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Giant Ocean Vortex Discovered
Darkman, Walkin Dude writes "Dubbed a "death trap" by a team of scientists from The University of Western Australia Murdoch University, CSIRO and three American, French and Spanish research institutions, a 200km in diameter and 1000m deep ocean vortex has been discovered off the Rottnest Canyon. Visible from space, scientists claim is has the potential to affect the local climate and the climate further abroad, the vortex is acting as a "death trap" by sucking in fish larvae from closer to the shore."
I hear this is how Jupiter's Red Spot got started.....
Well, doesn't that just suck!
sdb
These things happen a lot when you run a game with a vindictive Dungeon Master. You make one teeeny fat joke about his girlfriend and he throws down his cheetohs and dumps all of your characters in a giant ocean vortex. Jerk.
Great Cthulhu has awakened once again! Soon His undersea minions will spawn all across the surface of the globe.
O~ Him that studies revenge keeps his own wounds green. -- Francis Bacon
The Leeuwin Current is a permanent feature of Western Australia's waters and reaches it's peak in the autumn and winter (so it is at its peak now).
From the linked article "The Leeuwin Current rarely flows around the eastern side of Rottnest, but it frequently bathes the western and southwestern sides, influencing the flora and fauna there. Sea temperatures in those regions in winter are several degrees higher than against the mainland coast."