Being from FL where any body of water has something that can potentially bite you I was a little freaked out when I jumped into Lake Mead and swore there was something going to attack me at any moment until it didn’t…couldn’t shake that feeling…I always double check swimming pools too!
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Do you enjoy swimming in freshwater?
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Good luck jumping into Lake Mead now.
Swimming pools for the Baby Ruth’s?
“Don’t go near the water
Don’t you think it’s sad…
Oceans rivers lakes and streams
Have all been touched by man…
The Beach Boys, before most posters here were in kindergarten.
No, it's a couple hours from where I live in Oregon. That looks rad though. I have a good friend who lived in Sandpoint for years and keeps telling me I need to check it out
You do.. it s an amazing place. Best move I ever made. If I don’t know your friend, I know a friend of his I’m sure.. SMALL town..
one of the most refreshing swims I had in recent memory was jumping into an alpine lake after a 9 mile hike to get there in the summer in Sequoia National Park. another was pulling over along the Road to Hana to jump in and swim under a waterfall.
definitely enjoy swimming in freshwater when the right situation presents itself
definitely enjoy swimming in freshwater when the right situation presents itself
We jump off a nice rock in an alpine lake in the sierra with the kids every year on our camping trip. Something about 50-55 degree fresh water just rejuvenates you like nothing else. Love it.
I am absolutely great with clean, alpine lakes with great visibility. However, murky lakes? Not a fan. Also, that thermocline when diving down is brutal. I remember swimming with my daughter in Lake Hume and even though she was a pretty safe swimmer, life jackets on. If something happened and they sank to the bottom, no way in hell you would find them. And that water went from 60 to 40 remarkable fast beyond 5 or 6 feet down.
Used to take my kids here to feed bread to ducks/geese but now, maybe take them to feed ducks/geese to the alligator snapping turtle now residing there?
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Used to take my kids here to feed bread to ducks/geese but now, maybe take them to feed ducks/geese to the alligator snapping turtle now residing there?
'Prehistoric' large snapping turtle invades North Bay lake
A large turtle was spotted swimming at Lake Ralphine in Santa Rosa this week. Some believe it could be a species of snapping turtle, a rare find in California.
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'Brain-eating' amoebas are a new concern in northern US states, health officials advise
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By Nicoletta Lanese
published about 19 hours ago
Ohio public health officials raise concern about brain-eating amoeba in northern states.
This "brain-eating" amoeba has started infecting more people in northern U.S. states in recent years, due to climate change. (Image credit: KATERYNA KON/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY)
Deadly "brain-eating" amoeba infections usually strike people in southern U.S. states, but thanks to climate change, the brain-invading organism has expanded its range northward. In light of this trend, the Ohio Public Health Association recently published a case report to raise awareness of the disease among health care providers in the state.
"Increased incidence of N. fowleri [a species of brain-eating amoeba] in northern climates is but one of many ways climate change threatens human health and merits novel education of health care providers," the case report authors wrote in a paper published May 16 in the Ohio Journal of Public Health.
Naegleria fowleri is a single-cell organism that typically lives in soil and warm fresh water, as well as the occasional water tank, heater or pipe, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). In rare instances, the amoeba can infiltrate the human brain and spinal cord by first entering a person's nose — but it cannot reach the brain if swallowed in a gulp of water, for instance, and it doesn't spread between people. N. fowleri causes an infection called primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM), which is nearly always fatal.