Wednesday, September 07, 2011
Yes - I am here, didn't you read my post's Sunday, Monday and Tuesday? By Geniusofdespair
Anyway, when we talk about dredging as Gimleteye has above, we also have to look at what is going on nearby. This video was taken last year at the North American Windsurfing Regatta at Virginia Key beach. Virginia Key is not far, around the bend, from the dredging area -- You can windsurf easily from this race location to the beach at Fisher Island (where windsurfers are promptly evicted of course). But my sport depends on a clean and safe bay and seashore (this race is going on close to Morris cut on the City of Miami side). The area is world renowned for windsurfing. The windsurfers are also endangered by the outfall pipe expelling thousands of gallons of partly treated sewage each day -- when you are hitting speeds of 20 to 30 knots, 3 miles out is nothing ( The windsurfing speed record is 49 knots, reached in 2008 -- this is a link to an incredible video of the speed of windsurfing.). I digress, I have have been watching windsurfing videos for an hour now.
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Why are you now deleting reader comments when you disagree? I like the give and take here. The reader comments are always interesting, especially when they have a different perspective.
This is the only comment received on this post. ??
THEY TAKE THE LUMPS OUT -- BROWN WATER.
Miami Dade County is supposed to remove that outfall sewage pipe. We are one of the few places in the state that still has this relic of the 1950's still spewing treated sewage into the ocean. That's not the only problem - what about the leaking landfill in the middle of Virginia Key. When is the City of Miami going to start the clean-up?
Zappa put it best, "lumpy gravy."
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