftriplets Tuesday #30
Odd... everywhere he goes there's reeking scum.... Blue Owl Tuesday #2
Too good❗️ La Urraca Tuesday #14
;-{) THIS Goonch Tuesday #3
I fear it's Algaezeera the_liberal_grandpa Tuesday #7
Another good one 😂 La Urraca Tuesday #15
OMG! calimary Tuesday #21
All seaweed is a form of algae. Sargassum seaweed is a species of macroalgae. Ocelot II Tuesday #8
Algae-Qaeda strikes again! Mysterian Tuesday #9
ALGAEFA! Kid Berwyn Yesterday #37
It's washing up on Gulf beaches of Red States, too. Trump should pay them $300 billion to stop it. surfered Tuesday #10
We've been having problems for years malaise Tuesday #26
You're in luck. Along with Saharan Dust! LeftInTX Tuesday #34
Paging Pat Robertson Pinback Tuesday #11
Good ole John Hagee  progressoid Tuesday #13
But when tornadoes hit Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, et al. Pinback Tuesday #16
The Lord moves in mysterious ways. progressoid Tuesday #17
We can thank El Nino for this, I believe FakeNoose Tuesday #12
True MustLoveBeagles Tuesday #23
It's not nice to fool mother nature. yellow dahlia Tuesday #28
OMG...did someone go into the ocean and slash the floor with big knives? Totally Tunsie Tuesday #18
You misspelled Merde-a-Lardo OMGWTF Tuesday #19
More apt a name than ever! RockCreek Tuesday #27
When everything you touch turns to a sewer, and you smell like that... Initech Tuesday #20
Like a bad aftershave. calimary Tuesday #22
I didn't know aftershave was still a thing! Initech Tuesday #24
Sargassum has become the Iran War of seaweeds: peppertree Tuesday #32
Mar-a-lago attack by Auntie Far Wonder Why Tuesday #33
Keep away from this stuff -- it may be releasing DEADLY H2S (hydrogen sulfide) gas !! eppur_se_muova Yesterday #35
Yikes! I just read that article. calimary Yesterday #36
Sadly, it took some shocking deaths for people to realize the nature and scope of the problem. eppur_se_muova Yesterday #38
Thanks for that! tavernier 22 hrs ago #39

tavernier

(14,573 posts)
4. Obama and Biden have hired boats
Tue Jun 23, 2026, 10:01 AM
Tuesday

to dump the weeds on his beach.

Will they never stop the madness???

maxrandb

(17,553 posts)
29. No! It's "Amphibfa"
Tue Jun 23, 2026, 01:56 PM
Tuesday

Saw someone dressed like a frog with an "I Am Amphibfa" t-shirt at the reflecting pool.

I am still laughing

calimary

(91,435 posts)
21. OMG!
Tue Jun 23, 2026, 12:32 PM
Tuesday

BEST comment - and that’s quite an accomplishment when this Trump disaster just dishes ‘em out with shovels.

No. Not shovels. Earth-movers. Maybe with truckloads of dynamite.

Ocelot II

(131,798 posts)
8. All seaweed is a form of algae. Sargassum seaweed is a species of macroalgae.
Tue Jun 23, 2026, 10:25 AM
Tuesday
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sargassum. The big brother of the reflecting pool's algae.

surfered

(15,034 posts)
10. It's washing up on Gulf beaches of Red States, too. Trump should pay them $300 billion to stop it.
Tue Jun 23, 2026, 10:36 AM
Tuesday

malaise

(299,552 posts)
26. We've been having problems for years
Tue Jun 23, 2026, 01:15 PM
Tuesday

in the Caribbean as well. Sometimes we just can’t go in the water

Pinback

(13,714 posts)
11. Paging Pat Robertson
Tue Jun 23, 2026, 10:39 AM
Tuesday

or Rick Warren (or whoever the current leading messianic televangelist grifter is). This all has to be some kind of divine signal, right?

Pinback

(13,714 posts)
16. But when tornadoes hit Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, et al.
Tue Jun 23, 2026, 11:16 AM
Tuesday

it’s the Lord “testing their faith” or some such bullshit. Anything but a scientific explanation.

progressoid

(53,562 posts)
17. The Lord moves in mysterious ways.
Tue Jun 23, 2026, 11:29 AM
Tuesday

It's best not to question it too much. Just put your donation in the plate.

FakeNoose

(42,988 posts)
12. We can thank El Nino for this, I believe
Tue Jun 23, 2026, 10:49 AM
Tuesday

There's no political agenda, this stuff happens courtesy of Mother Nature.

Totally Tunsie

(12,231 posts)
18. OMG...did someone go into the ocean and slash the floor with big knives?
Tue Jun 23, 2026, 11:50 AM
Tuesday

Chump better drain the ocean and call in his pool guy to lay a new lining! Damn vandals. They're why chump can't have nice things.

Initech

(109,618 posts)
20. When everything you touch turns to a sewer, and you smell like that...
Tue Jun 23, 2026, 11:54 AM
Tuesday

It's understandable that it follows you everywhere!

peppertree

(23,577 posts)
32. Sargassum has become the Iran War of seaweeds:
Tue Jun 23, 2026, 09:13 PM
Tuesday

It's good for distracting from Cheeto's own stench.

eppur_se_muova

(42,907 posts)
35. Keep away from this stuff -- it may be releasing DEADLY H2S (hydrogen sulfide) gas !!
Wed Jun 24, 2026, 12:45 AM
Yesterday

A number of people, a horse, and a number of wild boars have died or been hospitalized in a part of France where huge blooms of seaweed had washed ashore and begun to rot. The Guardian published a very extensive, in-depth article on the situation: https://www.theguardian.com/news/2026/may/12/i-couldnt-breathe-the-sinister-spread-of-frances-killer-seaweed

Lots more articles online: https://www.google.com/search?q=hydrogen+sulfide+from+rotting+seaweed+claims+lives&udm=14

Above concentrations of 50ppm*, H2S has a way of "numbing" the sense of smell, which makes it possible for people to fail to notice how intense the smell is, after an initial exposure. H2S has an offensive, rotten egg smell (rotting eggs produce H2S) which is detectable at very low, non-hazardous levels (as low as 0.05 ppm*), but after a while, it just isn't repulsive enough to keep people away, and they can breathe in a substantial dose without being aware of it, until they wake up in the ambulance or hospital -- IF they're lucky.

* marks info from the Guardian article, which is very informative, but which can't be copied !! Please see the article https://www.theguardian.com/news/2026/may/12/i-couldnt-breathe-the-sinister-spread-of-frances-killer-seaweed

calimary

(91,435 posts)
36. Yikes! I just read that article.
Wed Jun 24, 2026, 01:40 AM
Yesterday

Very long but also very chilling! Efforts are being made to get a handle on the seaweed problem and understand how it actually can kill. And how urgently AND intensely it has to be confronted.

I guess it’s one of those “better the devil you know” things…

eppur_se_muova

(42,907 posts)
38. Sadly, it took some shocking deaths for people to realize the nature and scope of the problem.
Wed Jun 24, 2026, 01:46 AM
Yesterday

Apparently, there were warning signs due to wild animal deaths but people didn't investigate them thoroughly enough.

tavernier

(14,573 posts)
39. Thanks for that!
Wed Jun 24, 2026, 06:35 AM
22 hrs ago

Our high school football team trains on their field, which is right next to the ocean. I will show this article to the principal so he is aware of the dangers.

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