Re: [Paddlewise] my story is better than your story

From: Dan Hagen <dan_at_hagen.net>
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1998 09:31:51 -0700
Dave Kruger wrote:

> ...<snip>...
> What do they put in the water where you live?  
> ...

Oh, the usual stuff.  Up high, glacial flour and silt.  A bit further
down, fish feces and decaying Salmon.  Below that, cow dung (complete
with e-coli), effluents from septic-system overflow, urban/suburban
run-off (containing lawn chemicals, petroleum products, etc.), and
lately (from who knows where) cryptosporidium.  Finally, a brew of
dioxins and other chemicals and organics.  Mix well and dump into the
bay...  :-(

But hey--it could be worse.  At least dead whales in our area don't need
to be disposed of in toxic waste dumps (as has been necessary on
occasion in the northeast, on the St. Lawrence).  Nothing to grin about
here.

Dan Hagen

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