Flesh eating Bacteria in the water.

[Sandman]

Man's message for beachgoers after losing leg to flesh eating ba - Fox 2 News Headlines Flesh eating bacteria in the waters off Florida coast beaches.

Time to maybe think of wearing waders or only hunt the dry sand.

Sandman

 

Amazon Forum Fav 👍

Diving for Pleasure and Treasure - Grab it through Amazon!

[Pointman]

The replies kind of reminds me. We have a lake about 25 minutes from me. There are hundreds of houses on it. Back around 8 years ago they drained it and draining it revealed many pipes coming directly from people's homes and septic tanks. They were given so much time to get it fixed or be fined. My aunt wanted a small place on that lake to fish and she looked at a few homes. We went to this small tiny lot that had a mobile home on it and the man was enthusiastic to drop the price around $15-20K to sell it. When we asked about the plumbing he kept skirting the question. I know for sure he didn't have septic.

 

Amazon Forum Fav 👍

Cry Of The Eagle: History And Legends Of The Cherokee Indians And Their Buried Treasure - Grab it through Amazon!

[lost items recovery]

That's not all that's out there to worry about

 

[lookindown]

Had a cousin that waded in a trout stream in Central Pa.. Few days later went to the hospital, took the leg off below the knee.... few days later cut it off above the knee. They got it stopped by doing that..... so even the cool mountain streams can be a problem. Just never know what is in the water.....but until it or something else stops me, I'll be in the water!

I thought the cool mountain streams were safe...guess not.

 

[lookindown]

yea vice did a hbo video on the spill, all BP did was spray tons of corexit in the water, it makes the oil sink to the bottom is all, "outa site is outa mind" and it worked for them, no more public outrage. But the corexit is worse than oil for the enviroment, and the combo of two of them together is worse than each alone. Please watch this video, people need to know......

That whole story was complete conjecture...no proof of anything...OSHA doesn't even require a respirator to spray Corexit and the FDA says the seafood is safe to eat. These stories are usually pushed by the going green bunch that don't want any oil drilling...not saying it wasn't true but I saw no proof of anything on that story.

 

[[AU:Magnet]]

That's pretty scary, I think I'll stay on dry sand for now.

If I ever get to Florida to detect, I'm wearing a stainless steel wetsuit, say 6mm thick. lol.

Surely that poor guy had a cut before he got in?

 

[flgliderpilot]

That whole story was complete conjecture...no proof of anything...

I saw plenty of evidence in that story.

 

[FLauthor]

ISIS reports that they have 71 Terrorists lurking in the United States. Are we supposed to stick our heads in the sand each time there is a threat? Flesh Eating Bacteria is serious and so are the brain eating amoeba's found in fresh water. It's strange how I swam in lakes as a child and never once heard anyone dying from a brain amoeba. Guess I was lucky. Same when HIV/AIDS came out in the 1980's. Surprised anyone had children. But when its your time, you can be working in your yard and a bolt comes off a jet airliner at 25,000 feet and streaks to earth and nails you right in the head killing you. When your time is up, its up. Except when you get that feeling, you take one step sideways and the bolt plows into the ground then you are just lucky.

 

[lookindown]

ISIS reports that they have 71 Terrorists lurking in the United States. Are we supposed to stick our heads in the sand each time there is a threat? Flesh Eating Bacteria is serious and so are the brain eating amoeba's found in fresh water. It's strange how I swam in lakes as a child and never once heard anyone dying from a brain amoeba. Guess I was lucky. Same when HIV/AIDS came out in the 1980's. Surprised anyone had children. But when its your time, you can be working in your yard and a bolt comes off a jet airliner at 25,000 feet and streaks to earth and nails you right in the head killing you. When your time is up, its up. Except when you get that feeling, you take one step sideways and the bolt plows into the ground then you are just lucky.

I think when people died from these amoebas back in the day, the doctors didn't know what killed them...they diagnose things better these days.

 

[OBN]

Bad stuff in Maryland Also, One of the reasons I wear a very lite drysuit and hunt early morning's to stay cool from the summer heat...


..

 

[cudamark]

From what I can gather from a variety of sources, unless you have a preexisting condition, the likelihood of contracting any of these nasty diseases is extremely small. You're much more likely to be killed on your drive down to the beach.