Quote Originally Posted by Ras Walleye View Post
This phenomenon occurs many places. My wife grew up in Oracabessa, St. Mary, east of Ocho Rios. When ever it would rain heavily "river come down". Why people assume or insist upon believing the worst, without any and despite contrary evidence, never ceases to amaze me.
A simple google search provides several articles on this Ras, so not sure why you are amazed.

Here is an incredibly boring read:


http://coastecology.org/wp-content/u...oral-Reefs.pdf

And an older newspaper article:


http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/...llution--again

If you read this and had no knowledge that the treatment plant was upgraded why would you think different. The power of the internet to influence one's thinking is remarkable.

When I saw the tannic water in early December it had a reddish hue to it. Maybe this is how Bloody Bay got it's name and it had nothing to do with whaling.