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Basking shark visits Belgian coast

31 July 2012

Because of many holiday cancellations due to bad weather, the mayor of the North Sea resort of Knokke-Heist considers making the media and meteorological service responsible for financial losses "because they published rubbish" and frighten tourists away.

Since chances for compensations are rather slim, it may have been more helpful to ask Saint Medard of Noyon, born 456 in neighbouring France, for better weather instead.

Fortunately at least a harmless basking shark wasn't put off by bad forecasts: The young animal visited the beach of De Panne but was quickly guided back to safer waters....




Source: Basking shark sighted on Flemish Riviera
Author: div

Link: Basking Shark
Link: Belgian Mayor Furious Resort to Seek Damages for Weather Forecast

Date: 2012-07-31

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