No breathing allowed in Dubai
Yes, the latest advice is not to breathe if you are on the beach. The warning came from the head of Dubai’s Marine Environment and Wildlife Section.
He was responding to concern from local media about a “red tide” of potentially harmful algae that has hit the coast of Dubai, leading to the closure of two beaches, including an area near the ultra-luxurious Burj Al Arab hotel. “People are advised not to venture onto these beaches,” said Hassan. “They should make no contact with the water, nor consume the dead fishes that are washed ashore. Care should also be taken not to inhale the air after a wave hits the shoreline. This can prove hazardous to health.”
Don't consume the dead fishes?!?!? Are those the same fishes that have been living with the algae and sewage. The algae must be pretty lethal no?
The algae, identified asCochlodinium polykrikoides, can cause respiratory problems and eye irritation in humans, and is lethal to fish. Similar blooms have plagued the nearby emirate of Fujairah in recent weeks.
Well, if you were prepared to brave the sewage, warning of thie nature about algae must mean that it is pretty hard core.
I'm holding my breath.
Dubai advice: hold your breath
He was responding to concern from local media about a “red tide” of potentially harmful algae that has hit the coast of Dubai, leading to the closure of two beaches, including an area near the ultra-luxurious Burj Al Arab hotel. “People are advised not to venture onto these beaches,” said Hassan. “They should make no contact with the water, nor consume the dead fishes that are washed ashore. Care should also be taken not to inhale the air after a wave hits the shoreline. This can prove hazardous to health.”
Don't consume the dead fishes?!?!? Are those the same fishes that have been living with the algae and sewage. The algae must be pretty lethal no?
The algae, identified asCochlodinium polykrikoides, can cause respiratory problems and eye irritation in humans, and is lethal to fish. Similar blooms have plagued the nearby emirate of Fujairah in recent weeks.
Well, if you were prepared to brave the sewage, warning of thie nature about algae must mean that it is pretty hard core.
I'm holding my breath.
Dubai advice: hold your breath
Labels: algae in Dubai, sewage in Dubai
posted by grapeshisha at 12:50 AM
3 Comments:
?! I really cannot understand the point of this post. Don't just take quotes and spin them to make something out of nothing.
My best,
Mohammad
It won't affect me, I've been holding my breath since I arrived anyway because of the cement dust filling the air!
(By the way, word verification for this is illytomb. I hope that's not an omen - Illy is my favourite coffee and with the word 'tomb' after it I'm afraid it may be an omen for something bad happening to the company because of the economic crisis!)
SERIOUSLY.... What's the point???
"Care should also be taken not to inhale the air AFTER a wave hits the shoreline"
Make sense....
I cannot understand your interpretation of the advice...even after stretching my limited sense of humor!!
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