It actually says it in the article - sand-induced foam from the North Sea. You can often see it (on a much smaller scale) on many beaches on windy days - lines of foam along the sealine with lumps blowing up the beach.
My favourite waitress at Toogies can put froth on a cup of coffee that'll support two spoons of brown sugar for times in excess of ten minutes. Lovely smile, too.
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It's the salt in the water. Don't ask me how it works. It just does. Here's the Avon River in Western Australia during winter. The catchment area covers huge areas of salt affected land.
I've been watching Nadine for a few days - strange behaviour indeed, although I do recall there was another Hurricane/TS which headed east a few years back, making landfall over Portugal.
Its probably going to do a run west now. Cat 5 anyone?
We had a Tropical Cyclone in Northern Australia a year ago that did a figure of 8 before eventually deciding to head inland. After 2 - 3 days of waiting we ended up directly underneath the eye.
