When I walked down the beach to the town,,the local stopped me at the river and said do NOT walk in that water,it is dirty,go around to the bridge????????
When I walked down the beach to the town,,the local stopped me at the river and said do NOT walk in that water,it is dirty,go around to the bridge????????
This is an absolutely normal and necessary occurrence after heavy rains. The South Negril River, which is dark in color because of the plant life in the morass has been credited for the naming of Negril. One of the theories of the origin of the name "Negril" is because when the Spanish in the 1500's named Negril, it was for the Spanish word for black.Originally Posted by kylake
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awesome tibit there rob...
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So your swimming in it right Rob?Everything A OK right?Looks like you have had a lot of rain lately and the **** ponds have dumped into the river.The same thing happens in North America.It rains ,down the street drain, to the sewage treatment plant and if it can't handle the overflow it gets dumped into the river.Done.
I think I need to teach Rob how to use the multi-quote feature.
As an aside. A lot of the time the River is completely cut off from the sea, and there is a sand bar there. You would think, that if the river was a loaded with human feces as some people tend to believe... Crossing the bridge on the beach road to the roundabout would be a very unpleasant experience, and being in town would also be unpleasant.
Now, usually I am on my 7th or 8th bar by the time I make it down that far, and I might not notice the difference...
Flip,
I know how to use the multi-quote feature, but felt it was more personal to address each person directly.
And the glass bottom and fisherman's boats are "docked" by the bridge everyday and they need to get into the water on a daily basis. The rumors about the river water are just that - rumors with no basis in fact....
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Just saying if the rumors would true. Then it would smell ****ty. Pun intended.
Why??? Does algae grow very close to the beach at the Riu Club???????? I don't see any algae growth anywhere but there.....
My wife and I first noticed it on Saturday. For a minute I wondered as it moved toward us and then into our swimming area at Beach House Villas. I remembered earlier posts from Negril.com... saw the leaves and grass in the water and told my wife it was river water. Tea colored as also happens in Florida. Locals in Fort Meyers explained the tea water when we were there visiting.
We walked down the beach getting far enough ahead of it to swim in the clear water. Just our preference. The change in the wind is what I believe brought it to shore.
Next day (The big day everyone is talking about) we swam and could see the dark band out farther in the sea. Sure enough as soon as the wind came up it brought it in. This time (Sunday) It worked it's way all the way down to couples swept away before I quit watching. As we walked and swam ahead now and then people were saying everything from oil spill to sewage. I would laugh and explain it was river water and to look at the vegetation in the water. For everyone's information there was no smell. Not even a rotten leaf smell. Just ruined the pretty color temporarily from that pretty blue to Tea color. I would think this adds nutrient's that the sea life need to survive.
Much unlike the plastic bottles Styrofoam containers, Bottle caps and crap we leave along the beach which as visitors that we can do something about. For me I will take mother natures dirt over mans any day. After visiting for the last 10 days I wish there was something I could do to shine a light on litter and get others involved in picking up (It starts with US) and maybe even a recycling program going in Jamaica. What about that?????
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