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Originally posted by unknownjulie
I have no idea why one person has a problem and another does not. Me and the kids have swam there many times with cuts, and misquito bites without any problems.
Ew. Please don't continue that habit to swim with cuts. That is not safe for THE OTHER PEOPLE there.
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Swimming with cuts,scrapes,sores and open wounds is bad enough,but what about these people who go into the water after hours to give birth,thats nasty also.
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Peter, One of the big things is that Pohoiki data stopped Sept, 2012, so you would have to go back one year to compare...
The next thing we were taught is to look at day/time/conditions.... later on a sunny day will be naturally cleansing (UV does a number on the buggas in the UXV photic zone) vs early in the day on a cloudy day
Next look at tide conditions, surf & UW current conditions (not on this chart) and to precipitation - higher precip has higher local surface runoff
Then look to compare the data.. without the last year in all of the other Puna sites... that is harder to do....and it would have been helpful for the Feb 11, 2013 data at Ahalanui to have had another nearby site (Canoe Beach in Hilo had no difference in Feb. from the norm. )
Almost all of the tested sites have lower in E.coli & Clostridium counts - fecal indicator bacterias- than Ahalanui Hot Ponds test result. Unlike E. coli, Clostridium can withstand processing treatments and unfavorable growth conditions to give a more heat, chlorine & stress durable indicator of fecal contamination,
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Has anyone actually been there since it was officially closed? Curious if people are just walking around the gates...is the norm for after hours etc.
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Yes, Lots of rain equals higher levels of contaminants in the water. Makes me cringe when I see Honolii all brown with run off and choke (pidgin pun) people in the water.
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good read - the issue seems to be two fold - the rapid developing resistance by the organism and the warm brackish water allowing it to survive outside the body and infect another host.
over use of antibiotics implicated as well - not finishing a complete course of same just makes this bug tougher.
last medical procedure - they charged me a $100.00 for one dose of the super meds to prevent taking this home from the hospital.....
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A Kiser Doctor told me that the infection rate is around 60 percent here on The Big Island. The highest in the nation. Our Moist tropical environment is a perfect incubator. Not a place to be complacent and go into the water with cuts. Our costal waters have a combination of things that make bacteria levels higher. More Runoff, more wild animals, thermally heated water and outdated cesspools too close to the ocean.
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Dory, I will be down there this evening, I'll update whether it's open or not as of tonight. Maybe you could call the county?
Yep, drove by and the gates are still closed. Yellow tape across them, too! Glad to hear it opens tomorrow.
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Update today:
http://damontucker.com/2013/10/03/health...-bacteria/
Whew! Thats a relief... Now we just need to keep the dirty hippies and pooping kids out!
