<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/8488727e-8836-4534-8194-e20fb365fcb5/E2D2A205-D66E-4704-892E-4763575EAD06/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://bleaknews.wordpress.com/2009/04/05/rsoe-edis-situation-update-no-1-united-arab-emirates-biological-hazard/" href="http://bleaknews.wordpress.com/2009/04/05/rsoe-edis-situation-update-no-1-united-arab-emirates-biological-hazard/" style="font-size: 11px;">bleaknews.wordpress.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://bleaknews.wordpress.com/2009/04/05/rsoe-edis-situation-update-no-1-united-arab-emirates-biological-hazard/"><P><STRONG>Situation Update No. 1</STRONG> On 2009-04-05 at 16:11:48 [UTC]</p> <P><STRONG>Event:</STRONG> Biological Hazard <STRONG>Location:</STRONG> United Arab Emirates Dubayy Palm Jumeirah Dubai</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://bleaknews.wordpress.com/2009/04/05/rsoe-edis-situation-update-no-1-united-arab-emirates-biological-hazard/"><STRONG>Situation</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://bleaknews.wordpress.com/2009/04/05/rsoe-edis-situation-update-no-1-united-arab-emirates-biological-hazard/">The municipality may close sections of a beach which was hit by the harmful red tide algal bloom over the weekend, as a precautionary measure.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://bleaknews.wordpress.com/2009/04/05/rsoe-edis-situation-update-no-1-united-arab-emirates-biological-hazard/">Swimmers and divers in Dubai reported spotting patches of the algae at beach areas like Umm Suquiem, the coast along the Jumeirah beach park and the Palm, while clouds of the algae were seen a few miles off the coast.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://bleaknews.wordpress.com/2009/04/05/rsoe-edis-situation-update-no-1-united-arab-emirates-biological-hazard/">“We can’t close the entire beach, but wherever possible, we will try to close it.”</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://bleaknews.wordpress.com/2009/04/05/rsoe-edis-situation-update-no-1-united-arab-emirates-biological-hazard/">“They are much less today which is a positive sign. Fortunately there has been no mortalities of marine life so far and we are expecting it to be driven offshore soon,”</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://bleaknews.wordpress.com/2009/04/05/rsoe-edis-situation-update-no-1-united-arab-emirates-biological-hazard/">the phenomenon is only in Dubai and its spread to other emirates like Abu Dhabi depends on various factors.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://bleaknews.wordpress.com/2009/04/05/rsoe-edis-situation-update-no-1-united-arab-emirates-biological-hazard/">The red tide could be seen off the coast of the Palm Jumeirah and close to the Atlantis Hotel on Friday.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://bleaknews.wordpress.com/2009/04/05/rsoe-edis-situation-update-no-1-united-arab-emirates-biological-hazard/">urged to avoid contact</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/E2D2A205-D66E-4704-892E-4763575EAD06/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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