In the Keys... Marathon & Big Pine, which still basically have no land based sewer system, the liveaboards are responsible for the high amounts of e-coli found on the reef. Cruise ships dumping right on it have nothing to do with it either. The Miami Herald just ran a story about Dade, Broward & Palm Beach Counties large diameter sewer pipes that extend 3 miles out & dump under treated sewage 24/7. Of course all the tourists & snowbirds add even more to the mix. I think nature can & has historically been able to handle a certain amount of pollutants. It can't handle the onslaught of way too many people living on or near the coasts. Come on down & enjoy our clean water!
Did you hear about the whirlpool of plastics in the Pacific Ocean, recently reported on CNN (I believe). That is really sad... as is the oil spill in San Francisco. The oceans are serving as more than just toilets. Norm hit the nail on the head: "The bottom line is, like gambling at a casino, you cannot win a battle with the people that can make the rules. They will just keep making more rules until they accomplish their goal. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Norm of Bandersnatch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2007 10:57 PM Subject: Re: [Liveaboard] lv-ab: Re: St Augustine problems _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
