I have copied this from Blackpool News
We've noticed a bit of a problem in the comments section on some of our posts and we want to address it properly cos it's hard to tell if people are serious or not - It might just be the curse of the bot accounts... but hear me out if you've truly got a problem with this cos i'll argue with you in the comments about it if you like..
Whenever we post about RNLI - Lifeboats - Coastguard...
We seem to be getting comments from "new facebook accounts" who comment things like -
"free room and board while ours freeze"
"They'll be picking migrants up for the metropole"
"Free Taxi for the boat people"
(fully expect to see comments like this below now obviously...)
Do you realise how daft that sounds? The RNLI in Blackpool???
In the North West? The Spanish armada struggled to get here.
The claim that migrant boats are traveling from Calais to Blackpool is physically impossible when you look at the geography. A boat would have to travel 667 miles (ish) around the entire south coast of England and through the dangerous waters of Land's End to reach the Irish Sea. These small inflatables are being built specifically for the short 20-mile crossing of the English Channel and they simply cannot hold the amount of fuel or supplies needed for a journey of this scale.
To reach Blackpool from the French coast a vessel would need to carry roughly 1,000 litres of fuel which weighs nearly a ton. An overloaded dinghy would sink under that weight before it even left the harbor
We just feel the need to put this information out there in case there are any people reading the comments thinking - oh yeah there are really dinghies landing at blackpool and the RNLI are helping them in under cover of darkness... That's not true at all... The RNLI at Blackpool are in no way connected to any migrant boat crossings.
If someone / anyone did make it from france to Blackpool in one straight run on a dinghy - We would put them up in a hotel for a couple of nights ourselves. Anyone would deserve that after 60 hours at sea...
The RNLI around the UK are HEROES and would turn out at midnight to a flip flop in the water if someone called them and reported it as a kid. I hope they continue to turn out to EVERY job they're called to and I truly hope people around the UK continue to support them in all aspects of their work.
They respond to lives at risk at sea. No conditions attached.
Please donate to the RNLI if you can.
Whenever we post about RNLI - Lifeboats - Coastguard...
We seem to be getting comments from "new facebook accounts" who comment things like -
"free room and board while ours freeze"
"They'll be picking migrants up for the metropole"
"Free Taxi for the boat people"
(fully expect to see comments like this below now obviously...)
Do you realise how daft that sounds? The RNLI in Blackpool???
In the North West? The Spanish armada struggled to get here.
The claim that migrant boats are traveling from Calais to Blackpool is physically impossible when you look at the geography. A boat would have to travel 667 miles (ish) around the entire south coast of England and through the dangerous waters of Land's End to reach the Irish Sea. These small inflatables are being built specifically for the short 20-mile crossing of the English Channel and they simply cannot hold the amount of fuel or supplies needed for a journey of this scale.
To reach Blackpool from the French coast a vessel would need to carry roughly 1,000 litres of fuel which weighs nearly a ton. An overloaded dinghy would sink under that weight before it even left the harbor
We just feel the need to put this information out there in case there are any people reading the comments thinking - oh yeah there are really dinghies landing at blackpool and the RNLI are helping them in under cover of darkness... That's not true at all... The RNLI at Blackpool are in no way connected to any migrant boat crossings.
If someone / anyone did make it from france to Blackpool in one straight run on a dinghy - We would put them up in a hotel for a couple of nights ourselves. Anyone would deserve that after 60 hours at sea...
The RNLI around the UK are HEROES and would turn out at midnight to a flip flop in the water if someone called them and reported it as a kid. I hope they continue to turn out to EVERY job they're called to and I truly hope people around the UK continue to support them in all aspects of their work.
They respond to lives at risk at sea. No conditions attached.
Please donate to the RNLI if you can.
