{"id":7326,"date":"2016-03-12T18:57:02","date_gmt":"2016-03-12T18:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/?p=7326"},"modified":"2016-03-12T19:04:07","modified_gmt":"2016-03-12T19:04:07","slug":"life-at-the-end-of-the-chain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/?p=7326","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Life&#8221; at the end of the chain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been some time since I reported on the heroic fall guys for Rhodia\/Solvay&#8217;s toxic dump, but this week\u00a0&#8220;The Hermans&#8221; returned to carry out some &#8220;monitoring&#8221; of the site. Allegedly this will be a 25 year affair, putting pay to land banking going on in the area.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/03-10-2016_1459042.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7327\" src=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/03-10-2016_1459042.jpg\" alt=\"03-10-2016_145904(2)\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A full team of seven or eight from Heyrman De Roeck, The ERM guy and A.N others were present, with\u00a0four vehicles (at least one bearing a Netherlands number plate), and two boats. There was also a special boat service stealth\/probe type device that would do any Mars landing proud. Perhaps that should be Klaars?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/03-10-2016_1459043.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7328\" src=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/03-10-2016_1459043.jpg\" alt=\"03-10-2016_145904(3)\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7329\" style=\"width: 4234px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/S4790011.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7329\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-7329 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/S4790011.jpg\" alt=\"S4790011\" width=\"4224\" height=\"2376\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7329\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gladiator ready?<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/S4790017.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7330\" src=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/S4790017.jpg\" alt=\"S4790017\" width=\"4224\" height=\"2376\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Probes were set up, the lake toured and bushes inspected. It was like the summer of 2013 again.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/S4790020.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7331\" src=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/S4790020.jpg\" alt=\"S4790020\" width=\"4224\" height=\"2376\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7332\" style=\"width: 1930px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/03-10-2016_1459044.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7332\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-7332 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/03-10-2016_1459044.jpg\" alt=\"03-10-2016_145904(4)\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7332\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">SBS<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_7338\" style=\"width: 1930px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/03-10-2016_1459046.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7338\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-7338 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/03-10-2016_1459046.jpg\" alt=\"03-10-2016_145904(6)\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7338\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rocket launcher?<\/p><\/div>\n<p>It wasn&#8217;t long before <a title=\"ELO ELO ELO, were you just pissing by za door?\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jeff_Lynne#\/media\/File:Jeff_Lynne_at_Radio_2_Live_in_Hyde_Park_2014.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">Jeff Lynne <\/a>Herman and the rest were on the water measuring depths and probably surveying the sand and geotextile membrane.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/S4790015.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7337\" src=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/S4790015.jpg\" alt=\"S4790015\" width=\"4224\" height=\"2376\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7333\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/03-10-2016_104643.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7333\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-7333 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/03-10-2016_104643.jpg\" alt=\"03-10-2016_104643\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7333\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">making waves<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/S4800001.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7341\" src=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/S4800001.jpg\" alt=\"S4800001\" width=\"4224\" height=\"2376\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On closer inspection, the latest contraption looked more like something from The A team, with a piece of drainpipe trailing behind held together by gaffa tape and cable ties.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/03-11-2016_0924052.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7342\" src=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/03-11-2016_0924052.jpg\" alt=\"03-11-2016_092405(2)\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/03-11-2016_0924051.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7343\" src=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/03-11-2016_0924051.jpg\" alt=\"03-11-2016_092405(1)\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>All the excitement even brought out <a title=\"The tramp phosphorus\" href=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/?p=5631\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;a local resident&#8221; residing at the lagoon<\/a>, who complained most bitterly about the disturbance.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Scan_20150819-2.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7344\" src=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Scan_20150819-2.png\" alt=\"Scan_20150819 (2)\" width=\"2101\" height=\"1199\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So it goes on with &#8220;monitoring&#8221; of the site, even though you can see with the naked eye the phosphine release from the site, and the ever fading name of the &#8220;site operator&#8221; under the phoenix name brand.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7334\" style=\"width: 4234px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/S4790018.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7334\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-7334 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/S4790018.jpg\" alt=\"S4790018\" width=\"4224\" height=\"2376\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7334\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Solvay?<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A truck on the adjacent Autobase site caught my eye; itself once a\u00a0part of the former Albright and Wilson Rattlechain site\u00a0. So long as white phosphorus is buried at this toxic lake, there will always be a problem.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/S4780003.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7335\" src=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/S4780003.jpg\" alt=\"S4780003\" width=\"3968\" height=\"2232\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iTOuLfZ1T24?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been some time since I reported on the heroic fall guys for Rhodia\/Solvay&#8217;s toxic dump, but this week\u00a0&#8220;The Hermans&#8221; returned to carry out some &#8220;monitoring&#8221; of the site. 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