When I was a child my mother made a dessert she called "Floating Island" - a delicate custard with meringue on top. Now I see Wolfgang Puck has a recipe for it on Google. But we will soon be faced with another floating island of tsunami debris as a result of the earthquake in Japan in March. Environmental and maritime groups say the slowly eastward moving field is 2000 x 1000 miles in area and consists of small boats, refrigerators, televisions, etc estimated to be between five and twenty MILLION tons. It is moving at five to ten miles per day. It is expected to arrive Midway Atoll early 2012, Hawaii early 2013 and the Pacific Northwest in 2014. NOAA is watching it and notice to mariners has gone out. Obviously, it is a serious environmental issue to be monitored. Google as "tsunami debris" for additional photos. This is not your normal flotsam and jetsam, folks.
tjs
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