Started By
Message

re: Will you swim in the gulf this summer?

Posted on 5/15/10 at 12:03 am to
Posted by munchman
Baton Rouge
Member since Feb 2006
10365 posts
Posted on 5/15/10 at 12:03 am to
Just went for a swim with my black swim trunks.....wait they weren't ?????
Posted by jennBN
Member since Jun 2010
3242 posts
Posted on 6/3/10 at 9:14 pm to
I posted about this a few weeks ago, but now that the oil has continued leaking and so much dispersant has been used, is it still safe to swim in the ocean? I am heading home in July and I normally spend every single day on the beach...so this is not the normal "I will be there for a week"...
Posted by htownjeep
Republic of Texas
Member since Jun 2005
7769 posts
Posted on 6/3/10 at 9:19 pm to
Really? How about the question "Would you live within 200 miles outside of the area from New Orleans to Houston? Would you be safe to breathe the air?".

Just sayin'....
Posted by notiger1997
Metairie
Member since May 2009
61246 posts
Posted on 6/3/10 at 9:20 pm to
The air quality is not really an issue.
Posted by Tiger Stadium 11
Charleston, SC
Member since Oct 2009
5415 posts
Posted on 6/3/10 at 9:21 pm to
nope
Posted by jennBN
Member since Jun 2010
3242 posts
Posted on 6/3/10 at 9:27 pm to
quote:

Really? How about the question "Would you live within 200 miles outside of the area from New Orleans to Houston? Would you be safe to breathe the air?".


Wow. When I ask about the air quality be sure to chime in. However, the question was not concerning how well I breathe. I was instead asking if I am in constant contact with water which may have dispersed oil in it, is that dangerous.
Posted by htownjeep
Republic of Texas
Member since Jun 2005
7769 posts
Posted on 6/3/10 at 9:38 pm to
Don't recall responding to you, but you can take it however you want. So water contact with chemicals is bad but breathing it is ok? Got it.
Posted by jennBN
Member since Jun 2010
3242 posts
Posted on 6/3/10 at 9:51 pm to
quote:

So water contact with chemicals is bad but breathing it is ok?


People breathe this all day long that work offshore so the effects of that are a little more studied. Moreover, I am currently in Los Angeles on an assignment, and I can assure you the air here is MUCH worse on my lungs. But no one has really ever swam in an area of a spill like this. PWS in Alaska was not exactly a tropical paradise, you know?
first pageprev pagePage 2 of 2Next pagelast page
refresh

Back to top
logoFollow TigerDroppings for LSU Football News
Follow us on X, Facebook and Instagram to get the latest updates on LSU Football and Recruiting.

FacebookXInstagram