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Brain-eating amoeba in Florida fresh waters

RG
Rich Gano
Fri, Aug 16, 2013 10:25 PM

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/08/16/florida-boy-brain-eatin
g-amoeba/2664489/

This child is from La Belle, along the waterway crossing of Lake Okeechobee.

I recommend nobody dive their boat's hulls crossing the area.  Wait until
you are in saltwater.

Rich Gano
Calypso (GB42 Hull # 295)
Panama City area, FL

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/08/16/florida-boy-brain-eatin g-amoeba/2664489/ This child is from La Belle, along the waterway crossing of Lake Okeechobee. I recommend nobody dive their boat's hulls crossing the area. Wait until you are in saltwater. Rich Gano Calypso (GB42 Hull # 295) Panama City area, FL