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Alaskan Village's Orange Goo Was Fungal Spores
olsmeister writes "In a follow-up to a report that was mentioned on Slashdot a week ago, the NOAA has determined that the orange 'goo' that washed up on the beaches at the remote Alaska village of Kivalina was not eggs of crustaceans, but rather spores from a fungus that creates rust on plants. It is not known whether the fungus is harmful to humans or not."
Orange goo? I wonder if it makes you run faster...
Now you're thinking with fungals!
It is not known whether the fungus is harmful to humans or not.
Well, there's really only one way to find out. Some unlucky volunteer needs to scoop some up and put it on a cracker. Orange, glow-in-the-dark caviar will be quite the novelty if their guinea pig does OK ;-)
To the actual NOAA release, rather than the hideously dumbed-down MSN rehash?
What about the mysterious hydrocarbon odor wafting through San Diego lately?
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011/aug/19/tests-odiferous-air-come-negative/
The scary thing is that it took so long for them to analyze it, and they still don't know what it is. It's hard to believe there isn't a system in place for rapidly identifying airborne contaminants.
http://www.masturbateforpeace.com/
Just go to the doctor and he'll give you some cream for it.
SJW: Someone who has run out of real oppression, and has to fake it.
Sarah Palin has some pretty raunchy yeast infections if they are causing orange gooey discharges.
Hey if we're lucky, its going to kick off the zombie apocalypse.
who prays for Satan? Who in 18 centuries has had the humanity to pray for the 1 sinner that needed it most? ~Mark Twain
But you can't cause you just posted... damn... now, I can't as well.
Ok, so Sarah Palin, a polar bear, and a cup of orange fungus spores walk into a bar...
They all saddle up to the bar for a drink.
The polar bear looks at Palin and then says to the orange fungus spores... I guess they will serve anyone here
Sarah Palin then blurts out "I'm a frayed knot!"
you didn't say it had to be a good joke.
I am very relieved to find out it wasn't a skull-boring, brain-eating crustacean.
You would think that given how much the US government spends on homeland security and protection against bio/chem threats, they would be able to analyze this faster. Then again, remote Alaskan villages are probably the last place any terrorist would think of to attack.
The orange goo is the only resident of Alaska convinced she would be a good president and wanted to show it's support?
You left out the best part! That's when the string says:"Wrecked him? Damn near killed him!"
logistically, the easiest explanation is a cargo ship container carrying grain contaminated with a rust fungus, gone overboard and ruptured open, spreading the resulting gooey goodness before port inspectors could go "blech" in person. note that I'm not saying it went overboard accidentally, although it would be hard to implement without a dock loader-- it's a lot easier to write off a container "lost" at sea than "contents consumed by fungus"
Leave it to goo to be insightful enough to realize that intelligence can be overrated. Maybe it thinks the comparative youngster would have been an ideal backup if John McCain got ill: Spare parts!
maybe it's from the radiation from Japan ... Just sayin
Hurry everyone, to the perimeter defense!
Waiiii!!!!!! I have bad karma!
LSD come from a "rust" on grain? Hmmmm.....
Better watch out for those mindworms.
Sarah Palin has always been a fun gal.
Though somewhat of a spore loser...