Mark said: Yesterday Ken and I were a couple of those "silly" people Duane mentioned paddling out in the mucky water! But as I said to Duane, the problem is if you want to play in the more challenging condition around here, you have to contend with the dirty water. Mark, It's not just a few microbes. As someone who has dealt with water quality professionally for 37 years I can assure you that there is a lot of toxic chemicals in the water near Seal Beach. You have aerospace manufacturers who use some pretty nasty stuff right on the beach. Then some of the "few microbes" include MRSA which can lead to "flesh eating bacteria. According to the CDC, at risk populations include those who spend time in the waters near Florida and the West Coast. IMHO, you are taking a HUGE risk playing in the water after a storm. Steve Holtzman Sent from my Wireless Crackberry er..... BlackBerry *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Fri Jan 22 2010 - 20:10:45 PST
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