PICTURE PERFECT....SEWAGE....
A MUST READ FOR COUPLES HEADING TO OAHU IN APRIL!!
So the weather has been picture perfect. Our trade winds are back, the skies are blue, and the temperature has been a steady 85 degrees. Picture perfect yes...BUT, don't go in the water off Waikiki. Yes, DON'T GO IN THE WATER OFF OF WAIKIKI. That includes Ala Moana Beach, Magic Island, and down the coast to Waikiki. Don't even play in the sand near these beaches as they are highly contaminated!!!
THE REASON?
Well, during the storms the sewer system in Waikiki failed and the City actually decided to dump raw sewage into the Ala Wai Canal, a canal that leads directly to the ocean. The result, a highly polluted beach and ocean 1000 times the norm. The City and State were very slow in putting warning signs up on the beach, and people have been getting sick. Just recently, a young 30 year old man, fell into the Ala Moana Harbor and contracted the flesh eating virus. The Department of Health came out and said that there is no connection between the flesh eating virus and the sewage spill and rise in sickness, which have been proven to be bacteria associated with fecal matter. So that leads me to believe one or two things: They are complete idiots over there, or not warning the public about the contamination was purely a move to save tourism. A spokesman for the department of health actually came on the news and said that the contanmination could have been caused by a bird crapping in the ocean. Oh.....but what about the 40 million tons of raw sewage that they poured in there....nah....that has nothing to do with it.
Click here to go to the article on the man whose fighting for his life from falling into the contaminated water. They already amputated a leg of his. The doctors said they may have to cut off all of his limbs to save him. That's really really sad.
Anyway, the trick here is to not go into the water off of Waikiki, or to go on the sand on the beach until the month of May. If you do that, you should be a.o.k.
So the weather has been picture perfect. Our trade winds are back, the skies are blue, and the temperature has been a steady 85 degrees. Picture perfect yes...BUT, don't go in the water off Waikiki. Yes, DON'T GO IN THE WATER OFF OF WAIKIKI. That includes Ala Moana Beach, Magic Island, and down the coast to Waikiki. Don't even play in the sand near these beaches as they are highly contaminated!!!
THE REASON?
Well, during the storms the sewer system in Waikiki failed and the City actually decided to dump raw sewage into the Ala Wai Canal, a canal that leads directly to the ocean. The result, a highly polluted beach and ocean 1000 times the norm. The City and State were very slow in putting warning signs up on the beach, and people have been getting sick. Just recently, a young 30 year old man, fell into the Ala Moana Harbor and contracted the flesh eating virus. The Department of Health came out and said that there is no connection between the flesh eating virus and the sewage spill and rise in sickness, which have been proven to be bacteria associated with fecal matter. So that leads me to believe one or two things: They are complete idiots over there, or not warning the public about the contamination was purely a move to save tourism. A spokesman for the department of health actually came on the news and said that the contanmination could have been caused by a bird crapping in the ocean. Oh.....but what about the 40 million tons of raw sewage that they poured in there....nah....that has nothing to do with it.
Click here to go to the article on the man whose fighting for his life from falling into the contaminated water. They already amputated a leg of his. The doctors said they may have to cut off all of his limbs to save him. That's really really sad.
Anyway, the trick here is to not go into the water off of Waikiki, or to go on the sand on the beach until the month of May. If you do that, you should be a.o.k.
posted by Steve Young @ 10:12 PM
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