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Man Gets Flesh Eating Bacteria from Willamette!!

 
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tonski

Since 11 Jun 2005
332 Posts
NW Portland
Obsessed



PostWed Jul 20, 05 8:32 am    Man Gets Flesh Eating Bacteria from Willamette!! Reply with quote

Check today's story out on kgw.com. Pretty creepy. Better stay on that board if you have cuts. Shocked

http://www.kgw.com/health/stories/kgw_072005_health_willamette_bacteria.152133a8.html

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Mark

Since 20 Jun 2005
3677 Posts
I need my fix because I'm a
Naishaholic



PostWed Jul 20, 05 8:51 am     Reply with quote

ahhhhh thats not what I needed to hear. Its bad enough playing in sewage and heavy metals.....
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Wind Slither

Since 04 Mar 2005
2570 Posts
The 503
METAL



PostWed Jul 20, 05 1:28 pm     Reply with quote

Al-kite-a did it.

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KiteKarl

Since 02 Mar 2005
213 Posts
Stockton, California
Stoked



PostWed Jul 20, 05 2:50 pm     Reply with quote

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If caught early, simple antibiotics can often kill the bacteria. That’s something Wardius wishes he knew before he cut his leg while boating in the Willamette River.


Allright, who's bringin the whiskey?

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mit_noslrac

Since 17 May 2005
108 Posts
Bend Oregon
Stoked



PostWed Jul 20, 05 5:10 pm     Reply with quote

Looks like another good reason to head to the coast!!!!!!!!

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dangerD

Since 27 Jun 2005
223 Posts
Bingen Heights
Stoked



PostThu Jul 21, 05 7:00 am     Reply with quote

The Columbia will probably get as warm as its ever been this August... were in for some phunk for sure. I've been thinking of some sort of antibiotic shower for the sandbar. We could get Chlorox to team up with Storm Warning to make anitseptics sexy... maybe "fungal warning"..? so sexy
In Costa Rica, after kayaking the poop-filled Reventacion River, it is custom for the shuttle driver to bring the Guaro, CR's rot-gut cane liquor. Everyone takes a shot to celebrate.. and then a half shot in each ear! Seriously, it works, and the local boaters live by it. We should get our own rot-gut distllery to sponser the effort. Any connects..?


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TravisBickleRex

Since 30 Jun 2005
313 Posts

Taxi Driver



PostThu Jul 21, 05 8:19 am    Columbia River Water Reply with quote

As-of yesterday, water temperature at Bonneville Dam hit 69.3 degrees. Check-out current hourly water temperatures below.

I would like to encourage The Alliance, for whom DangerD appears to be the spokesman, to take a no tolerance policy on urinating...while kiting on our river. The urination process is only going to raise the temperature thereby increasing the likelyhood of flesh eating organisms to become our new combatant.

I will start by pledging to hold my bladder. I will hitherforth not engage in any of my signature trail-of-urin airs. You will no longer see my rotating lawn sprinkler spins or my S-bend-Didn't-Get-a-Drop-On-Me rotations. I would encourage everyone else to take a similar oath.

I would hitherforth also suggest that DangerD bring his urin detection kit to the Spit and perform random analysis on those kiters coming-and-going at the sandramp. Those found to have violated the new rule will be publicly shamed; a photo under a protective covering will be placed on the board of the offending party.

http://www.nwd-wc.usace.army.mil/ftppub/water_quality/bon.txt

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broadbandito

Since 26 Apr 2005
342 Posts
CSO headwaters
WheatHead



PostThu Jul 21, 05 12:44 pm     Reply with quote

I intentionally stepped on a broken bottle and smashed my shin on the rail of my board yesterday before downwinder dunking at Sauvie. No luck with an infection yet.

I think if I can train the local bacteria to develop a taste for fat (isn't that why sharks love seals?), then we can patent their freaky sewer/superfund genome and market their microscopic services to insecure fat folks. Why endure liposuction and stomach surgery when you can swallow some SI pooh water and get better results. It'll be L.A. North with celebs and aging Playmates hitting our "spa" for treatments. I'll even use part of my billion$ in profits by buy a frickin kickass wind sensor on ON THE BEACH at SI and provide it free of charge to all.

Laugh at me now, but just as Sasquatch. He's been trimming down nicely this week after just a few gulps of CSO juice turned his gut into a poohspresso machine.

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