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 2008-08-25 8:56 AM |
Expert  1325    Findlay, OH |  Subject: IMKY - OHIO River updateOur local paper had the following article in it: What will they do if it gets much worse? CINCINNATI (AP) -- Health officials in Cincinnati say people should avoid swimming in parts of the Ohio River where an outbreak of pond scum is making the water appear greener than usual. People rarely swim in the river along southwest Ohio's border, but boating and water skiing is a popular activity there. Officials say contact with the algae can cause skin and eye irritation and intestinal illness that also can affect pets that swim in the river. Experts say pond scum is most likely to develop in warm weather in slow-moving water, and that description fits the Ohio River in August. Some cities get their drinking water from the river, but officials say the algae is removed during the purification process and does not pose a threat. Link: http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/O/OH_OHIO_RIVER_SCUM_OHOL-?SIT... |
| 2008-08-25 10:28 AM in reply to: #1625262 |
Expert 644 Evansville, IN | Subject: RE: IMKY - OHIO River update Just don't drink it. : ) Besides, it's not the scum I'm worried about. It's the channel catfish the size of VW bugs that raises concern!  However, we should be ok as long as we're not swimming along the bottom. ; ) |
| 2008-08-25 10:33 AM in reply to: #1625262 |
Champion 10471 Dallas, TX | Subject: RE: IMKY - OHIO River update Uh all I do is swallow water when I swim. I swim with my mouth open and water in it the whole time. |
| 2008-08-25 12:01 PM in reply to: #1625552 |
Extreme Veteran 550 Vine Grove, KY | Subject: RE: IMKY - OHIO River update umbach - 2008-08-25 11:28 AM Just don't drink it. : ) Besides, it's not the scum I'm worried about. It's the channel catfish the size of VW bugs that raises concern! However, we should be ok as long as we're not swimming along the bottom. ; )Amen to that man. I'd say there are some 120 pounders deep down there. And with all the nastiness at the bottom of that river, there may be some 2 headed ones down there. |
| 2008-08-25 12:26 PM in reply to: #1625552 |
Bob 2194 Binghamton, NY | Subject: RE: IMKY - OHIO River update umbach - 2008-08-25 11:28 AM Just don't drink it. : ) Besides, it's not the scum I'm worried about. It's the channel catfish the size of VW bugs that raises concern! However, we should be ok as long as we're not swimming along the bottom. ; )
This was pulled from the Ohio River this past weekend! |
| 2008-08-25 12:27 PM in reply to: #1625577 |
Bob 2194 Binghamton, NY | Subject: RE: IMKY - OHIO River update KSH - 2008-08-25 11:33 AM Uh all I do is swallow water when I swim. I swim with my mouth open and water in it the whole time. I do the same thing. Yum!! |
| 2008-08-25 12:39 PM in reply to: #1625262 |
Expert 644 Evansville, IN | Subject: RE: IMKY - OHIO River update forget the scum. Just think what kind of waste that catfish puts out on a daily basis! |
| 2008-08-25 12:48 PM in reply to: #1626009 |
| Expert 1233 | Subject: RE: IMKY - OHIO River update rstocks3 - 2008-08-25 1:26 PM umbach - 2008-08-25 11:28 AM Just don't drink it. : ) Besides, it's not the scum I'm worried about. It's the channel catfish the size of VW bugs that raises concern! However, we should be ok as long as we're not swimming along the bottom. ; )
This was pulled from the Ohio River this past weekend! Oh, good, at first I thought this was a wedding photo! |
| 2008-08-25 1:04 PM in reply to: #1626049 |
Champion 10471 Dallas, TX | Subject: RE: IMKY - OHIO River update umbach - 2008-08-25 12:39 PM forget the scum. Just think what kind of waste that catfish puts out on a daily basis! No, let's NOT think about it. Ignorance is bliss. Let's just so swim and not worry about the water. I think what matters the most is that we all swim fast enough that we won't be breakfast for a 50 pound catfish. |
| 2008-08-25 1:26 PM in reply to: #1625262 |
Extreme Veteran 550 Vine Grove, KY | Subject: RE: IMKY - OHIO River update I took my bike to my LBS for a tune up on Saturday, and the owner says "Are you worried about getting some kind of crazy Amoeba Protazoa in the Ohio muck. I know a guy whose brother nearly died after ingesting something at a lake swim tri." I replied with "Thanks, as if I didn't have enough else to worry about, maybe now I should bathe in and ingest bleach when I get out of the river." |
| 2008-08-25 1:32 PM in reply to: #1626009 |
Pro 3730 NorCal | Subject: RE: IMKY - OHIO River update rstocks3 - 2008-08-25 10:26 AM umbach - 2008-08-25 11:28 AM Just don't drink it. : ) Besides, it's not the scum I'm worried about. It's the channel catfish the size of VW bugs that raises concern! However, we should be ok as long as we're not swimming along the bottom. ; )
This was pulled from the Ohio River this past weekend! PLEASE tell me this was photo-shopped!???
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| 2008-08-25 1:53 PM in reply to: #1625262 |
Extreme Veteran 510 Louisville KY | Subject: RE: IMKY - OHIO River update I just got the low down on the algae bloom up river from the lab guy here at work. He says this bloom is about 15 miles long and 8 feet deep and is of the toxic variety, not good. The good news is that it should not reach here until late next week, unless we get a huge amount of rain to push it down here faster. He did say algae densities are actually quite low in the area. I did tell him about the concern for the swim and he would let me know if anything changes. Just to throw out some numbers for the river. Water temp is 81.51 our temp probe is deeper than normal so you could add a degree at the surface. raw turbidity is 10.49 very low raw ph 7.70 river velocity is 0.2 mph slow real slow You just about can't beat these conditions for a river, but remember it is still just a river, and I don't eat catfish out of it. Tim |
| 2008-08-25 2:00 PM in reply to: #1625262 |
Champion 10157 Alabama | Subject: RE: IMKY - OHIO River update Man, the hits just keep coming.....
By TIM PARADIS, AP Business Writer, 25 August 2008 The recent findings pose a special concern for the Loisiville area of the Ohio River becuase of the upcoming Ford Ironman competition to be held there next Sunday where participants will swim 2.4 miles in the Ohio River. |
| 2008-08-25 2:29 PM in reply to: #1625262 |
Expert 749 | Subject: RE: IMKY - OHIO River update ARE YOU F(*&'n kiddn' me!! I don't do FLA or oceans b/c of sharks - now I have to swim fast to worry about the catfish & pirannah?! |
| 2008-08-25 2:32 PM in reply to: #1625262 |
| Expert 1233 | Subject: RE: IMKY - OHIO River update I wonder if to a piranha, do we taste like chicken? |
| 2008-08-25 2:33 PM in reply to: #1626404 |
Veteran 235 Independence, KY | Subject: RE: IMKY - OHIO River update katimomma - 2008-08-25 3:29 PM ARE YOU F(*&'n kiddn' me!! I don't do FLA or oceans b/c of sharks - now I have to swim fast to worry about the catfish & pirannah?! You don't have to be the fastest. Just faster than the person behind you. |
| 2008-08-25 2:33 PM in reply to: #1626307 |
Pro 3730 NorCal | Subject: RE: IMKY - OHIO River update Rogillio - 2008-08-25 12:00 PM Man, the hits just keep coming.....
By TIM PARADIS, AP Business Writer, 25 August 2008 The recent findings pose a special concern for the Loisiville area of the Ohio River becuase of the upcoming Ford Ironman competition to be held there next Sunday where participants will swim 2.4 miles in the Ohio River. Stop posting this kind of stuff!!! Do we need to take your keyboard away, AGAIN!?
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| 2008-08-25 2:36 PM in reply to: #1625262 |
Expert 749 | Subject: RE: IMKY - OHIO River update I do remember last year when the flooding was so bad & current was really strong we arrived to the swim start area & the docks has signs posted advising NOT SWIMMING during high rain or flodding because of sewage run off. EWW! No parisites or other problems to speak of, I am now thinking I will swim a bit faster than I had planned b/c I really, really, really freak out about the wildlife in the lakes/rivers etc. |
| 2008-08-25 2:40 PM in reply to: #1625262 |
Champion 10157 Alabama | Subject: RE: IMKY - OHIO River update It was a joke! I fabricated the story. There are no piranah in the Ohio River....the man-eating catfish ate them all! ~Mike |
| 2008-08-25 2:47 PM in reply to: #1626449 |
Expert 1325 Findlay, OH | Subject: RE: IMKY - OHIO River update Rogillio - 2008-08-25 3:40 PM It was a joke! I fabricated the story. There are no piranah in the Ohio River....the man-eating catfish ate them all! ~Mike Damn!! I was hoping they only targeted men in the 30/34 age group! They would get all the fast ones then I would just float by. LOL |
| 2008-08-25 2:49 PM in reply to: #1625262 |
Veteran 248 Mooretown, Ontario Canada | Subject: RE: IMKY - OHIO River update STOP IT........my poor tapering brain can't handle this stress Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh |
| 2008-08-25 2:58 PM in reply to: #1625262 |
Expert 644 Evansville, IN | Subject: RE: IMKY - OHIO River update Rogillio, you rock!!! |
| 2008-08-25 3:01 PM in reply to: #1625262 |
Expert 749 | Subject: RE: IMKY - OHIO River update I don't think you all fully appreciate how fragile I am right now, I just spent $15 on shot blox - I think I need an intervention . . . |
| 2008-08-25 3:02 PM in reply to: #1626290 |
Expert 1325 Findlay, OH | Subject: RE: IMKY - OHIO River update timdude - 2008-08-25 2:53 PM I just got the low down on the algae bloom up river from the lab guy here at work. He says this bloom is about 15 miles long and 8 feet deep and is of the toxic variety, not good. The good news is that it should not reach here until late next week, unless we get a huge amount of rain to push it down here faster. He did say algae densities are actually quite low in the area. I did tell him about the concern for the swim and he would let me know if anything changes. Just to throw out some numbers for the river. Water temp is 81.51 our temp probe is deeper than normal so you could add a degree at the surface. raw turbidity is 10.49 very low raw ph 7.70 river velocity is 0.2 mph slow real slow You just about can't beat these conditions for a river, but remember it is still just a river, and I don't eat catfish out of it. Tim Late next week sounds great for the open swim on Friday! When you say toxic do you mean loosing skin toxic or just not very good for you! Alittle rash I can handle skin falling off not good! |
| 2008-08-25 3:06 PM in reply to: #1625262 |
Master 1219 Sachse | Subject: RE: IMKY - OHIO River update haha.. come on people.. Think about it.. you all go to lakes and swim, tube, ski, and dive and really don't think about this stuff.. don't think about it now. Just get in, swim, and get out. I have seen... well make that bumped into some very large fish in fresh water, but if you see / feel one, you have other issues you need to handle... like covering the 80+ feet of water between you and the surface....or getting out of the holes in the bank.  No matter where you are, you can find stories about "fresh water" piranhas in lakes and rivers. We had one around here last year, along with gators getting pulled from swimming areas. You hear about this is because it is rare. You probably have a better chance of winning the lotto than to get attacked by some lare toxic algae surviving catfish that was once crossed with a piranha. No need to worry about this stuff. I fear the bike and run much more than anything we will face in the water... including Kenny |
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