Comments on: Toxic Blue-Green Algae Follow Up http://www.cooldoghalloffame.com/dogs/blue-green-algae-follow-up/375 To honor our dogs for what they do for us Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:05:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Carlotta http://www.cooldoghalloffame.com/dogs/blue-green-algae-follow-up/375#comment-4610 Carlotta Tue, 30 Oct 2007 15:24:56 +0000 http://www.cooldoghalloffame.com/dogs/blue-green-algae-follow-up/375#comment-4610 Dear Robert, Thank you so much for updating us on the blue green algae problem. I'm so sorry about what happened to Vita. Thank you for speaking out about it. Your words may have saved many other dogs and people from the same fate. You have nothing to apologize for! I really hope that there are people, perhaps like your anonymous caller, who are following up on this toxic algae and doing some research on ways to permanently control it. Thank you again for giving us this update. Please let us know what else you learn. I'm afraid next spring and summer the same conditions will occur again and others will be at risk unless something is done. God bless, Carlotta Dear Robert,

Thank you so much for updating us on the blue green algae problem. I'm so sorry about what happened to Vita. Thank you for speaking out about it. Your words may have saved many other dogs and people from the same fate.

You have nothing to apologize for! I really hope that there are people, perhaps like your anonymous caller, who are following up on this toxic algae and doing some research on ways to permanently control it.

Thank you again for giving us this update. Please let us know what else you learn. I'm afraid next spring and summer the same conditions will occur again and others will be at risk unless something is done.

God bless,
Carlotta

]]> By: Robert J. Tatus http://www.cooldoghalloffame.com/dogs/blue-green-algae-follow-up/375#comment-4585 Robert J. Tatus Tue, 30 Oct 2007 01:00:17 +0000 http://www.cooldoghalloffame.com/dogs/blue-green-algae-follow-up/375#comment-4585 Just so everyone knows, the lake again became infected with the blue green algae only a couple months after Vita died. I had to call the DEQ to report the algae blooms who, the day Vita died, promised they'd stay on top of this. Well, they didn't stay on top of anything. Furthermore, the powers that be on Lake Tyrone are still convinced I should apologize for bringing down the property values because of my making such a big fuss over the toxic algae. Next they'll be blaming me for global warming! About a month ago, I got an anonymous phone call from a gentleman who only introduced himself as an "independent water researcher" who said he was convinced beyond a shadow of a doubt that the concentration of blue green algae was highest in front of my home simply because of its location on the lake. Because of leeward winds blowing to the east, and the shallow water there, he was convinced the toxin level was high enough to kill Vita the night she went swimming. The fact that the lake water had cooled off by the following morning is why the lake tested within acceptable parameters. Just so everyone knows, the lake again became infected with the blue green algae only a couple months after Vita died. I had to call the DEQ to report the algae blooms who, the day Vita died, promised they'd stay on top of this. Well, they didn't stay on top of anything.

Furthermore, the powers that be on Lake Tyrone are still convinced I should apologize for bringing down the property values because of my making such a big fuss over the toxic algae. Next they'll be blaming me for global warming!

About a month ago, I got an anonymous phone call from a gentleman who only introduced himself as an "independent water researcher" who said he was convinced beyond a shadow of a doubt that the concentration of blue green algae was highest in front of my home simply because of its location on the lake. Because of leeward winds blowing to the east, and the shallow water there, he was convinced the toxin level was high enough to kill Vita the night she went swimming. The fact that the lake water had cooled off by the following morning is why the lake tested within acceptable parameters.

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