MikeJacobs
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Does anybody know whether the Miami sewage spills make it to Ft. Lauderdale beaches? They've closed beaches in Miami-Dade, but I haven't heard anything about Broward yet.
Miami, we're tired of your s%*#!
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Hey Mike how are you?
Don't know about the sewage making up there but someone should be made responsible for at least trying to clean it up. Hopefully it will get washed out to sea before it makes it up there (not that it's an acceptable alternative but what are the other choices). I was hoping to make it up there for some beach dives this weekend, hope all will be well.
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Juan
Don't know about the sewage making up there but someone should be made responsible for at least trying to clean it up. Hopefully it will get washed out to sea before it makes it up there (not that it's an acceptable alternative but what are the other choices). I was hoping to make it up there for some beach dives this weekend, hope all will be well.
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Juan
Its carried north on the Gulf Stream that runs up the coast of FL on the east side.
munkispank
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If the local's in FL can keep the rest of us updated on the sewage situation, that would be helpful. I was planning for next weekend, but maybe I will change that....
I wouldn't worry about this one, it was a break on a pipe in the Oleta River. Unless you were diving in Maule Lake or the north end of Biscayne Bay, it's not going have much effect of the offshore situation. Normally this waste dumps out of a pipe in 100' of water off the north end of Haulover Beach.
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MikeJacobs
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Hya Juan! I called and called - don't even remember who I was eventually passed to - but apparently there is always some effluent from spills that makes it to Broward beaches, and even into PBC. The levels are fairly low, however, since the plume is well dispersed. I'm thinking it must be similar to the effects we used to get south of San Diego from the Tijuana problems.
In other words, it shouldn't be a concern for Broward County divers.
I'll be moving in this weekend, Juan, but if you're on Hibiscus look for us. We'll be the hot, sweaty, cranky ones.
cdiver2
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What with moveing and everything it sounds like your up to your eyes in all sorts of s..t sorry
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MikeJacobs
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lol YES we have it rough all right... bad visibility for a couple of weeks, cleaning & painting, packing, unpacking, cleaning again (the old place) and now that the weather's improved and my new tanks have arrived no TIME! Lots happening at work, too... I moved to FL to ramp-down, not continue at my old California/New York paces.cdiver2 once bubbled... What with moveing and everything it sounds like your up to your eyes in all sorts of s..t sorry
Seriously, though, living on the beach makes you much more concerned over environmental issues... I see boats dropping anchor on the reef all the time, have seen kids pulling nurse sharks out and loading them into the trunk of their car, and on and on... kinda takes some of the fun out of it, you know?
I'm thinking about joining an organization that claims to monitor reef health and even buying a test kit to monitor bacteria in my front yard... think I'm going 'over the top' a little?
Mike, I'll support you on that. I think it would be nice to have reef left for us to take Xavier to when he's old enough.
cdiver2
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I was watching a programe the other night where the owners of milliond dollar boats allowed monitoring equipment to be placed on there boats and thought that was a great idea. DO IT
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