Mystery fog engulfs Nigerian city

[MaineDem]

Nigeria's main city of Lagos has been enveloped in a thick, white, malodorous fog, which has caused panic.

Lagos' state governor closed all schools in the city and some residents have complained of irritation to their eyes and stomach pains.

Laboratory tests showed the fog had higher than normal levels of sulphuric acid, but was not harmful.

The cause is being investigated - one environmental official attributed it to a broken petroleum pipe.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/4335550.stm


Hmmmmmmm...

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

1. Was Matcom upwind?

[LiberalEsto]

2. Tis a blackness out of Mordor

created by Sauron....

[benburch]

3. Volcanic vent, I am betting.

No way a petroleum pipe could do this.

[Ediacara]

4. Are their erupting volcanoes in the region?

[benburch]

5. Not modern ones.

Lagos is on a failed rift.

But a vent can open most anywhere, spew gas, and leave little trace.

[Art_from_Ark]

13. Maybe not a petroleum pipe, but

how about a petroleum refinery?

[alcibiades_mystery]

6. It's just a commercial for Stephen King's new movie The Fog

No reason to get alarmed...

:rofl:

[seattlemetal]

10. LMAO!!!

[TheWatcher]

16. This is REALLY funny

But I should make one correction.

Stephen King has no Connection with the new version of "The Fog."

However, he DID write a Short Story in Nightmares and Dreamscapes called "The Mist".

"The Fog" is a remake of John Carpenter's Original movie "The Fog" in 1978 which starred Jamie Lee Curtis. :)

Edited to add: That is to say alicibiades_mystery's Post is funny, not the Mystery Fog Story.

[alcibiades_mystery]

17. Duh...guess I read The Mist when I was a kid

and transposed it.

Thanks!

[Javaman]

20. The Mist was a hell of a story, I wish they would make that one..

into a movie. The short story was very creepy and scared the hell out of me....The Arrowhead Project....

[woodsprite]

7. Haven't Googled yet, but is Lagos within the "Ring of Fire"? n/t

[benburch]

8. Nope.

It is on a continental plate on a failed rift.

[frankly_fedup2]

14. Well, that would be one natural disaster we haven't had lately. If we

start having volcanic eruptions, then the pandemic of this flu they keep talking about (didn't they do this last year too???), all I can think that is left is a meteor striking the Earth and starting a new Ice Age. (I'm speaking of natural disasters, of course).

We know the leaders around the World could open their arsenals . . . wouldn't end the Earth, however, millions or even hundreds of millions could die.

I don't think Mother Nature needs any help right now though.

[Art_from_Ark]

11. No, the "Ring of Fire" is the Pacific Rim

as clearly seen on this map



It is interesting to note that there is an area of volcanic activity in Cameroon, a country that borders on Nigeria, and part of this may overlap into Nigeria.

[VegasWolf]

9. Maybe it's some new scatological phenoma. nt

[CatholicEdHead]

12. It's not a PR stunt for the new "The Fog" horror movie is it?

[highplainsdem]

15. Link to a very detailed story on this in Nigeria's Daily Independent:

http://www.independentng.com/news/nnoct130501.htm

[NorthernSpy]

18. sure hope everyone will be okay!

Sometimes volcanic vents (if that is indeed the cause of this) can involve releases of CO₂. You can't smell it or taste it. People and animals have suffocated near volcanic mountains because of this sort of thing.

:think:

[Orrin_73]

19. Something like that happened a few years back

also in africa were hundreds of people died. It was natural gas that sprung out of a lake.