PAM bacterial death- Lake Murray Oklahoma

[Jayfarmlaw]

not a diver, but a swimmer. This lake has a small dive park with a couple of training platforms, sunken boats, and a motorcycle. Not sure I knew this was a risk. Luckily, it's rare.

Brain bacteria contracted while swimming in Lake Murray kills an Oklahoman from Carter County | News OK

 

[DandyDon]

Yeah, it happens in Texas as well. Swimming in warm and stagnant waters is too appealing in the heat of summer. Nose plugs seem to be the only prevention.

 

[Learn It]

super rare

 

[DandyDon]

super rare

I doubt it happens up there. It's rare down here, but if it kills your grandkid - that's a lot.

I'm going camping with my kids and grandkids over the holiday weekend at a nearby reservoir. It's the main source of water for several towns here, but the water is brown, stagnant, etc. - and it amazes me that my kids will get in it. They do tho, so I do too - hoping I can quickly find any bodies that go missing, and that none of us acquire an infection.

 

[grantwiscour]

The wife and I are headed up to Marietta Landing on Lake Murray. Recon trip for us. The scuba parks are ok but we've gotten tired of the same ol stuff.

 

[Diver Dan 28]

There was a diver from Texas that died there over the weekend. Thats the word around here in Oklahoma.

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